Logan Paul walks back rematch with Dillon Danis even though he'd 'beat his a**'

17 October 2023 , 23:25

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Dillon Danis attempts to take down Logan Paul in their bout in Manchester (Image: Getty Images)

For the first time in their fraught feud, Logan Paul and Dillon Danis seem to be on completely different wavelengths when it comes to a rematch.

The warring pair fought five rounds of their bout in Manchester, England, with YouTuber Paul emerging victorious after MMA star Danis got himself disqualified. The latter hardly landed a blow on his opponent, before seemingly losing his cool and performing an illegal move in the sixth session.

The 28-year-old appeared to lunge for his nemesis, with security crews from both camps soon joining them in the ring as they tried to dissipate the tensions. As the dust settles on an eventful evening at AO Arena, however, it seems that the eventual winner does not wish to see his adversary again any time soon.

Speaking on his 'Impaulsive' podcast, Paul threw cold water on the probability of the pair facing off again. He said: "No, and you know why? I said I would if he gave me his whole purse, which is not gonna happen, obviously.

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"Bro, he doesn't deserve the platform. We saw what kind of person he is. I walked into the arena to boos, I left to cheers. No one likes that dirty fight s***, bro. You came to box, like, respect the sport. Respect me as an opponent. Back up your words. Are you a man?"

Making reference to the ugly build-up to the fight in which Dannis engaged in an unrelenting tirade of abuse towards Paul's fiancee Nina Agdal on social media, he said: "You can't talk that much s*** for three months. You can't try to ruin someone's life and then come in there with that kind of performance."

The YouTube sensation — who added he'd "beat his a**" — appears to be in contrast to the man he defeated as Danis seemingly has given the green light to a bout in the Octagon at some point. The MMA star would be eager to fight his arch-enemy in a more familiar environment after facing him in the ring.

The fight was stopped when security stormed the ring (KIERAN / SplashNews.com)

Seemingly brushing off his controversial disqualification, he said to TalkTV’s Piers Morgan : "I was just messing around a little bit to let him know what a real fight is. Boxing is not a real fight, it's half a fight. I wanna fight him in a real fight, he shook my hand and said he was going to fight me in MMA rules."

Danis was open about the fact that he did not enjoy the contest at AO Arena in Manchester, as he failed to resist another dig at his nemesis. He admitted: "It didn’t feel like a fight. Every time I tried to trade with him and engage, he would run away."

He added: “I wasn’t actually trying to [submit him] but he was smart, he Vaselined his head up because he knew I was trying to go for his neck. At that moment, I wasn’t. I was just grabbing his head and he kind of just shrugged me and the Vaseline [meant I fell to the ground]. Then he threw that punch and I up-kicked him."

Tom Beattie