If Bellator grappling ace Dillon Danis was stressed after playing a key role in this past Saturday’s UFC 229 brawl, he sure didn’t show it.

At least not according to UFC featherweight Brian Ortega, who told TMZ Sports he ran into Danis after the event at a Las Vegas nightclub.

“First I was like, ‘Damn, what are you doing here – especially alone?'” Ortega recalled. “I was like, ‘This guy is a savage here.'”

Ortega said Danis was at least trying to keep his profile a bit low-key, sporting a hoodie as part of his attire. And while the controversial Bellator fighter often seems happy to start a rivalry at every available opportunity, Ortega said their exchange was on the friendlier side.

“He was respectful,” Ortega said. “He said, ‘Hey man, you’re holding it down for the jiu-jitsu community. I admire you. I appreciate it.’

“He was cool about the whole situation.”

Ortega, who challenges current UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway for the title in December, was in attendance at this past Saturday’s event at T-Mobile Arena, so he was fully aware of the post-fight melee in which UFC lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov clearly targeted Danis.

Ortega said he couldn’t help but ask for Danis’ recounting of the incident.

“He wouldn’t really tell me much,” Ortega said. “He was just like, ‘Yeah, man, (expletive) got crazy. These guys started throwing, I started throwing.’ One of his eyes was swollen. He was just like, ‘Yeah, man, I think they gave me a concussion, so he got down, too.”

After the brief exchange between the two jiu-jitsu masters, Ortega said Danis was going to leave the club by himself. While not picking sides in the battle, “T-City” thought better of the plan and actually helped ensure Danis received safe passage to his next destination.

“After that, he was going to walk out by himself, and I told my boy, I was like ‘Hey, man, make sure this guy gets out of here alright,’ because you know, there seemed to be some Russians in the club,” Ortega said with a laugh.

To hear more from Ortega, check out the video above.

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