Dillon Danis and Henry Cejudo (Photo by Imagn Images)

Dillon Danis Trolls Ex-UFC Champion Henry Cejudo Over His Height

Originally posted on Total Pro Sports | By Pavan Sharma | Last updated Mar 11, 2026 1:15 PM ET

There are endless comparisons in sports, from Jon Jones being called the Michael Jordan of the UFC to Ilia Topuria being labeled the new Conor McGregor. However, when Henry Cejudo compared himself to an NBA star, Dillon Danis wasn’t impressed at all. Instead, he started trolling the former UFC champion.

Cejudo took to X to align himself with Bam Adebayo following one of the most historic individual performances in NBA history, Adebayo dropping 83 points against the Washington Wizards for the Miami Heat. A number that sits second all-time behind only Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game and ahead of Kobe Bryant’s legendary 81-point performance.

The conversation went like, Cejudo said, “If I was an NBA player I’d be #BamAdebayo.” To which Danis said, “You’d be the basketball bud.” Danis read it, looked at Cejudo’s listed height of five feet four, and went straight for the jugular. The basketball itself, not the player, just the ball.

you’d be the basketball bud.
— Dillon Danis (@dillondanis) March 11, 2026

Adebayo had just etched his name into the record books alongside Chamberlain and Bryant, making him one of the most discussed athletes on the planet for a 24-hour window. Cejudo attaching himself to that moment was harmless enough.

Danis using it as a setup for a height joke was the predictable next move from a man who has never encountered a situation he did not think could benefit from a well-placed needle. Cejudo is a two division UFC champion and Olympic gold medalist. Danis is going to call him a basketball regardless. And now he is ready for the Colby Covington wrestling fight.

Colby Covington vs. Dillon Danis Set for RAF 07 In Tampa

Colby Covington (Image Credits: Getty Images)

Covington and Danis will meet in the co-main event of RAF 07 in Tampa on March 28, with the event airing live on Fox Nation. On paper, it is a grappling match. In practice, it is two of combat sports’ most polarizing personalities sharing a mat in a city that will have absolutely no interest in staying quiet about it.

Covington has settled into the RAF landscape comfortably since his UFC run wound down. His victory over Luke Rockhold at RAF 05 in January demonstrated that the wrestling credentials underpinning his entire MMA career translate directly to competitive grappling

Meanwhile, Danis arrives carrying a complicated recent resume. The Logan Paul fight ended in disqualification and a brawl rather than a clean, competitive result, leaving his actual grappling ability still somewhat unclear to a mainstream audience despite his legitimate Brazilian jiu-jitsu background.

This article first appeared on Total Pro Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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