Conor McGregor’s BJJ coach Dillon Danis was recently asked by Submission Radio what he thought of McGregor’s chances on the ground against newly promoted 10th planet black belt Tony Ferguson, if the two would face in a UFC lightweight title fight.
McGregor is a BJJ brown belt.
“I don’t know what people judge that of off. I don’t know why they would say he has a superior advantage on the ground or stuff like that. People don’t even know what Conor’s Jiu Jitsu is like,”
“So, with me training with Conor so much in his Jiu Jitsu, I feel like he’ll be fine on the ground or even better (than Ferguson).”
“I think Conor’s going to pick him apart on the feet, most likely knock him out early or he can probably do whatever he wants with him. Tony’s very sloppy. If you watch his fights, he gets hit a lot, and when you get hit against Conor you go out.”
“I would think Tony Ferguson next because he won and Conor is gonna defend the belt and stuff like that. And me knowing Conor, Tony Ferguson is talking a lot of shit and I know Conor is gonna wanna shut him up. So I can see that happening.”
Danis was actually supposed to face Ferguson at Metamoris 6:
Fun Fact – my first opponent in Metamoris 6 was supposed to be Tony Ferguson before Joe Lauzon.
— Dillon Danis (@dillondanis) October 5, 2017
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Listen to the whole interview:
