NEW YORK -- The UFC has banned Dillon Danis , a former training partner of MMA superstar Conor McGregor , from future events, according to UFC CEO Dana White.

Danis was involved in a brawl with several members of UFC champion Islam Makhachev 's team at UFC 322 on Saturday inside Madison Square Garden. The melee occurred cageside, moments before the start of the main card, which Makhachev headlined in a welterweight title fight against Jack Della Maddalena .

Multiple videos showed Danis in a scuffle with Makhachev teammates Abubakar Nurmagomedov and Magomed Zaynukov .

At the UFC 322 post-fight news conference, White told reporters he would not press charges on Danis but indicated the 32-year-old would never be welcome at a UFC event again.

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