Dillon Danis News

Chris Taylor - October 11, 2018

Moments after scoring a fourth-round submission victory over Conor McGregor in the main event of UFC 229, Khabib Nurmagomedov proceeded to leap out of the octagon and onto Dillon Danis. The victorious UFC lightweight champion, Nurmagomedov, proceeded to throw punches with the McGregor’s jiu-jitsu coach (Danis) until security was able to step in and separate the heated rivals.

Tom Taylor - October 11, 2018

Shortly after Khabib Nurmagomedov submitted Conor McGregor at UFC 229 last Saturday night, a frenzied brawl between the pair’s teams began. Nurmagomedov leapt out of the cage and attacked McGregor’s training partner Dillon Danis, while McGregor scrapped with several of Nurmagomedov’s compatriots inside the cage. It was pure chaos, and the MMA community has been struggling to assign the blame ever since. Apparently, some fans have been blaming Dillon Danis for starting this riot, suggesting that he was making negative comments about Khabib Nurmagomedov’s faith through the cage before the bedlam began. Danis is not happy about these accusations, and insists they’re nothing but a smear campaign.

Tom Taylor - October 9, 2018

Shortly after submitting Conor McGregor at UFC 229 on Saturday night, UFC lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov climbed out of the Octagon and dive-bombed McGregor’s training partner Dillon Danis. Nurmagomedov and Danis then engaged in a brief fight, as McGregor began to scuffle with Nurmagomedov’s entourage inside the Octagon. Despite this wild scuffle, Dillon Danis was reportedly out enjoying Las Vegas’ night life shortly thereafter. This according to top UFC featherweight contender Brian Ortega.

Tom Taylor - October 8, 2018

Shortly after Khabib Nurmagomedov submitted Conor McGregor at UFC 229, he leapt out of the Octagon, and onto McGregor’s training partner Dillon Danis like Mario on a Goomba. From there, he and Danis engaged in a brief scrap, trading punches until they were separated. Shortly thereafter, former UFC lightweight champion and current welterweight contender Rafael dos Anjos took to Twitter, where he trashed Dillon Danis for his role in this ugly, post-fight brawl.

Tom Taylor - August 22, 2018

BJJ star Garry Tonon is now 2-0 in mixed martial arts, having bested Richard Corminal and Rahul Raju under the ONE Championship banner. In roughly the same timeframe, another star of the BJJ world, Dillon Danis, has moved to 1-0 in MMA, having made a successful debut with a submission Kyle Walker under the Bellator banner. Given that both BJJ stars are beginning their MMA careers at the same time, much has been made about a potential fight between them. Apparently, this is something Garry Tonon himself has considered.

Tom Taylor - August 15, 2018

Grappling star Dillon Danis wants to grapple with UFC lightweight contender Kevin Lee. And not just for fun. Instead, Danis hopes to meet Lee on the mats in a sub-only contest, and broadcast it on Instagram Live. He proposes they both put up $100,000 cash, and the winner takes it all.

Tom Taylor - August 7, 2018

At UFC 229, on October 6 in Las Vegas, Conor McGregor will make his long-awaited return to the Octagon, where he’s set to battle undefeated UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. This bout with Nurmagomedov, who is one of the most ferocious grapplers in MMA history, represents perhaps the toughest stylistic challenge of McGregor’s career. That said, Dillon Danis, who is McGregor’s chief jiu jitsu training partner, isn’t worried.

Tom Taylor - July 16, 2018

Just a day removed from his Twitter spat with former UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones, BJJ ace and Bellator star Dillon Danis is now getting into it with another UFC star: former interim lightweight champ Tony “El Cucuy” Ferguson. Danis’ back and forth with Ferguson began several days ago, when a fan asked who would win a grappling match between the two dangerous submission specialists.

Tom Taylor - May 7, 2018

Colby Covington has become one of the most polarizing fighters in mixed martial arts, generating massive amounts of backlash for his controversial comments and brash actions. The top welterweight contender has already been lambasted by a number of his fellow fighters, and now, we can add Conor McGregor training partner and current Bellator star Dillon Danis to the list. Several days ago, a fan on Twitter made a comparison between Danis and Covington, calling Danis “the Colby Covington of Bellator.”

Chris Taylor - May 5, 2018

Rafael dos Anjos and Michael Bisping take aim at Bellator’s Dillon Danis Former UFC champions Rafael dos Anjos (lightweight) and Michael Bisping (middleweight) took aim at Bellator MMA’s Dillon Danis on social media this weekend.

Tom Taylor - May 2, 2018

Dillon Danis, a decorated Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and a training partner of Conor McGregor, has always received his fair-share of hate. Now that he’s made his successful MMA debut, a first-round submission of Kyle Walker at Bellator 198, the backlash that the brash BJJ player is receiving has surged to new heights. One of the latest fighters to go after Danis is UFC lightweight Al Iaquinta, who recently came up short against Khabib Nurmagomedov in a last-minute lightweight title fight. Iaquinta dissed Danis on Twitter, saying that he hopes former Bellator lightweight champ Michael Chandler gets his hands on him.

Tom Taylor - May 2, 2018

Last weekend, Bellator touched down in Chicago, Illinois with the exciting Bellator 198 card. One of the most talked about features of the main card was the MMA debut of Dillon Danis, an accomplished jiu jitsu practitioner who has recently risen to prominence for his role in Conor McGregor‘s camp. Danis would win this fight, which pitted him against 2-4 fighter Kyle Walker, with a slick, first-round toehold.  While Danis looked solid in his MMA debut, many onlookers have been turned off by the way he seems to mimic McGregor’s shtick. You can file former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping into that group.

Chris Taylor - April 29, 2018

Michael Chandler blasts Dillon Danis following Bellator 198 Submission specialist Dillon Danis picked up a first-round submission victory over Kyle Walker on the main card of last night’s Bellator 198 event in Chicago.

Chris Taylor - April 29, 2018

Dillon Danis calls out Ben Askren following successful Bellator MMA debut, “Funky” responds accordingly Dillon Danis picked up his first career mixed martial arts victory at last night’s Bellator 198 event in Chicago.

Chris Taylor - April 28, 2018

MMA Community reacts to Dillon Danis’ impressive debut at Bellator 198 Submission specialist Dillon Danis made his professional mixed martial arts debut at tonight’s Bellator 198 event against opponent Kyle Walker.

Tom Taylor - April 27, 2018

BJJ ace and Conor McGregor training partner Dillon Danis has never been short on confidence. That remains true as he gears up for his professional MMA debut, which will pit him against 2-3 fighter Kyle Walker in a 175-pound catchweight fight at Bellator 198 this weekend. Speaking to MMAMania, Danis explained that to him, Walker is really just a bump in the road — a bump he intends to roll right over.

Tom Taylor - March 26, 2018

On April 28, at Bellator 198, grappling export Dillon Danis will make his anticipated MMA debut. The Conor McGregor training partner will be welcomed to the world of cage fighting by Kyle Walker. Danis has oozed confidence ever since his signing with Bellator was announced – so much so that some fans are wondering if he’s taking the challenge ahead lightly.

Tom Taylor - March 15, 2018

Earlier this month, we learned that Conor McGregor training partner Dillon Danis – the man who helped the Irishman sharpen his ground game in the lead-up his rematch with Nate Diaz – will make his Bellator debut at 198 on April 28. And now, he’s got an opponent for that debut. Per a Thursday press release from Bellator, Danis will make his MMA debut opposite Kyle Walker, who will be making his Bellator debut. While the expectation was that Danis would debut at welterweight, this fight will be contested at a 175-pound catchweight.