Dilo Danis On the Verge Of Being Signed To UFC?

[rstringer]

Dildo vs. Cumshot.

Who doesn't want to see this grappling extravaganza?

 

[aali14]

If Dana does sign him, it's basically signaling to the world that "hey we're cool with you absolutely slut shaming someone's fiancee, it should happen more, in fact we'll reward you with a contract here"

 

[AstralPanda]

Nah

It's just to create leverage for signing with the pfl

PFL is the only org that would make influencer matches.

That would be the only thing that would make sense, especially since he can sell fights. He'd be taking a massive pay cut to climb the ladder in a more normal way in the ufc.

Which he isn't good enough to survive. Doesn't make sense signing him to the ufc, they're not in the business of making those kind of fights and would never pay him what his promotional potential deserves.

PFL would though

 

[Killer Kadoogan]

i think people dont even realize he has a very legitimate ground game. he could be a ryan hall type of fighter, just a lot better on the mic. he clearly knows how to work the socials b, and that kind of technique, the eyes that it can bring, is a serious needle mover. at this point you all would watch. who wouldnt watch? the ufc knows this, any other league that signs him, thats lost money, eyeballs, clicks, views, likes, engagement, etc. it would be huge for any other org. UFC has to sign him. I think he has the potential to do better than a lot of people think. he has very legit bjj skills, he would immediately be better than 90% of the WW division in BJJ alone. striking is garbage. its a ryan hall situation that they have, just better mic skills.

 

[Pierced7681]

Nah

It's just to create leverage for signing with the pfl

PFL is the only org that would make influencer matches.

That would be the only thing that would make sense, especially since he can sell fights. He'd be taking a massive pay cut to climb the ladder in a more normal way in the ufc.

Which he isn't good enough to survive. Doesn't make sense signing him to the ufc, they're not in the business of making those kind of fights and would never pay him what his promotional potential deserves.

PFL would though

The ufc would absolutely sign him, he is a hell of a promoter and Danis would willingly take whatever shitty contract the ufc would offer him

 

[AstralPanda]

Do you even remember his fights in Bellator?

I know I don't.

I'm not sure he did anything to generate interest in them.

His power is gonna be promoting

And in influencer type matches, but in mma.

Hes got too much clout / ability to sell fights to throw him in with normal guys at this point.

PFL Is willing to put those kinds of matches on and will likely pay him millions to do it.

The UFC won't, he's just trying to create the appearance of competition so theres more leverage in negotiations. Whoever's been advising him these past few months is very smart.

 

[AstralPanda]

The ufc would absolutely sign him, he is a hell of a promoter and Danis would willingly take whatever shitty contract the ufc would offer him

What makes you say that?

Danis is smart, he could make millions promoting the right fights against other big names on the influencer space. Maybe even guys like Nate.

Fighting for peanuts against guys with no names and climbing the ladder in a traditional way doesn't make much sense.

That's what you're signing up for in the UFC. In that sense, Danis is useless for them as well. All due respect, he's also not good enough and would get exposed real quick against guys who can wrestle.

He needs a unique approach to utilize his potential to do big numbers which the ufc cannot provide.

 

[AstralPanda]

His BJJ credentials are solid, albeit sometimes overrated in a modern context. He doesn't have any high-level wins on the submission grappling circuit since 2017 when he beat Agazarm twice. Since then Dillon has lost every match he's had save one against Yukiyasu Ozawa at the 2017 ADCC Absolutes... and Ozawa isn't really an opponent worth writing home about (MMA fighter who went 2-2-2 on the Japanese regional scene back in 2001-2004, managed to earn a spot at ADCC by doing good at the Asian Trials, but is 0-4 on the international submission grappling scene with all losses via submission). I think most guys who are relevant on the modern BJJ scene in his weight class -- much less the Absolutes -- would school him.

In MMA Dillon is 2-0... and neither of his opponents were anything to write home about:

• Max Humphrey went 6-6 as an amateur and was 3-2 as a pro when Dillon fought him. He had already been submitted multiple times in his career prior and had fought... let's say a "mixed" level of competition.
  
• Kyle Walker was 0-1 as an amateur and 2-4 as a pro when Dillon fought him. He, too, had been submitted multiple times in MMA competition prior to fighting Danis.

I genuinely didn't think Dana would even consider signing Dillon, especially after the clusterfuck that the boxing match turned into... but since the UFC seems more interested in the circus/spectacle these days nothing would surprise me at this point. If they do bring him on and he cuts all the way to 170 (rather than those 175 Catchweights that he did in Bellator), I'm sorely tempted to say that a good match-up for him to test his level would be someone like Brahimaj, Blood Diamond, Lainesse, Gorimbo, or Radtke... but unless the UFC wants to pad his resume with winnable fights I'm sure they'd give him someone with a bigger name. I could see them giving him Buckley because of the possibility for pre-fight antics between the two of them. Likewise, Danis probably knows Phil Rowe and Gunni from the BJJ scene (at least by reputation) and those could be fun stylistic match-ups on that front, especially since Rowe doesn't mind using animosity to build fights. But I digress.

Danis is useless to the UFC.

Hes a great promoter, but that doesn't matter against the guys he would be fighting if the UFC decided to bite.

They'd also pay him peanuts. They're just not an organization in the business of doing the kind of fights Danis needs to maximize his promotional potential.

Danis is just talking to stoke the flames of competition so there's more leverage when negotiating with the PFL, who is absolutely willing to put on some freakshows / influencer style matchups. Especially with Jake Paul owning a piece of the company.

 

[Royce's Gi]

Bring in both D'Anus and Paul Logan and Paul Jake

Let them cook (Shavkat is him)


Let them face top-5 opponents, let them be humbled

Let them be crushed so we can see them driven before us and hear the lamentation of their women

 

[Safton]

Danis is useless to the UFC.

Hes a great promoter, but that doesn't matter against the guys he would be fighting if the UFC decided to bite.

They'd also pay him peanuts. They're just not an organization in the business of doing the kind of fights Danis needs to maximize his promotional potential.

Danis is just talking to stoke the flames of competition so there's more leverage when negotiating with the PFL, who is absolutely willing to put on some freakshows / influencer style matchups. Especially with Jake Paul owning a piece of the company.

I don't disagree. I personally couldn't care less about Danis in the grand scheme of things. Even in a hypothetical situation where he did get signed, I think his "UFC prospects" would be him basically on a Ben Askren run albeit at a far lower level: coming in with a bit of self-promotion, having a couple of novelty fights but not really amounting to anything due to his limited skill set, and then being quickly forgotten as another weird chapter in the promotion's history. I think he has sufficient self-awareness to know that the UFC won't do him any favors with big-money deals right off the bat and has zero interest attempting to grind his way up the ranks. PFL is arguably the better fit for him.

 

[kingmob6]

Dana gets 3-4 fun fights out of him, he will happy. It would be a worthwhile investment. If not for popularity, Dillon should be in contender series.

 

[dalegordon]

Hall is going to come out of retirement and come up from 145 to 170 or 185 ?

170. Im just thinking realistically who theyd want him to fight

 

[kingofthecans]

If CM Punk can get signed then I guess Dildo D'Anus can too?