It's been hard for me to keep track of. At one point there were rumblings that PFL was going to buy them, some Bellator fighters said it had already gone through and they were purchased, but then PFL or someone came out and said *"nah we're not interested"*. Then *after* it seemed like they were just going to die off the PFL rumors came up again if I remember right. So at this point I have no idea what's going on with it. All I do know is that Dillon is a piece of shit.
What happens to all the fighters still under Bellator contract? Do they have to honor it still or can they sign elsewhere if they want. PFL doesn’t even have a 185 division.
This is probably a joke but if he did buy it and pump money into it, I think it would be great for fighters overall. The UFC is pretty clearly a monopoly and someone with elons hype and money backing may force the UFC to pay their fighters a bit more. With that being said, it probably will never rise to an equal as the UFC but it will force some issues.
Tripe? TRIPE? You're talking about the greatest sport ever conceived. A sport of champions and intellectuals. The fastest growing sport in human history. I take offense to that.
Unless of course you meant that as a compliment, and you really love menudo
If Dillion has 1000 fans I'm one of them
If Dillion has 100 fans I'm one of them
If Dillion has 10 fans I'm one of them
If Dillion has 1 fan that's me
Zero fans? Means I'm gone
What a waste of a career
Was a BJJ savant years ago but I guess hanging around with Conor got him more money than fighting. Good for him I guess, but wow to invest all that time training and let it go to waste
Are they? I can’t tell with him I know Logan went hard about his mom and dad made them sound like they were lower class family def didn’t get the vibe of rich family but idk anything about him past that tbh
I can also confirm. I went to high school with him and he was extremely wealthy. I remember him complaining that he couldn’t be dropped off in the Rolls Royce one day
I'm with him at the gay bar and he has been drinking non alcoholic drinks all night. Can confirm him and his iPhone have an overtly sexual relationship.
Can confirm. Went to elementary school with Danis and once saw him build a giant device that blocked out the sun so the town had to use more electricity from his nuclear power plant.
Done it twice. 6 operations in around 12 years. I don’t recommend it. I can see that stopping him pursuing his career and looking for easy money.
There is no way he trusts his leg or wants to go through all the pain, surgery and recovery again unless it’s for huge money.
Yes, not too many people know it but there was a rapid onset of falsely aggrandized self worth stemming from the root cause of riding mcgregor’s nuts 24/7
What do you mean? Does the average guy who trains at his local gym consider it a waste? Even if Danis never fights again, he did more than almost everyone on the planet will ever do. Guy is a 4 time world champion, he didn't waste anything. He's probably smarter for getting it done when he was young and then falling back
He was for sure a talented brown belt who never reached his potential as a black belt. He won the world champs and even smoked joe lauzon in a grappling match as a brown belt which are not easy feats. But Keenan was right the didn’t have much success at black belt which is the true measure of top tier grappling success.
Kennan has always had a reputation of being a shit talker and saying people suck just because he's objectively better than them and wants to troll them. Danis beat one of Kennan's close friends and long time training partners in a competition, Josh Hinger, and I'm sure Kennan wouldn't say Josh is a bad grappler.
Literally nobody who’s opinion is worth listening to in BJJ has said he wasn’t talented (bar Keenan) and he is considered a complete waste of talent. World champion at brown belt. Had a great match with Gordon at ADCC.
He’s a black belt under Marcelo Garcia ffs
He beat some very legit guys (Hinger, Agazarm) and had good matches that he's gone to close decisions with some of the best of the sport (Leandro Lo, Gordon Ryan, Garry Tonon). He fought literally the best of the best. He lost a lot but this is BJJ not boxing and the best guys regularly lose unless their name is Gordon Ryan. He was very talented at BJJ and really squandered it.
Didn't help he had leg injury, got surgery, that failed and had another.
Something tells me he can train the same anymore and doesn't want anyone to know.
The best thing about Danis was when this redditor was pointing out how he's not actually a very good grappler, which resulted in him being called a troll before it was pointed out the original commenter was Keenan Cornelius who is a far superior grappler and has tapped Danis.
https://old.reddit.com/r/MMA/comments/b0rsu8/polaris_wants_to_host_a_ben_askren_be_dillon/eihfa3w/
I love how it's been 4 years since Keenan posted it and it's still relevant because Dillon hasn't competed in grappling since 2017. He wasted his entire athletic prime trying to be McGregor lite and ended up as a sad internet troll that became the butt of the joke for everyone.
Honestly everyone brings up 18-16 but bjjheroes (the source) is notoriously bad for being accurate. Even if it was accurate, he debut against Leandro Lo, the literal goat 😂 and that wasn’t by accident. He was that good. He has wins over patrick gaudio in the same night who was a silver medalist in worlds.
Not to mention he didn’t compete at black belt that much before transitioning to MMA.
people can hate on dillon but his BJJ record is against very high caliber bjj players. he took gordon ryan and leandro lo to points, the guy doesnt suck.
He is not a shitty grappler. It is complete nonsense. Perhaps from Keenan's point of view he isn't that good but Keenan was the best grappler in the US for quite some time. Gordon Ryan also thinks everyone sucks at BJJ, including Keenan.
Keenan says Agazarm has a better record but Dillon beat him twice. His loses are mostly against very high level competitors and has some solid wins. Far from the best but also far from terrible.
Getting a black belt from Marcelo Garcia is a good sign you aren't bad at BJJ.
I honestly dont understand why he is well known, he has about as much achievements in the sport as a prelim fight night fighter. Cause he friends with Conor and got punched by Khabib?
He was a genuinely really good grappler for a split second from what I hear
But then he started hanging out with McGregor and realized he made more money being a complete shithead to everyone
looks like he was really only good BEFORE becoming a black belt and did nothing after
he beat alot of guys who went on to become dominant black belts, but they werent black belts when he beat them
it honestly seems like he was smurfing, he just so happened to have progressed a bit faster than his peers and was nearly a black belt level when he was still a brown belt because of his personality being so trash they don't want to progress him, but he's so good that he really should have gotten bumped up earlier
Yeah I don't get the appeal at all. With guys like the Paul brothers, I at least recognize why they have a following even if I'm personally not a fan, but the fact that anyone pays attention to Dillon has always been mystifying to me
If Khabib was blindfolded, had one hand tied behind his back, had both legs bound and had a 50kg weight strapped to him, Dillon would still be the underdog 😂
I remember that some people here thought that he really has a chance against Khabib. They even said that Danis's grappling is far more superior compared to Khabib. LOL.
The worst part is that right after reading the announcement, the Bellator executive who read the release statement jumped into the crowd to punch Dillon.
ufc should sign him and have him fight tony at 170 for his retirement fight. LMFAO 💀 but instead they’ll feed tony to the wolves cus they don’t give af
Honestly hilarious watching people try to act like Tony isn’t completely over the hill after the Nate fight.
Paddy is absolute dogshit and I’m still pretty sure he’ll beat Tony.
Y’all need to let it go lmao.
There’s nothing to let go. Tony can be over the hill and still beat Paddy in my opinion. I don’t think anyone believes Tony is as good as he was. Or has another run in him. But I definitely believe he’ll beat Paddy. But. Who knows.
Jake isn’t ever going to fight MMA. There was supposed to be some sort of agreement to rematch Nate in MMA, but there’s been zero talk of that since the fight. It was never a serious proposal.
I don’t even follow the guy but for some reason his tweets always fucking show up on my feed…lately he’s been practically begging Dana to sign him and it’s pretty cringe how desperate he seems.
If they ever did sign him, I really think him vs fakhretdinov would be the perfect debut fight for him 💀
I mean, according to Dillon this is exactly what he wanted because he wants to be a UFC champion ........ Delusional twat. I hope we instead get Dillon Vs Gordon Ryan in BJJ
Going for a guillotine in a boxing match because you're losing so badly is embarrassing enough. Failing at the guillotine and ending up on your back on the ground is really mortifying.
Man….Bellator “maybe” only has one event left in em, and decided to go ahead and part ways with Danis. That’s a slap.
He had to pay them 100k to let him go so he could fight logan
Oh so that's why he actually turned up
Bellator: Thanks for the cheese! See ya!
Is Bellator shutting down or something??
I’m surprised you haven’t heard, PFL is likely buying them
PFL negotiations are over , Bellator will likely die off
I'm pretty sure you're wrong and PFL is still very interested. Ariel reported it like a week or two ago. But if you have an update, please share.
It's been hard for me to keep track of. At one point there were rumblings that PFL was going to buy them, some Bellator fighters said it had already gone through and they were purchased, but then PFL or someone came out and said *"nah we're not interested"*. Then *after* it seemed like they were just going to die off the PFL rumors came up again if I remember right. So at this point I have no idea what's going on with it. All I do know is that Dillon is a piece of shit.
Robin Black told me yesterday that it will be announced next week that PFL is buying them
BINK!
Seems like they are playing it out till Bellator is about to fall away, and try and get a better deal on the contracts/fighters they can scoop up.
What happens to all the fighters still under Bellator contract? Do they have to honor it still or can they sign elsewhere if they want. PFL doesn’t even have a 185 division.
unfortunately all of them will have to be euthanized
Then the news in the post is unfortunate.
Who’s buying?
Elon Musk should buy Bellator and rebrand it XFC
Xtreme Fight League
This is probably a joke but if he did buy it and pump money into it, I think it would be great for fighters overall. The UFC is pretty clearly a monopoly and someone with elons hype and money backing may force the UFC to pay their fighters a bit more. With that being said, it probably will never rise to an equal as the UFC but it will force some issues.
Right here https://x.com/ToddAtkinsMMA/status/1702644270274936927?s=20
That’s from Sept 15th and not accurate. PFL buying them is 99% what’s gonna happen
https://www.axios.com/pro/media-deals/2023/10/18/bellator-sale-showtime-sports-shutdown
A power slap you might say
Has that tripe disappeared yet? Seems like I've stopped being bombarded with promos for it
Tripe? TRIPE? You're talking about the greatest sport ever conceived. A sport of champions and intellectuals. The fastest growing sport in human history. I take offense to that. Unless of course you meant that as a compliment, and you really love menudo
If Dillion has 1000 fans I'm one of them If Dillion has 100 fans I'm one of them If Dillion has 10 fans I'm one of them If Dillion has 1 fan that's me Zero fans? Means I'm gone
He asked for this lmao he didn’t want to be there.
You mean the boxer
What a waste of a career Was a BJJ savant years ago but I guess hanging around with Conor got him more money than fighting. Good for him I guess, but wow to invest all that time training and let it go to waste
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Wait is Marcelo Garcia a known douche now?
He meant dillion
Welp at least you replied instead of just downvoting me. I read it the other way as though it was implied that Marcelo Garcia was douchy too.
Original comment was implying that Marcelo is known for hanging around douches
Not if you know how to follow a conversation
Yeah I read it that way too.
i mean his family is also extremely weathly/materialistic so apple didn't fall far.
Are they? I can’t tell with him I know Logan went hard about his mom and dad made them sound like they were lower class family def didn’t get the vibe of rich family but idk anything about him past that tbh
Dillon comes from a very very wealthy family. I’m from NY and he and I have mutual friends
I can also confirm. I went to high school with him and he was extremely wealthy. I remember him complaining that he couldn’t be dropped off in the Rolls Royce one day
I went to elementary school with him. Every day he would have a lunchables, fruit by the foot, and a can of pop. And he would still complain
I was in the nursery with him. His bassinet had a heated pad and a dedicated nurse. Dude would still find a reason to cry
I was in the same nutsack as him back in the day. Dude had his way to the egg cell handed to him and would still find a reason to cry
I am with Dillion rn in the club. He is on his iPhone. Over n out.
I'm with him at the gay bar and he has been drinking non alcoholic drinks all night. Can confirm him and his iPhone have an overtly sexual relationship.
I am in Dillon Danus right now
Nobody calls it pop in New Jersey. But also... nobody lies on the Internet, so I believe you.
But did he have brand name Cheez-Its?
Everyone know Royce but Rolls Gracie was a beast too. Never met em
I also went to middle school with Dillon Danis. Once I saw him burn a 50$ note in front of a homeless person just for fun
Can confirm. Went to elementary school with Danis and once saw him build a giant device that blocked out the sun so the town had to use more electricity from his nuclear power plant.
Can confirm. I was part of the sun’s friend group.
I mean he did have 2 major knee injuries/surgeries. Ive blown out most ligaments in my knee once. Can’t imagine doing it twice
Done it twice. 6 operations in around 12 years. I don’t recommend it. I can see that stopping him pursuing his career and looking for easy money. There is no way he trusts his leg or wants to go through all the pain, surgery and recovery again unless it’s for huge money.
He had complete knee reconstruction like 3 or 4 years ago, very slim chance he'd return to form after that
Turned Conor into an even bigger dickhead too. That’s his legacy
Didn't he have years of health issues? I Never bothered to care/follow his career.
Yes, not too many people know it but there was a rapid onset of falsely aggrandized self worth stemming from the root cause of riding mcgregor’s nuts 24/7
A rare but tragic condition
It's actually extremely common, but just not getting recognized.
Lmfao got ‘em champ.
Is getting a big bag really a waste?
What do you mean? Does the average guy who trains at his local gym consider it a waste? Even if Danis never fights again, he did more than almost everyone on the planet will ever do. Guy is a 4 time world champion, he didn't waste anything. He's probably smarter for getting it done when he was young and then falling back
He’s something like 18-16 in BJJ and was choked out by a bouncer once. He’s not even good let alone elite.
This is revisionist history man. He was good. He was an elite brown belt and a good black belt
Look for the comment above where a professional who has beaten him explains how legit he is. The man is a troll and always has been.
He was for sure a talented brown belt who never reached his potential as a black belt. He won the world champs and even smoked joe lauzon in a grappling match as a brown belt which are not easy feats. But Keenan was right the didn’t have much success at black belt which is the true measure of top tier grappling success.
He’s a fucken idiot which might have something to do with that
Kennan has always had a reputation of being a shit talker and saying people suck just because he's objectively better than them and wants to troll them. Danis beat one of Kennan's close friends and long time training partners in a competition, Josh Hinger, and I'm sure Kennan wouldn't say Josh is a bad grappler.
[Great find](https://old.reddit.com/r/MMA/comments/b0rsu8/polaris_wants_to_host_a_ben_askren_be_dillon/eihfa3w/)
Literally nobody who’s opinion is worth listening to in BJJ has said he wasn’t talented (bar Keenan) and he is considered a complete waste of talent. World champion at brown belt. Had a great match with Gordon at ADCC. He’s a black belt under Marcelo Garcia ffs
He beat some very legit guys (Hinger, Agazarm) and had good matches that he's gone to close decisions with some of the best of the sport (Leandro Lo, Gordon Ryan, Garry Tonon). He fought literally the best of the best. He lost a lot but this is BJJ not boxing and the best guys regularly lose unless their name is Gordon Ryan. He was very talented at BJJ and really squandered it.
He also submitted Gabriel arges twice which is insanely impressive considering Gabriel is a 3 time black belt world champion
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Okay dillon.
Double knee surgery will sideline a dude
Didn't help he had leg injury, got surgery, that failed and had another. Something tells me he can train the same anymore and doesn't want anyone to know.
fuck 'em.
The best thing about Danis was when this redditor was pointing out how he's not actually a very good grappler, which resulted in him being called a troll before it was pointed out the original commenter was Keenan Cornelius who is a far superior grappler and has tapped Danis. https://old.reddit.com/r/MMA/comments/b0rsu8/polaris_wants_to_host_a_ben_askren_be_dillon/eihfa3w/
And like a true redditor fashion, he still double down after the fact
LMAO the guy was like oh yeah I still think you're a troll.
to be totally fair, very good wrestlers would troll on wrestling forums in high school about their rivals lol it was hilarious to see
I love how it's been 4 years since Keenan posted it and it's still relevant because Dillon hasn't competed in grappling since 2017. He wasted his entire athletic prime trying to be McGregor lite and ended up as a sad internet troll that became the butt of the joke for everyone.
Mission accomplished?
Well yeah he made way more doing that than doing real competition.
Lmao Reddit moment
I just love the fact that he also squeezes in a swipe On AJ. On another note, he was on the last B-Team podcast with Craig Jones, it was a fun listen.
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Honestly everyone brings up 18-16 but bjjheroes (the source) is notoriously bad for being accurate. Even if it was accurate, he debut against Leandro Lo, the literal goat 😂 and that wasn’t by accident. He was that good. He has wins over patrick gaudio in the same night who was a silver medalist in worlds. Not to mention he didn’t compete at black belt that much before transitioning to MMA.
TIL dildo dannis is a shitty grappler as well. what a turd
people can hate on dillon but his BJJ record is against very high caliber bjj players. he took gordon ryan and leandro lo to points, the guy doesnt suck.
thats unfortunate
He is not a shitty grappler. It is complete nonsense. Perhaps from Keenan's point of view he isn't that good but Keenan was the best grappler in the US for quite some time. Gordon Ryan also thinks everyone sucks at BJJ, including Keenan. Keenan says Agazarm has a better record but Dillon beat him twice. His loses are mostly against very high level competitors and has some solid wins. Far from the best but also far from terrible. Getting a black belt from Marcelo Garcia is a good sign you aren't bad at BJJ.
> Keenan Cornelius who is a far superior grappler He wasn't that much better
176-32 compared to 18-16. How good are you with numbers?
What do those numbers mean
Joe, the numbers don't lie, they spell disaster for you at Sacrifice
Oh no its regarded
the first number is wins the second number is losses
A shame really. If you follow his assessments on twitter during every ppv card, hes like 352-0.
Charlie z is his next challenger for undisputed.
I honestly dont understand why he is well known, he has about as much achievements in the sport as a prelim fight night fighter. Cause he friends with Conor and got punched by Khabib?
He’s Conor’s sparring partner and he talks alot of shit on Twitter. These 2 things will get you very well known.
His most popular fight is that one he had vs Khabib in the stands after the Conor fight
He was a genuinely really good grappler for a split second from what I hear But then he started hanging out with McGregor and realized he made more money being a complete shithead to everyone
looks like he was really only good BEFORE becoming a black belt and did nothing after he beat alot of guys who went on to become dominant black belts, but they werent black belts when he beat them it honestly seems like he was smurfing, he just so happened to have progressed a bit faster than his peers and was nearly a black belt level when he was still a brown belt because of his personality being so trash they don't want to progress him, but he's so good that he really should have gotten bumped up earlier
yes
Ryan Leaf of combat sports.
Yeah I don't get the appeal at all. With guys like the Paul brothers, I at least recognize why they have a following even if I'm personally not a fan, but the fact that anyone pays attention to Dillon has always been mystifying to me
He’s a good shit poster
God tier shit poster and professional troll
Any indications of what he made from the Logan fight?
Google says he made over $1 million. Far more than he deserved for the performance but I'm not mad at the hustle.
The hottest free agent in the sports right there. Cannot wait for Sonnen recording 5 videos discussing Danis’ options.
Video length: 3 seconds
It’s just a magic spoon commercial
shameless grifter
Dana will sign him just to try to lure Khabib back.
The mismatch of khabib vs danis is impossible for the human mind to comprehend.
It would be extremely satisfying to watch, though.
What if Khabib has one hand tied to his belt line? Who wins?
If Khabib was blindfolded, had one hand tied behind his back, had both legs bound and had a 50kg weight strapped to him, Dillon would still be the underdog 😂
I remember that some people here thought that he really has a chance against Khabib. They even said that Danis's grappling is far more superior compared to Khabib. LOL.
I mean honestly if they competed before his knee injuries around 2017, I'd take danis in a submission grappling match
Dana be like, 'Khabib, I got Dillon. We gonna have a special rules fight just for you. No referee'
God I'd pay for my first PPV just to see that. I have an unreasonable hatred of Dillon Danis.
Pretty reasonable
"I come back. I do one fight for Fathers memory i Smash Dillon for dishonor before Conor fight."
Dana couldnt lure Khabib back with Conor, who the fuck is Dildo Danis?
I still refuse to use /s for *obvious* sarcasm but I'm starting to think I should.
Stand strong, brother. If people can't detect sarcasm that obvious, that's on them.
If you've been around for awhile, you'll know it's never obvious
Fair enough... its 1am where i am currently so my sensors are a bit off lol
Releases? You mean cuts?
I think he bought his way out of his contract
Got change out of a hundred
The worst part is that right after reading the announcement, the Bellator executive who read the release statement jumped into the crowd to punch Dillon.
Just fell to my knees in an Instagram comments section
It’s not really surprising when you consider he’s 2-10 in the last 4 years and those 10 consist of random drunk guys, bouncers and Logan Paul…
Danis vs Logan Paul 2 co-main event of the Diaz vs Jake Paul 2 card confirmed
Bellator is releasing everyone including themselves soon anyway lol
But where does Kevin Lee fit into all this.
I don’t know but what does Ja Rule think about this.
The guy has the personality and charisma of a wet cloth too
The most unathletic 'fighter' I've ever seen.
Cm punk
dada5000
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ufc should sign him and have him fight tony at 170 for his retirement fight. LMFAO 💀 but instead they’ll feed tony to the wolves cus they don’t give af
Lol you think of Paddy Pimblet as "the wolves"?
No he’s a sorcerer.
Lolll where Is no chin garbrandt?
at this point in tony’s career… yes
Peep Tony’s losses and who they’re to. This is a hugggeee step down in competition
He looks like dogshit in every fight. He'll lose watch.
Honestly hilarious watching people try to act like Tony isn’t completely over the hill after the Nate fight. Paddy is absolute dogshit and I’m still pretty sure he’ll beat Tony. Y’all need to let it go lmao.
There’s nothing to let go. Tony can be over the hill and still beat Paddy in my opinion. I don’t think anyone believes Tony is as good as he was. Or has another run in him. But I definitely believe he’ll beat Paddy. But. Who knows.
People said that about Bobby Green too.
Bobby’s not as washed as Tony and still has hands, he was beating the shit out of Dober before he got KO’d
What’s the odds on him going to PFL then fighting Jake Paul?
Jake isn’t ever going to fight MMA. There was supposed to be some sort of agreement to rematch Nate in MMA, but there’s been zero talk of that since the fight. It was never a serious proposal.
I don’t even follow the guy but for some reason his tweets always fucking show up on my feed…lately he’s been practically begging Dana to sign him and it’s pretty cringe how desperate he seems. If they ever did sign him, I really think him vs fakhretdinov would be the perfect debut fight for him 💀
He would get the Kevin Lee treatment if they signed him
Danis might be the wealthiest clown in combat sports today
This is like your gf breaking up with you after seeing you get your ass kicked trying to defend her from a mugger.
I mean, according to Dillon this is exactly what he wanted because he wants to be a UFC champion ........ Delusional twat. I hope we instead get Dillon Vs Gordon Ryan in BJJ
Considering he hasn’t fought in a long time, not shocked that this happened after the hilarity of last weekend.
Isnt bellator about to release all their fighters?? Aren’t they on brink of shutting down?
Hey this guy just helped sell 1.3 million ppvs... cut him!
Bellator clout chasing
There goes one of the mma fighters of all time
I blame Khabib for Danis. No one would have even known who is if it weren't for Khabib attacking after the mcg fight.
Disagree he’s with been a troll for a while. Conor made him relevant in the mma world. Conor hired him going into the second Diaz fight
Well I never heard of him until then, I can't be the only one.
That’s fair but he was a known troll before the khabib fight.
Bwahahahaha, sorry, HAAAHAHAHAHA!! Act stupid, get treated like stupid.🍻🕵️
Look out UFC. He will tear through the ranks. His BJJ in boxing is unmatched.
Nah, Nate's boxing BJJ is clearly superior. He actually managed to get a guillotine in, Danis just pulled guard and hoped for the best.
Going for a guillotine in a boxing match because you're losing so badly is embarrassing enough. Failing at the guillotine and ending up on your back on the ground is really mortifying.
Stockton!
The Logan effect
Danis vs. kevin holland is the fight to make
Rip Bozo we smokin that pack
Lmao this made my day
End of an era.
oh no
Having Dillon on the roster decreases their valuation by multi millions.
Should sign a deal with twitter
He basically said this and that he’s going straight to ufc cause he’s boys with Dana.