Full-time YouTuber and part-time celebrity boxer KSI is finally set to face off against professional troll and occasional fighter Dillon Danis this March. However, the announcement has been met with a collective eye-roll from fight fans, as this is a matchup few were clamoring for.
Interestingly, KSI insists that he initially aimed higher, attempting to book a fight with a legitimate name from the combat sports world. According to the British YouTuber, he reached out to four former UFC stars—Jorge Masvidal, Nate Diaz, Donald Cerrone, and Tony Ferguson—but none of them agreed to step into the ring with him.
“Dillon Danis wasn’t even my fourth choice. We went to Nate Diaz- he said no. We went to Donald Cerrone- he said no. We went to Tony Ferguson- he said no. These guys said no to me… Even [Jorge] Masvidal, we went to Masvidal for a fight, he can’t do it because the UFC like [still has him under contract],” KSI said in a recent video.
However, the YouTuber wasn’t done. He went on to claim that all these guys (except Masvidal, who cannot fight him due to contract issues) were essentially too scared to fight him. Of course, Diaz has already fought Jake Paul, who is much more dangerous as a fighter than KSI, but Brit had an explanation to explain away that inconvenient fact- Paul was just not as good a boxer as him. Which is clearly not the case since Paul has fought– and defeated– much better competition than KSI has even called out.
“All these ex-UFC fighters, no one wants to fight me. People fight Jake Paul because you know what, then they have a chance of beating him. He’s not actually that good. I’m probably going to get into trouble for saying that certain people didn’t want to fight me,” KSI added.
The only problem with this is that KSI is probably lying. At least that is what ‘Gamebred’ and former BMF title holder has claimed in a comment he left on an Instagram post reporting on the YouTuber’s aforementioned comments.
“This Idk what it is with you UK mother f**ers but stick to selling that pi* in a bottle because I will beat your f**ing a* @ksi,” Masvidal wrote.
While it may seem like a joke at first glance, KSI would be wise not to take ‘Gamebred’s threats lightly. This is the same guy who beat up one of his closest friends (Colby Covington) over trash talk.
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