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Islam Makhachev on Why His Team Attacked Dillon Danis “You have to answer what you said”

Islam Makhachev explains why His Team Attacked Dillon Danis. The UFC 322 main card at Madison Square Garden on November 15 provided fireworks before Islam Makhachev ever stepped foot in the Octagon. In the audience, chaos erupted when Dillon Danis, the former grappling champion and Conor McGregor training partner, found himself in the center of a brawl with multiple members of Makhachev’s team.u200b

Why Islam Makhachev’s Team Attacked Dillon Danis

Moments before Makhachev faced Jack Della Maddalena for the welterweight title, security footage captured Danis exchanging blows with Abubakar Nurmagomedov, Khabib Nurmagomedov’s cousin, and Magomed Zaynukov, the fighter who gained internet notoriety as “John Pork,” AKA Chanco, after winning his Contender Series fight.