Dana White: “Every time he’s [Dillon
Danis] around, sh*t’s going down.” 🗣️Advertisement
White doesn’t sound too keen on bringing Danis to the UFC.
— MMA Orbit (@mma_orbit)
November 28, 2023
Danis’ antics outside of actual competition might be the
biggest detriment to his aspirations of becoming an
Ultimate Fighting Championship athlete.
Having initially gained attention as Conor
McGregor’s training partner, Danis has managed to stay relevant
ever since by getting involved in several feuds with influencers
and fighters. The biggest highlight of Danis’ career is arguably
his involvement in the infamous UFC 229 brawl between the camps of
McGregor and Khabib
Nurmagomedov.
Danis also recently threw a microphone at Logan Paul,
cutting open “The Maverick” ahead of their boxing clash. While they
went ahead with the fight, Danis lost via disqualification after
starting a brawl in the sixth round by trying to wrestle his
opponent. “El Jefe” also got into an altercation with UFC alum
Steven
Peterson while in attendance for UFC 295 in New York.
While there is seemingly no end to Danis’ clashes outside of
competition, he has only competed twice in professional mixed
martial arts under the Bellator
MMA banner. Ever since being released by the Scott Coker-run
organization earlier this year, Danis has been vocally rallying to
be signed by the UFC, which doesn’t seem likely judging by the
words of UFC CEO Dana White.
White recently shot down the possibility of Danis joining the
promotion, citing his antics outside the cage. The UFC frontman
also dismissed the notion that the promotion encourages such
scuffles in order to sell fights.
“I have no beef with the kid at all, I’ve probably said two words
to him in my whole life — but every time he’s around, sh*t’s going
down. We can’t have that stuff going on here,” The 54-year-old said
on the Full Send podcast.
“A lot of people will see when guys get into it on stage or
something starts to happen they’re like, ‘Oh they must love this!’
No, we don’t love it. We don’t need that s*it to sell fights. The
athletic commission goes crazy, and people start getting fined and
they come after us. It’s our job to keep that s*it under control.
That’s why where you see these other events with guys and
everything breaks out like that, it’s a f*cking total
unprofessional clown show.”