Bellator’s bad boy and training partner to Conor McGregor, Dillon Danis is making headlines again. This time for all the right reasons.
A video being shared around on social media of a teenage boy being brutally beaten caught Danis’ attention. In the clip the teenager is surrounded by others and given no escape. The gang of youths unleashed a torrent of strikes to the defenseless teen.
Danis states his disgust at the bullying and reaches out to the victim.
Dillon Danis Helps Bullying Victim
these videos break my heart nobody should have to go though this, if anyone knows how to contact him i wanna get him into martial arts immediately #fuckbullies pic.twitter.com/Mz5vEHj8Qo
— Dillon Danis (@dillondanis) October 11, 2019
The tweet gained a lot of attention and with the help of social media Danis was able to get in contact with the bullying victim.
From there, the story makes you look at Danis in a new light.
small gestures go a long way ❤️🙏 pic.twitter.com/rgfyXYXOlk
— Dillon Danis (@dillondanis) October 12, 2019
quick update 🙏 pic.twitter.com/SoK939roFJ
— Dillon Danis (@dillondanis) October 14, 2019
I am so proud of this young man for taking me up on my offer and getting into the dojo. Showing up is half the battle and that applies to everything in this life. We’re all in this together, let’s go champ! pic.twitter.com/mRTpMFlW1n
— Dillon Danis (@dillondanis) October 16, 2019
With a lot of horrible things going on in the world you have to respect Danis for staying true to his word by standing against bullying.
Best of luck to the young man and hopefully he will never have to suffer something like that again.
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