Largely inactive Bellator fighter Dillon Danis believes he’s on better money than anybody in MMA. Danis recently appeared on The MMA Hour to promote an upcoming boxing match against YouTuber KSI, and during the interview he claimed that the payout from the fight will earn him more than anybody in the sport of mixed martial arts.
“I’m still the most relevant at 2-0, and I’m about to make the biggest bag out of anybody in MMA, active. I’m not going to say [how much], but it’s way more than anybody. Once it comes out, then you can see. It’ll come out. I’m telling you, I’m making more money than any UFC champion right now.”
Dillon Danis Claims He Makes More Than Any UFC Fighter
I’m 2-0 and I’m about to make more money than any guy in MMA right now. 100 percent… OK, Izzy [Israel Adesanya], because he gets the pay-per-view and things like that, it actually might be close to Izzy, and Conor’s not fighting right now.
I’m telling you. I saw what Paulo [Costa] was supposed to make against [Robert] Whittaker [$70,000 show, $70,000 win], and that’s what I was getting in my first fight for Bellator. That’s nothing. It’s embarrassing. I got more than that in my first fight in Bellator.”
Danis continued, claiming that he had to pay Bellator out for the right to fight KSI. “I don’t know if I’m allowed to talk about how I had to do that, because Showtime and DAZN are rivals, so I had to pay a hefty fee. It’s a lot of money. What I’m paying Coker to let me fight is more than probably every UFC [fighter makes].
I’m still with them. It would be different if I was with Showtime, because Showtime, they have a deal with them.” Danis, after a promising start to his career and some early hype as a jiu-jitsu athlete, has been sidelined for years by injuries and legal battles. He claims that he is the “star” of the Bellator promotion, and that he should fight in MMA soon.
“He wants me to come back to MMA, his star. Obviously there’s no one in Bellator that’s going to bring that kind of noise. Who brings that much hype?
I just think that he’s mad. The big comeback should’ve been in MMA, which I agree, but why not just beat up a YouTuber for a f****** ton of money?”
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