Dillon Danis leaks photo showing cut and black eye Logan Paul suffered from press conference microphone attack
Rachel Ellis
Updated on April 07, 2026
Logan Paul has kept his face covered in recent days.
The YouTuber-turned-boxer took a microphone to his head after launching a bottle of PRIME at Dillon Danis during their pre-fight press conference on Thursday.
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A small cut on his face was visible when he exited the stage, and it left many people, including Jake Paul, concerned that his first fight since an exhibition bout with Floyd Mayweather in 2021 could fall through.
‘The Maverick’ covered his eyes when posting a subsequent selfie to assure fans he will be fine to face Danis at the AO Arena in Manchester on Saturday night.
A day later, Paul wore a balaclava for his ceremonial weigh-in, creating more intrigue about the extent of the injuries he suffered during Danis’ mic attack.
It seemed fans wouldn’t get a glimpse of his face until moments before the fight, but his rival has now leaked a picture showing Paul sporting a black eye and a cut right cheek.
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“I already won broke this fools face he’s a dead man walking,” Danis captioned the image which was viewed by more than one million users of X – formerly known as Twitter – in an hour.
The build-up to Paul vs Danis has been marred by controversy.
‘El Jefe’ has been hit with a lawsuit and a restraining order for relentlessly trolling Paul’s fiancée, Nina Agdal, on social media over the past few months.
On Friday, they faced off for the first and final time ahead of their grudge match.
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Both men stepped into a steel cage and were kept apart by Perspex glass that Tommy Fury tried to break when he squared off with KSI ahead of their main event matchup.
If he wins, Danis plans to take just one more boxing bout.
The 30-year-old expects to face KSI or Jake Paul before returning to MMA.
Conor McGregor’s teammate wants to follow in the Irishman’s footsteps by becoming a champion with the UFC after his previously promising career in the sport was derailed by a knee injury in 2019.
Win or lose, Paul is likely to return to the WWE where he has shockingly become one of the most popular professional wrestling stars in recent years.
