“The King” Gordon Ryan doesn’t understand how Danis manages to stay relevant despite the lack of performances and big results.
Dillon Danis (2-0 MMA) over the past few years, from a promising MMA fighter and a great BJJ master, has built a reputation as the “main caricature” in the world of martial arts.
The former sparring partner of Conor McGregor has not performed for three and a half years, but he regularly calls out the best fighters in the world via social media and states that he would finish them with ease. During that period, Danis was able to be forced to tap by security in the nightclub, and his MMA win-loss record stopped at 2-0. He recorded both victories under the auspices of Bellator.
At the beginning of next year, more precisely on January 14 (1st month), Danis will do a boxing match in London. Danis managed to hook up at one event with KSI, a famous YouTuber, and he will have the opportunity to solve everything inside the ring. The acceptance of such “circus” matches speaks volumes about how low Danis has fallen, but he is still somehow followed on social networks and manages to attract attention.
Gordon Ryan, as probably the greatest “grappler” in history, often makes fun of Danis on his posts on social networks, and Ryan gave an interesting review of Danis as a guest on the MMA Hour.
”Dillon is a master, an absolute master, when it comes to the skill of staying relevant without actually doing anything related to combat sports. I don’t know how he manages it, but he still does it. Respect to him, but his family must be rich, because he does absolutely nothing to make money. He has no sponsors, and if you look at his Instagram profile, he does not teach BJJ to anyone, nor does he compete. I don’t understand how he’s not homeless. He must have had a rich inheritance or something. However, despite everything, he manages to remain relevant,” Ryan began, and the review continued.
”He was quite respected as a brown belt. He won a lot as a brown belt and then there was a lot of potential among the black belts. He then feuded with Marcelo Garcia and teamed up with McGregor. Then everything went downhill. His popularity skyrocketed, but his career kind of fell apart after that.”
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By the way, Dillon Danis and Gordon Ryan played one match against each other at the ADCC World Championship in 2017, and Ryan won by the decision of the judges. This is proof that Dillon Danis really had the potential to compete with the best, but Ryan “drops the ball on the ground”.
”It was my debut at the ADCC, and it was his second ADCC. He played a very tactical match and led me to the referee’s decision. In the end, I won, and after that, I tried to arrange a rematch, but he doesn’t want to. However, he was highly respected as a brown belt. What people who think he’s a dangerous guy don’t know, and I’ve been waiting a very long time to say this on some big podcast. Dillon Danis’ record among black belts is 18 wins and 16 losses. He’s not nearly as good as people think. Everyone is referring to the match against me. Yes, that was five years ago, and I wasn’t very good then either. But Dillon is 18-16 among black belts. That’s not a very good win-loss ratio,” explained Gordon Ryan.
