{"id":100112,"date":"2025-08-29T04:31:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T04:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/100112\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T04:31:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T04:31:06","slug":"ksi-makes-dillon-danis-an-offer-dana-white-once-called-illegal-ahead-of-mma-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/100112\/","title":{"rendered":"KSI makes Dillon Danis an offer Dana White once called \u2018illegal\u2019 ahead of MMA comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In an effort to spice up Dillon Danis\u2019 upcoming MMA return, KSI may have just offered a deal that caused Dana White to coin his infamous \u2018that\u2019s f\u2014ing illegal\u2019 line.<\/p>\n

The YouTube star and boxer is promoting this Saturday\u2019s Misfits Boxing event at the AO Arena in Manchester, which is headlined by Darren Till<\/a> and Luke Rockhold<\/a>. One special attraction on the night is a MMA bout inside the ring between Danis and Warren Spencer.<\/p>\n

And in an effort to avoid Danis using his jiu-jitsu to take the fight to the ground, KSI<\/a> has offered to double his purse if he pursues a knockout. It harkens back to Seth Petruzelli and Kimbo Slice\u2019s infamous Elite XC bout of 2008 where the former was reportedly paid to keep the fight standing.<\/p>\n

KSI offers Dillon Danis dubious deal to double his fight purse<\/p>\n

The belief heading into Saturday\u2019s pay-per-view is that Dillon Danis\u2019<\/a> elite black belt game will make him a monstrous favorite against white belt Warren Spencer, who is better known for boxing. In order to avoid making a boring fight, KSI has offered his long-time rival double his purse if he lands a knockout.<\/p>\n

Danis\u2019 previous two victories in the Bellator<\/a> cage were quick-fire submission wins over lower levels of opposition, but Spencer is all but a beginner in the sport. As a result, KSI wants to make it a more even fight.<\/p>\n

However, Danis isn\u2019t so keen, and made the counter-offer that KSI guarantee he fight him in an MMA bout should he score the knockout. Neither man seems keen to agree to the other\u2019s deal, despite all of their bluster on stage.<\/p>\n

As Danis was facing off with Spencer for the first time, the action quickly turned into a shouting match between he and KSI on stage. No deal was reached, and during a post-show scrum with Bloody Elbow and other media, Danis was not eager to accept the deal.<\/p>\n

Dana White branded similar deal \u2018illegal\u2019 during infamous rant<\/p>\n

Danis is keen to get himself into the UFC with a string of wins, but taking a deal like KSI\u2019s might just draw the ire of Dana White<\/a>. Back in 2008, the UFC CEO went off on promoter Gary Shaw who reportedly offered grappler Seth Petruzelli extra money to stay standing in his fight with Kimbo Slice.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, it didn\u2019t matter too much as Petruzelli ended up knocking out Slice regardless of his rival\u2019s supposedly superior striking. But the whole issue enraged White, whose infamous rant about the situation saw him utter his infamous \u201cthat\u2019s f\u2014ing illegal\u2019 line.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be like in the NFL, there\u2019s a game between the Patriots and the Browns,\u201d White began in a legendary piece of MMA footage. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe NFL goes into the locker room and tells the players \u2018listen, the Patriots pull higher ratings if they make the playoffs and Super Bowl than the Browns, so here\u2019s what we\u2019re going to do; the Browns have a great running game so we\u2019re going to pay your team more money if you just pass tonight, don\u2019t run\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need the Patriots to win to make it to the next level \u2013 that\u2019s f\u2014ing illegal.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In an effort to spice up Dillon Danis\u2019 upcoming MMA return, KSI may have just offered a deal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,27844,14973,12024,716,101,56,54,55,27845],"class_list":{"0":"post-100112","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-dillon-danis","10":"tag-ksi","11":"tag-misfits-boxing","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom","17":"tag-warren-spencer"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}