Dillon Danis needs to step into the octagon, however he can’t persuade the UFC to signal him.
The at all times talkative Danis’s newest declare is that high-ranking UFC officers, together with UFC CEO Dana White and UFC CFO Hunter Campbell, are frightened that he gained’t behave if he’s handed a contract. This previous August, Danis made a return to MMA competitors at Misfits Boxing 22—his first MMA battle in over six years—and he claimed the influencer boxing group’s inaugural gentle heavyweight title with a 15-second submission of Warren Spencer.
Now, Danis feels he’s greater than able to compete within the UFC in the event that they’d solely give him an opportunity.
“I provided to be within the [Ultimate Fighter] home, which is definitely loopy, and Hunter mentioned that I used to be going to punch somebody in the home and simply get out and use it for clout or one thing like that,” Danis advised Demetrious Johnson on the MightyCast. “That was type of like his factor. He was like, ‘Simply inform him to get extra fights.’ They’re scared that I’m simply going to be too loopy. The entire Logan build-up was loopy. I hit him with a microphone and all that bullshit, and I believe they assume that I’m going to carry that to the UFC the place it’s like a very totally different recreation. That’s why this time I used to be just a little bit extra calm to point out them I that I could be respectful and I can try this, however clearly when somebody hits you within the nuts with a f*cking bottle, I’m going to throw a mic at their face.
“I don’t know, I believe they’re simply afraid of me. Dana White even mentioned, ‘He’s at all times getting in bother,’ like each time I’m going someplace I get into fights with folks, however on the finish of the day they’re UFC fighters, they’ve safety, and I’m there on my own and so they’re going to assault me, I’m going to battle again. I’m not going to simply sit there and take it.”
If there’s any fact to what Danis is saying concerning the UFC’s considerations, they wouldn’t be unfounded. At UFC 229 in Las Vegas in October 2018, Danis was concerned an notorious post-fight brawl with Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Shortly after Nurmagomedov efficiently defended the light-weight title with a fourth-round submission of Danis’s good friend Conor McGregor, Nurmagomedov exited the cage and attacked Danis, who was working McGregor’s nook.
The melee, which additionally concerned present UFC light-weight champion Islam Makhachev, resulted in main fines and suspensions for McGregor and Nurmagomedov, plus extra minor penalties for Danis and others. Danis is for certain the notorious second has completely tarnished his popularity with UFC officers.
“100%,” Danis mentioned. “As a result of after I go to the UFCs now, they’ll be like, ‘You’re not allowed to go right here, you’re not allowed to go right here.’ That’s why I get into so many fights as a result of they don’t need to give me safety. They don’t need to do that, they don’t need to try this, they don’t need to put me by the again. They deal with me in another way now as a result of they assume I’m going to begin some type of brawl or one thing. I do begin loads of shit, however clearly, when the UFC says do one thing or do that I’m not going to disrespect them.”
Danis, now 3-0 competing underneath MMA guidelines, claims he made someplace within the vary of seven figures for his battle with Spencer, so his motivation to check himself towards UFC competitors will not be monetary. Now that he has gold of his personal, he’s comfortable to place it up towards Makhachev, assuming Makhachev is profitable in taking the UFC welterweight title from Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 322 on Nov. 15 in New York.
“All people is aware of the place to seek out me, all people is aware of who I’m,” Danis mentioned. “That is the true 170-pound belt. Islam’s not the champ, JDM is, however Islam would be the champ. And I need a champion vs. champion battle, me vs. Islam so I can get my revenge, storyline completed, that’s what I need.”
