UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Bellator president Scott Coker thinks boxing [autotag]KSI[/autotag] will be no easy task for [autotag]Dillon Danis[/autotag].
Danis is slated to return to competition for the first time in 43 months when he faces YouTuber and part-time boxer KSI at MF & DAZN: X Series 004 on Jan. 14 at the OVO Arena Wembley in London, which streams on DAZN pay-per-view.
Danis is known for his jiu-jitsu, which he has used to notch two wins by submission as a professional mixed martial artist. Despite his time away due to injury, Danis has kept busy with constant scuffles – including an altercation with KSI prior to a DAZN event in November. Danis and KSI were separated by security, but Danis ended up catching a right hand from MMA and boxing veteran Anthony Taylor outside.
“Dillon wants to go take this boxing fight and I said, ‘Good luck,'” Coker told MMA Junkie and other reporters after Bellator 289. “‘You’re going to have your hands full, young man.'”
[lawrence-related id=2605393]
Despite being under contract with Bellator, Danis was granted permission to compete.
“He’s still under contract, but we’ve been trying to get him to fight for a long time, and he saw an opportunity here with KSI, so I wish him luck,” Coker added. “It’s a good deal for him. I don’t want to hold him back and be that promoter, so we said, ‘Go ahead, you guys can work it out.’ And we’re going to see what happens in that fight.”
[vertical-gallery id=391998]