{"id":244124,"date":"2017-07-11T10:25:34","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T17:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=244124"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:28:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:28:08","slug":"dillon-danis-candidly-discusses-rift-with-marcelo-garcia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dillon-danis\/dillon-danis-candidly-discusses-rift-with-marcelo-garcia\/","title":{"rendered":"Dillon Danis candidly discusses rift with Marcelo Garcia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since being brought into Conor McGregor’s training camp as a JiuJitsu coach and partner, Dillon Danis’ stock has continued to rise<\/a> in not only the JiuJitsu world, but also in the MMA world, despite the fact that Danis has never competed in an MMA bout. <\/p>\n

The BJJ champion has continued to make headlines for his brash statements, as well as his repeated calling out of well known fighters such as Amir Khan<\/a>. It’s those same antics that led to Danis’ black belt, Marcelo Garcia, suspending his student<\/a> from the gym.<\/p>\n

\"Dillon<\/p>\n

Now, in a very open and candid interview on The MMA Hour<\/a>, Dillon Danis spoke freely about the situation with his longtime black belt:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was more of a suspension, but at this time, I don\u2019t feel like I\u2019m going back,\u201d Danis told Ariel Helwani. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t one thing, this just happened. Since I\u2019ve been with Marcelo, we\u2019ve had a couple of rifts. I love Marcelo to death, and I won\u2019t say anything bad about him, I still love him, he was like my dad.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to talk about for me, I had a lot of nights where I cried. That was my guy, he was my coach and everything, so it was hard for me to talk about. But we had a lot of differences because he really wants you to be like him. He wants you to be exactly like him, he wants you to always be smiling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s understandable, but at the end of the day, if everybody acts the same, no one\u2019s ever going to be different,\u201d Danis continued. \u201cAnd he makes the guys kind of be like that where they\u2019re all like yes men.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Dillon<\/p>\n

Despite the fact that Danis is a rather controversial figure in the media, he says he’s an extremely nice person, who refuses to be “fake”:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m real, I don\u2019t hide it,\u201d Danis said. \u201cI\u2019m not gonna go to someone and be like \u2018oss, bro.\u2019 It\u2019s a fake kind of environment, and it\u2019s very big in jiu-jitsu, very big.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJust because I act the way I do doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m not a nice person in the gym. Ask anybody that\u2019s ever trained with me, anybody that\u2019s ever met me, I\u2019m one of the nicest, most respectful in the gym and outside the gym.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 7\/11\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since being brought into Conor McGregor’s training camp as a JiuJitsu coach and partner, Dillon Danis’ stock has continued to rise in not only the JiuJitsu world, but also in the MMA world, despite the fact that Danis has never competed in an MMA bout. 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