Khamzat Chimaev Dares Dillon Danis to Meet Him Outside Following Massive RAF 10 Brawl: “Just send me location”
Khamzat Chimaev is just getting started with Dillon Danis. Earlier today in his RAF debut, “Borz” secured a super quick pinfall victory over jiu-jitsu phenom Danis.
However, things started to get ugly as Danis attempted to submit Chimaev. After Chimaev scored a fall in the opening frame and was getting back to his feet, “El Jefe” appeared to go against the rules by trying to lock in a guillotine choke on Chimaev.
As Chimaev got back to his feet, he shoved Danis, and the two exchanged words. Moments later, the Chechen-born Emirati kicked Danis, while the latter attempted to grab hold of the former’s leg.
In the next few seconds, a massive melee broke out as members of both teams stormed the mats. However, security quickly intervened and separated Chimaev and Danis before the situation could escalate further.
After this heated altercation, in an interview with Red Corner MMA, “Borz” confessed that he tried to keep his calm, but when Danis tried to submit him, he had to make the American pay. The former UFC middleweight titleholder said:
“If he submitted me, I’d never train again… He tried to submit me. He’s a weird guy. I tried to hold myself, but this idiot does stupid things.”
Chimaev added that he was game to fight Danis on the street before or after their RAF 10 outing. But Danis will never dare to challenge “Borz” on the street, as “El Jefe” knows it is a bad idea.
Lastly, Khamzat Chimaev also sent a chilling warning to Danis:
“Let’s dance outside. He knew a lot of security would be there. Just send me location.”
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Eric Bischoff and Chad Bronstein speak about the Khamzat Chimaev vs. Dillon Danis Brawl at RAF 10
At the RAF 10 post-fight press conference, RAF chief media officer Eric Bischoff said that for future events, they will take further precautions and address these post-fight issues, so that such heated altercations never happen again.
“It will be addressed going forward. We’ll stay true to our brand and the culture that we want to use to grow this company. 98% of what you saw knocked it out of the park for us. We were so proud all the way up until that point… We’ll address the issue, we’ll fix it, we’ll correct it, and like any other sport, we’ll continue to grow.”
Meanwhile, RAF CEO, Chad Bronstein, added that “the wrestling world deserves wrestling,” and he had already warned Khamzat Chimaev and Dillon Danis not to cross the line before and after their match.
“I don’t think for what we do for wrestling this is what we want, right? It should just stay on the stage. We talked to both of them prior to the match and said keep it all wrestling on the stage. There should not be anyone getting on that stage. The show was amazing before we got to that issue. The wrestling world deserves wrestling. That’s what we’re here to provide.” [h/t: MMA Fighting]
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