MMA fighter Dillon Danis is pushing back hard against allegations of drug use after photos circulated online that purportedly showed the UFC star snorting a white substance.
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His defense is pretty straightforward: Take a look at the tattoos. Danis told TMZ Sports that the man shown in the viral images isn't him, pointing out that the person doesn't have the same tattoos covering his body.
"To be completely clear: those photos are not me, and anyone presenting them as authentic images of me is spreading false information," Danis said.
The images began circulating shortly after Danis withdrew from his scheduled Aug. 29 fight against Mike Perry because of an arm injury. That timing led to online speculation that the photos and his withdrawal were somehow connected.
Danis denied that, too. He subsequently posted graphic footage of an open wound on his arm that he said forced him to pull out of the fight.
Perry remained on the card and instead faced replacement Brandon Jenkins, but that didn't exactly go according to plan either. Perry dislocated his shoulder and lost by first-round TKO.
Danis, meanwhile, has generated plenty of controversy over the years, including a cageside brawl with members of Islam Makhachev's team at UFC 322 that resulted in Dana White banning him from UFC events.
But on this particular controversy, Danis says there's nothing to debate.
"Those photos are not me."
