Dillon Danis tells Piers Morgan he earned more than $1million for Logan Paul fight but TalkTV pulls him up on bet
Dillon Danis may have been beaten by Logan Paul, but he walked away with a hefty payday for his troubles.
The MMA fighter was disqualified in the final round of his boxing match with Paul when a mass brawl broke out in the ring, but he would have lost the bout anyway, as he was being comfortably out-boxed by the social media star.
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During their face-off prior to the fight, Danis had said he would give Paul his entire purse if he lost.
And so, Piers Morgan called out Danis when he appeared on on TalkTV.
Danis was asked how much he would have to pay Paul, as Morgan pulled out a giant blank cheque for him to fill out.
"We actually are making an appeal, though, so it actually might be a win for me because he punched me on the ground," Danis, wearing a Stone Cold Steve Austin T-shirt, explained.
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"So, with the appeal I might be the winner.";
Morgan then asked him again how much he would have to pay Paul if he did hand over his entire purse and Danis replied: "Over a million dollars."
This comes after it was reported that Danis' fight with Logan Paul, alongside KSI vs Tommy Fury which was on the same card, did 1.3 million pay-per-view buys.
The DAZN pay-per-view cost $54.99 in America and £19.99 in the UK and the revenue generated, not including ticket sales and sponsorship's, is estimated to be around £26m.
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And so it is no surprise that Danis will be taking home a cut worth over a million dollars.
However, Paul wanted to have the final say and, watching the interview on Tuesday night, posted a clip on Instagram with the caption: "Piers violated him".
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