Dillon Danis isn’t afraid to ruffle a feather or two, this is why he’s taking his time deciding about the MMA debut after the ADCC 2017. There were initial talks involving Neiman Gracie but Danis managed to back away. Now in the most recent edition of the MMA hour Danis revealed to Helwani that he is the highest paid athlete on the entire Bellator rooster:
“We talked to the UFC, for them it’s just hard to sign anyone who doesn’t have any fights,” Danis said. “We were negotiating but Bellator came with money from the beginning. In the future, we’ll see what happens, but it was right this time with Bellator, the money was right, everything was right and they needed a star, you know?”
Danis clarified again:
“I’m the highest-paid guy in Bellator now, so that’s all I can say,”
Danis also addressed the lack of Neiman Gracie fight – and in quite a fashion:
“I didn’t know who that was until this morning someone told me who that was but uh… ” Danis continued ” I said I’ll miss the jiu-jitsu worlds if you can het me on the pat per view for Bellator. So then he (Bellator matchmaker Rich Chow) came back at me and he goes I have a plan for you on the Spike tv and I said no I’m not taking that you know I said I told you I’m only missing the Worlds for a pay-per-view. And I was gonna try and use my leverage because I’m already doing ”
Danis concluded: “I guess they offered him the fight without even asking me. “
