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Dillon Danis denies making anti-Muslim slur against Khabib Nurmagomedov in statement

Dillon Danis has broken his silence and has made his first public statement since UFC 229.

The already-infamous post-fight brawl last Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in the aftermath of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s fourth-round submission victory over Conor McGregor started when Nurmagomedov jumped over the top of the cage to get at Danis.

According to a report on TMZ.com, multiple people claimed that Danis, a Bellator welterweight and jiu-jitsu standout who was in McGregor’s corner for the bout, called Nurmagmedov “a f*cking Muslim rat” during the bout.