Dillon Danis vs. Logan Paul / Posting Nina Agdal With Other Men

Overview

Dillon Danis vs. Logan Paul and Posting Nina Agdal With Other Men refers to an upcoming influencer boxing match between mixed martial artist Dillon Danis and influencer Logan Paul and a trolling campaign by Danis in which he posts photographs of Paul's fiancé, model Nina Agdal, with ex-lovers and other men, respectively. The trolling campaign began in August 2023 and inspired reactions online, with Danis also criticizing Paul throughout the process. The fight is set to take place on October 14th, 2023.

Background

Dillon Danis and Logan Paul are set to fight in a PPV boxing match at Manchester Arena in England on October 14th, 2023. The two were originally trying to set up a fight in 2022, however, Logan Paul allegedly backed out of the match according to Danis, who leaked a text exchange with Paul in November 2022 and claimed Paul backed out.^[1] On August 8th, 2023, Danis shared a promotional poster for the fight on X,^[2] writing, "October 14th, I'll be gracing the boxing ring for my debut. Gotta show up because the Paul sisters have a phobia when it comes to actual combat," garnering over 13,100 likes in 10 days (shown below).

Developments

Trolling Campaign

On August 8th, 2023, Danis posted a photograph to X^[3] of Nina Agdal, a Danish model and Logan Paul's fiance, walking down the street with Leonardo DiCaprio, whose arm is around her shoulders, garnering over 31,000 likes in 10 days (shown below, left). The next day he made several other posts to X^[4][5] including a post reading, "Logan Paul pulled out against me when we were completely signed the first time let’s not forget that" and a photo of Agdal making out with another man (shown below, right). On August 10th, Danis made a post to X^[6] claiming Paul refused to do an episode of his podcast, Impaulsive, with him, claiming Paul believes it would lead to a fight.

Logan Paul has declined doing an episode of "Impaulsive" together in fear of a fight. I offered to do the episode with full security in the middle to ensure his safety, but he declined again. I think it would be wildly entertaining for the fans. I tried my best. Give this a like if you want to see this! Maybe seeing how bad the fans want it will convince him.

That day, Danis posted three more photos of Agdal with other men to X,^[7][8][9] garnering over 5,000 likes each in eight days (shown below). On August 11th, he made a post to X^[10] claiming that Misfits Boxing was trying to "censor" him by threatening to pull the fight if he continued to troll Paul. In another post to X^[11] that day, he wrote, "I wish I could provide more entertainment for all of you. I love doing what I do, but my hands are tied in this situation. The fight is at a critical point."

apparently Misfits is censoring me saying i went to far and threatening to pull the fight wtf 😂

On August 12th, Danis made a post to X^[12] elaborating on his beef with the Paul brothers, writing:

I'm fully committed to this fight and have been carrying the whole card's promotion on my back. The Pauls and I have had beef since forever. Just imagine how you'd feel. Jake attacked my ex, fabricated stories about me impregnating someone, attacked my best friend's fiancée. Logan ridiculed me for years, attacked Floyd's wife, filmed a deceased person, scammed millions. KSI went after my mom, the list goes on. Now I finally get to settle our feud, and this whole thing is complete bullshit--we both have a signed contract. This isn't a tennis match; this is the fight business.

Later that day, he made a post to X^[13] claiming Paul refused an "Olympic-style performance-enhancing test" to imply Paul is on steroids, writing, "Any steroid expert will tell you that a scheduled urine test is simple to pass. I'm ready to undergo USADA-level testing every day leading up to the fight." On August 13th, he denied slut-shaming with his Agdal posts on X,^[14] writing, "for anyone saying i’m slut shaming wtf you talking about i love sluts 😂."

That day, Danis resumed posting photos of Agdal with other men, posting at seven more to X^[15][16][17] between the 13th and 14th, including a photo of Agdal with Ja Rule (shown below, left and right).

That day, Danis posted a photoshopped image of himself posing with Agdal to X,^[18] garnering over 40,000 likes in four days (shown below, left). On August 16th, he posted at least nine other photos of Agdal with other men to X,^[19] including a photo of her with Jamie Foxx (shown below, right).

Between August 17th and 18th, Danis posted at least 13 more photos of Agdal with men to X,^[20] including a photo of her with actor Pauly Shore (shown below).

Logan Paul Leaks Texts

On August 18th, 2023, Logan Paul made a post to X^[21] sharing messages that allege that Danis backed out of an eight-round fight with Paul, garnering over 3,300 likes in under an hour (shown below).

Logan Paul Cut By Dillon Danis With Microphone

On October 12th, 2023, Logan Paul and Dillon Danis met on stage in anticipation of their fight. At the end of their meeting, Paul stood up and hit a water bottle towards to Danis who then struck Paul in the face with a microphone he was holding, causing Paul to bleed and walk off stage. After being hit, Paul was also struck by a water bottle thrown by a man in Danis' circle. The clip was posted to X^[23] by user @Billyhottakes on October 12th, gaining roughly 9,400 likes in one hour (shown below).

The same clip was posted by Happy Punch to X^[24] on October 12th, 2023, where it received roughly 16,000 likes in the same timeframe. Four hours earlier, Happy Punch posted to X^[25] a photo of the moment Paul was struck, gaining roughly 11,300 likes in four hours (shown below, left).

Many reactions on the day centered on the unknown man who threw a water bottle at Paul, evident in a reply posted by X^[26] user @diegomayra on October 12th who captioned the screenshot, "How much you wanna bet, Logan files battery charges against this guy, but not Danis," gaining roughly 1,100 likes in one hour (shown below, right).

YouTuber and Prime Energy co-founder KSI also responded to the event, stating that Paul's wound was not severe. The clip was uploaded by X^[27] user @ksinews_ on October 12th, 2023, gaining roughly 5,400 likes in one hour (shown below).

Online Presence

The fight, particularly Danis' trolling campaign against Paul, became the widespread subject of reactions online. On August 16th, Danis appeared on the Full Send Podcast on YouTube,^[22] garnering over 1.7 million views in two days (shown below). During the podcast, Danis says that he believed Nina Agdal was trans when he first saw her.

Fight Night

On October 14th, 2023, the fight between Logan Paul and Dillon Danis started. The fight went for the entire time and all rounds, but at the end of the fight Dillon Danis, who online viewers say was very passive throughout the fight, attempted to keep fighting against Logan Paul, leading to security rushing the ring and separating the two. Footage of this was uploaded to X by the user @Shannonsharpeee^[28], where it quickly gained over 1.6 million views in one hour (shown below).

Search Interest

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