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Brett OkamotoNov 16, 2025, 04:28 PM<\/p>\n
Close<\/a>Brett Okamoto has reported on mixed martial arts and boxing at ESPN since 2010. He has covered all of the biggest events in combat sports during that time, including in-depth interviews and features with names such as Dana White, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Conor McGregor, Nate Diaz, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao and Georges St-Pierre. He was also a producer on the 30 for 30 film: “Chuck and Tito,” which looked back at the careers and rivalry of Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz. He lives in Las Vegas, and is an avid, below-average golfer in his spare time.<\/p>\n NEW YORK — The UFC has banned Dillon Danis<\/a>, a former training partner of MMA superstar Conor McGregor<\/a>, from future events, according to UFC CEO Dana White.<\/p>\n Danis was involved in a brawl with several members of UFC champion Islam Makhachev<\/a>‘s team at UFC 322 on Saturday inside Madison Square Garden. The melee occurred cageside, moments before the start of the main card, which Makhachev headlined in a welterweight title fight against Jack Della Maddalena<\/a>.<\/p>\n Multiple videos showed Danis in a scuffle with Makhachev teammates Abubakar Nurmagomedov<\/a> and Magomed Zaynukov<\/a>.<\/p>\n Editor’s Picks<\/p>\n 2 Related<\/p>\n At the UFC 322 post-fight news conference, White told reporters he would not press charges on Danis but indicated the 32-year-old would never be welcome at a UFC event again.<\/p>\n “I was on the other side [of the Octagon] and go, ‘F—, I know exactly what this is,'” White said of the brawl. “You will never see Dillon Danis at a UFC fight ever again.”<\/p>\n