KSI hopes Dillon Danis ‘disappears into irrelevancy,’ regrets not choosing Tyron Woodley fight
KSI is not happy with some of the recent choices he made.
The YouTube star regrets he canceled an agreed-upon fight with former UFC champion Tyron Woodley to take a bout against Dillon Danis – which won’t happen. About a month after the matchup’s announcement, Danis withdrew.
Misfits Boxing’s Mams Taylor, who is part of KSI’s management group, said Danis withdrew from the fight because he wasn’t properly prepared.
KSI, who faces FaZe Temperrr on Jan. 14, was shocked Danis pulled out from the fight.
“I did hear whispers, especially on Twitter and a few comments here and there, being like, ‘He’s not going to show up. He’s not going to show up. He’s not going to show up. He’s not going to fight. He’s not going to fight,'” KSI said in an interview with “The MMA Hour” on Monday. “But I was just like, ‘No, man, especially with the amount of money that he was going to be getting.’ I was like, ‘There’s no way he’s just going to pull out, especially with everything he said. … There’s no way he can come with this much smoke and then pull out.’ And then he did.”
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KSI said he “100 percent” regrets not booking Woodley. He originally thought the fight against Danis would be bigger.
“I was going to be fighting (Tyron) Woodley and Danis was going to fight Logan Paul,” KSI said. “And then, yeah, Logan Paul got injured. The budget got shorter of DAZN, and then we were like, ‘Oh, OK.’
“Tyron Woodley was having a little back-and-forth with the rehydration clause and the weight, so we were just like, ‘Well, we got Danis here, who’s free and is hungry and has been telling us he wants to fight.’ He was telling our manager, ‘I want to fight. I want to fight.’ So I was like, ‘OK, bet.’ Dillon Danis wants it. He’s hungry for it, and he’s going to be entertaining.
“I know between Danis and Tyron Woodley I’m going to get more entertainment from Danis because he’s just wild-and-weird stupid. He gravitates eyes towards it and makes it a big spectacle. Also, to get the MMA community into watching it. It was kind of a smart play. And I know I would just knock him out anyway.”
When asked if KSI would consider revisiting the matchup in the future, KSI said there’s no chance and will never work with Danis again.
“No, it’s done,” KSI said. “F*ck him. F*ck Dillon. I hope everyone forgets about him, and he disappears into irrelevancy.”
