{"id":41511,"date":"2025-11-16T19:49:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T19:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/41511\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T19:49:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T19:49:12","slug":"dana-white-says-dillon-danis-permanently-booted-after-ufc-322-fight-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/41511\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White says Dillon Danis permanently booted after UFC 322 fight chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The UFC<\/a> has decided on a punishment following Saturday&#8217;s clash between Dillon Danis and multiple members of Islam Makhachev&#8217;s team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Danis previously trained with mixed martial arts star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/conor-mcgregor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Conor McGregor<\/a>, while Makhachev is a UFC champion. Both attended UFC 322 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>UFC CEO Dana White revealed that Danis will be barred from attending future events sanctioned by the organization.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dillon-danis-mma.jpg\" alt=\"Dillon Danis at the MMA Championship fight \" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Dillon Danis celebrates after victory over Warren Spencer during the Misfits 22 &#8211; Ring of Thrones fight night on Aug. 30, 2025 in Manchester, England. (Ben Roberts Photo\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The fracas broke out cageside shortly before the main card began. Makhachev headlined the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/boxing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">welterweight title bout<\/a> against Jack Della Maddalena.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/dana-white-promises-greatest-fight-card-ever-assembled-potential-white-house-ufc-event-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">DANA WHITE PROMISES &#8216;GREATEST FIGHT CARD EVER ASSEMBLED&#8217; FOR POTENTIAL WHITE HOUSE UFC EVENT IN 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Videos recorded at the scene appeared to show Danis brawling with Abubakar Nurmagomedov and Magomed Zaynukov, both teammates of Makhachev.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/islam-makhachev.jpg\" alt=\"Islam Makhachev reacts to a win \" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Islam Makhachev reacts to his win over Jack Della Maddalena during the UFC 322 event at Madison Square Garden on Nov. 15, 2025, in New York City. (Cooper Neill\/Zuffa LLC)<\/p>\n<p>White later told reporters that he did not intend to press charges against Danis, but hinted at disciplining the 32-year-old fighter in another fashion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was on the other side [of the Octagon] and go, &#8216;F&#8212;, I know exactly what this is,'&#8221; White said in a post-fight news conference. &#8220;You will never see Dillon Danis at a UFC fight ever again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ufc-dana-white-092925-1.jpg\" alt=\"Dana White at UFC 303\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>UFC CEO and president Dana White during UFC 303 at T-Mobile Arena on June 29, 2024. (Mark J. Rebilas\/USA Today Sports)<\/p>\n<p>White ultimately shouldered responsibility for the chaotic event.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I blame myself for that, actually,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Danis was part of an altercation in 2018 after his then-teammate McGregor was defeated by Khabib Nurmagomedov by submission. Danis&#8217; involvement resulted in a seven-month suspension and a fine.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"> sports coverage on X<\/a>, and subscribe to<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chantz Martin is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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