Dillon Danis had signed his mma contract almost exactly a year ago. Still the jiu-jitsu talent has yet to make his MMA debut.
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After over a year of self hyping himself as the best MMA fighter in the world even though he is still 0-0, Dillon Danis will finally step in the cage in an MMA fight.
Danis is set to make his debut at Bellator 198, April 28 against Kyle Walker (2W-3 L).
“If there wasn’t a bull’s eye on my back and there wasn’t questions, who would really care about the fight,” Danis said on Monday’s episode of The MMA Hour “There’s a lot of guys in this game that have been in it for years — they’re like journeymen or something — and no one really cares about them.”
“So, at the end of the day, questions, bull’s eyes, people talking s*it, it’s all good. You could put as much pressure on me as you want. But when you’re this good, you don’t feel pressure.”
When prompted about whether he’ll be cornered by SBG staff only Danis added he’ll also have the support of his new bjj coach – Murillo Santana.
When prompted about whether he knew Garry Tonon will be making a debut over the past weekend Danis responded he wasn’t aware:
“No I did not know that. “
He added:
“I wouldn’t pay attention to it . I don’t wish bad things on anybody I hope he does good and you know it’s gonna help the sport so yeah I hope he does good and best of luck to him.”
Danis added he’s a little offended people think he’s taking this lightly:
“It’s that people would think I would do this not prepared,” Danis said. “They think that I would take this as a joke. And I know MMA is a ruthless game and you can get hurt. You could basically change your life with a wrong fight or something.”
“I feel disrespected that people would think that I’m just going into this lightly or I’m just gonna train jiu-jitsu or something like that,” he continued. “I respect this game a lot and I’m preparing for a world title fight, in a sense. Because that’s how every fight should be treated. I just feel a little disrespected that people would think that I took this lightly.”
