{"id":262478,"date":"2017-10-27T08:23:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T15:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=262478"},"modified":"2017-10-27T08:28:36","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T15:28:36","slug":"even-dillon-danis-thinks-conor-mcgregor-fight-tony-ferguson-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/even-dillon-danis-thinks-conor-mcgregor-fight-tony-ferguson-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Even Dillon Danis Thinks Conor McGregor Should Fight Tony Ferguson Next"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor has his pick of anyone he&#8217;d like to fight in MMA or in boxing. For awhile, it seemed like a done deal that McGregor would come back to the UFC and fight Nate Diaz a third time, but at lightweight this time. That seemed to change after UFC 216. More and more the answer everyone is picking for him is Tony Ferguson. <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/video-dan-hardy-thinks-fight-make-conor-mcgregor-tony-ferguson\/\">Dan Hardy wants it<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/eddie-bravo\/eddie-bravo-doubles-tony-ferguson-fighting-conor-mcgregor\/\">Eddie Bravo wants it<\/a>, and now even training partner Dillon Danis thinks it&#8217;s the new interim UFC lightweight champion who gets the nod.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I would think Tony Ferguson next because he won and Conor [McGregor] is gonna&#8217; defend the belt and stuff like that. And me knowing Conor, Tony Ferguson is talking a lot of shit and I know Conor is gonna want to shut him up. So, I can see that happening. [&#8230;] I think a lot of people think that Tony is a tough match-up for him, and I think he would wanna prove people wrong there. He already beat Nate, so I could see that, but at the end of the day It\u2019s his choice and whatever he thinks. But for me knowing him, I think he likes to prove people wrong and that could be the Tony fight.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I can wack you from anywhere <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HkgPevMBCt\">pic.twitter.com\/HkgPevMBCt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNotoriousMMA\/status\/788453120397471744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I don\u2019t know what people judge that of off. I don\u2019t know why they would say [Tony Ferguson] has a superior advantage on the ground or stuff like that. People don\u2019t even know what Conor\u2019s jiu jitsu is like or anything like that. So, with me training with Conor so much in his jiu jitsu, I feel like he\u2019ll be fine on the ground or even better [than Tony]. So yeah, I would look forward to seeing that fight. I think Conor\u2019s going to pick him apart on the feet, most likely knock him out early or he can probably do whatever he wants with him. Tony\u2019s very sloppy. If you watch his fights, he gets hit a lot, and when you get hit against Conor you go out.&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.submissionradio.com\/\">Dillon Danis speaking to Submission Radio<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>No one denies Conor McGregor&#8217;s danger that he presents on the feet, but the ground game is always the target that people aim at when it comes to the champ champ. Despite having his brown belt in jiu jitsu and beating black belts like Diego Brandao in the UFC, the fans look at his two submission losses back in 2008 and 2010 as a nitpick. However, it&#8217;s more logical to have doubts about McGregor&#8217;s talents on the ground because we just haven&#8217;t seen much of it. He was able to win 15 fights straight after his last submission loss and wasn&#8217;t submitted again until his first encounter with Nate Diaz. Through all that, we never saw much of McGregor&#8217;s grappling because we never had to. Just like Danis said, when he hits people, he puts them out.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9zqbYBx0u64\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 10\/27\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor has his pick of anyone he&#8217;d like to fight in MMA or in boxing. For awhile, it seemed like a done deal that McGregor would come back to the UFC and fight Nate Diaz a third time, but at lightweight this time. That seemed to change after UFC 216. More and more the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54442,"featured_media":261160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10089,10467],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Even Dillon Danis Thinks Conor McGregor Should Fight Tony Ferguson Next | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/even-dillon-danis-thinks-conor-mcgregor-fight-tony-ferguson-next\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Even Dillon Danis Thinks Conor McGregor Should Fight Tony Ferguson Next | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Conor McGregor has his pick of anyone he&#8217;d like to fight in MMA or in boxing. For awhile, it seemed like a done deal that McGregor would come back to the UFC and fight Nate Diaz a third time, but at lightweight this time. That seemed to change after UFC 216. More and more the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/even-dillon-danis-thinks-conor-mcgregor-fight-tony-ferguson-next\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"| BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-10-27T15:23:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-10-27T15:28:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Tony-Ferguson-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"730\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"380\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Justin Golightly\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Justin Golightly\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/even-dillon-danis-thinks-conor-mcgregor-fight-tony-ferguson-next\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/even-dillon-danis-thinks-conor-mcgregor-fight-tony-ferguson-next\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Justin Golightly\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/522e5fec9637cffa3bac682a2da4afa2\"},\"headline\":\"Even Dillon Danis Thinks Conor McGregor Should Fight Tony Ferguson Next\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-27T15:23:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-10-27T15:28:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/even-dillon-danis-thinks-conor-mcgregor-fight-tony-ferguson-next\/\"},\"wordCount\":519,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Conor McGregor\",\"Dillon Danis\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2017\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/even-dillon-danis-thinks-conor-mcgregor-fight-tony-ferguson-next\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/even-dillon-danis-thinks-conor-mcgregor-fight-tony-ferguson-next\/\",\"name\":\"Even Dillon Danis Thinks Conor McGregor Should Fight Tony Ferguson Next | BJPenn.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-27T15:23:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-10-27T15:28:36+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/even-dillon-danis-thinks-conor-mcgregor-fight-tony-ferguson-next\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/even-dillon-danis-thinks-conor-mcgregor-fight-tony-ferguson-next\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/even-dillon-danis-thinks-conor-mcgregor-fight-tony-ferguson-next\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MMA News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Conor McGregor\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Even Dillon Danis Thinks Conor McGregor Should Fight Tony Ferguson Next\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"description\":\"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":148,\"caption\":\"| BJPenn.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/522e5fec9637cffa3bac682a2da4afa2\",\"name\":\"Justin Golightly\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/justin-golightly\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Even Dillon Danis Thinks Conor McGregor Should Fight Tony Ferguson Next | BJPenn.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/even-dillon-danis-thinks-conor-mcgregor-fight-tony-ferguson-next\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Even Dillon Danis Thinks Conor McGregor Should Fight Tony Ferguson Next | BJPenn.com","og_description":"Conor McGregor has his pick of anyone he&#8217;d like to fight in MMA or in boxing. For awhile, it seemed like a done deal that McGregor would come back to the UFC and fight Nate Diaz a third time, but at lightweight this time. That seemed to change after UFC 216. More and more the [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/even-dillon-danis-thinks-conor-mcgregor-fight-tony-ferguson-next\/","og_site_name":"| BJPenn.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","article_published_time":"2017-10-27T15:23:25+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-10-27T15:28:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":730,"height":380,"url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Tony-Ferguson-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Justin Golightly","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_site":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Justin Golightly","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/even-dillon-danis-thinks-conor-mcgregor-fight-tony-ferguson-next\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/even-dillon-danis-thinks-conor-mcgregor-fight-tony-ferguson-next\/"},"author":{"name":"Justin Golightly","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/522e5fec9637cffa3bac682a2da4afa2"},"headline":"Even Dillon Danis Thinks Conor McGregor Should Fight Tony Ferguson Next","datePublished":"2017-10-27T15:23:25+00:00","dateModified":"2017-10-27T15:28:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/even-dillon-danis-thinks-conor-mcgregor-fight-tony-ferguson-next\/"},"wordCount":519,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Conor McGregor","Dillon Danis"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2017","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/even-dillon-danis-thinks-conor-mcgregor-fight-tony-ferguson-next\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/even-dillon-danis-thinks-conor-mcgregor-fight-tony-ferguson-next\/","name":"Even Dillon Danis Thinks Conor McGregor Should Fight Tony Ferguson Next | BJPenn.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-10-27T15:23:25+00:00","dateModified":"2017-10-27T15:28:36+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/even-dillon-danis-thinks-conor-mcgregor-fight-tony-ferguson-next\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/even-dillon-danis-thinks-conor-mcgregor-fight-tony-ferguson-next\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/even-dillon-danis-thinks-conor-mcgregor-fight-tony-ferguson-next\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MMA News","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Conor McGregor","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Even Dillon Danis Thinks Conor McGregor Should Fight Tony Ferguson Next"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","name":"| BJPenn.com","description":"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization","name":"| BJPenn.com","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","width":600,"height":148,"caption":"| BJPenn.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/522e5fec9637cffa3bac682a2da4afa2","name":"Justin Golightly","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/justin-golightly\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262478"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54442"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}