LOGAN PAUL and Dillon Danis’ bitter grudge match ended in chaos and DISQUALIFICATION after their two teams stormed the ring.
Paul was on the way to a six-round shutout when jujitsu champion Danis attempted an MMA-style takedown.
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With only seconds of the co-headliner left, Danis’ antics caused both corners to charge in the ring sparking a mass brawl.
The two were eventually pulled apart and the largely uneventful fight ended in a DQ for Danis, who was ushered out of the ring.
Tensions threatened to boil over throughout the build up to the bout, with Danis relentlessly harassing Paul’s model fiancee Nina Agdal online.
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And the fight threatened to be called off just days beforehand after Danis cut Paul by lobbing a microphone his way.
But in the end, the bitter enemies made it to fight night at Manchester’s AO Arena where bragging rights and reputations were on the line.
Paul was quick out the traps in round one to get his jab off and Danis adopted a high guard.
The New York bad boy tried to soak in the onslaughts as he defended combinations and body shots coming his way.
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Danis, 30, began to come forward in the second round but Paul , 26,was first to the punch and again throwing in numbers.
The YouTuber had Danis forced to cover up on the ropes before the bell sounded after unleashing a ferocious number of shots.
Danis refused to let his hands go heading into the third and at one point sat on the FLOOR.
The referee felt the need to reassure that no knockdown was scored and he was instead given a telling off.
Danis sparked into life in round four with a counter right hook but he stepped off the gas.
Paul repeatedly landed the one-two combination but to little effect as Danis covered up in a right guard.
The final two rounds dragged by with the sold out 21,000 AO Arena beginning to BOO the lack of action.
Danis attempted a takedown in the final moments of the to try spark a light in the dull affair and was handed a point off for it.
But his second attempt subsequently resulted in his disqualification.
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
