Dillon Danis (NY Post)
Bellator welterweight fighter Dillon Danis is finally ready to make his return to the Bellator octagon, after being ruled out due to injury and surgery for four years
The poster bad-boy of jiu-jitsu and Bellator welterweight Dillon Danis is all set to make his return back in action. The multi-time Marcelo Garcia jiu-jitsu black belt. Danis had suffered a catastrophic knee injury that required total reconstruction.
Dillon Danis transitioned to MMA back in 2018, and has won his first two bouts inside the Bellator octagon. Although he trained in the USA for most of his camp, he would have his team from Straight Blast Gym in Ireland accompanying him to fights.
His two fights were against no-name opponents with bare minimum to basic knowledge of grappling, and Danis just ran berserk over them. He will be looking forward to fighting a top contender and working his way up to the Bellator title.
Bellator 277 will feature a featherweight title rematch between A.J. McKee and Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire. Pitbull had lost his featherweight belt to McKee at Bellator 263 due to a guillotine choke in the very first round. The rematch is scheduled to be held on the 15th of April.
Ahead of the scheduled rematch, both fighters along with President Scott Coker spoke to the media about their upcoming event. `When asked about the past weekend’s UFC 273 main event between Alexander Volkanovski and Korean Zombie, McKee said
‘I wasn’t too impressed. Honestly I feel myself and Pitbull can hang with any 45er in the world. You know, that’s no discredit to any other featherweight in the world. But I strongly believe that Bellator has the best 145 lbs. division in the world. I got a million dollars to back it, I know he’s [Pitbull] has got his own money to back it. Scott’s got a nice cheque to back it. ”
Famously known for his role in improving the jiu-jitsu skills of MMA superstar Conor Mcgregor at UFC 202, Dillon Danis is known for his swank personality and laying out his opinion thick.
He reacted to McKee’s video on Twitter by saying,
‘i agree i believe @ajmckee101 would beat Alex Volkanovski @BellatorMMA‘
i agree i believe @ajmckee101 would beat Alex Volkanovski @BellatorMMA https://t.co/ratElF4O7w— Dillon Danis (@dillondanis) April 12, 2022
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