Seth Daniels, the former ADCC production manager, is opening up about his feud with Craig Jones — a conflict that became one of the most public rifts in recent grappling history.

Appearing on the Jits and Giggles podcast, Daniels spoke candidly about the fallout from a heated exchange with Jones, which included Daniels sending threatening messages during the chaotic lead-up to the first Craig Jones Invitational.

Looking back, he didn’t hold back in owning his mistakes:

I acted like a fuc*ing idiot last year. I was just fuc*ed up and pissed off and out of my mind.

The only thing I kill is like a fuc*ing box of donuts and a pack of monsters.
I can’t even fight. I can’t even throw a punch.

The conflict began when Jones and several athletes publicly split from ADCC to launch the rival CJI — a move that triggered intense emotions and, in Daniels’ case, regrettable messages that Jones eventually made public.

Despite the drama, Daniels says time has mellowed things between them:

He told me like everything’s water under the bridge. Like we’re cool.

We’ll never be friends or anything, but he’s doing his thing, I’m doing my thing.

Daniels also shared that he reached out again recently after speaking about Jones in another interview — this time, to give credit where it was due:

I messaged him and I was just like: “Hey man, I said some stuff about your event on this podcast. I wasn’t talking s*it, I was giving you props for what you did and all the money you gave away.”

The incident, Daniels claims, came at a steep personal cost:

It cost me my job and all my finances.

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