{"id":275282,"date":"2018-04-25T08:16:36","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T15:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=275282"},"modified":"2018-04-25T08:16:36","modified_gmt":"2018-04-25T15:16:36","slug":"ahead-of-mma-debut-dillon-danis-promises-he-will-run-bellator-after-a-few-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dillon-danis\/ahead-of-mma-debut-dillon-danis-promises-he-will-run-bellator-after-a-few-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahead of MMA debut, Dillon Danis promises he will &#8220;run Bellator&#8221; after a few wins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, on the main card of Bellator 198, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\">Conor McGregor<\/a> training partner and jiu-jitsu specialist Dillon Danis will make his anticipated MMA debut, as he takes on 2-3 Kyle Walker in a 175-pound catchweight bout.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of his MMA debut, Danis is oozing with the kind of confidence we&#8217;ve come to expect from him and most others who fly in the same rarified air as McGregor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s kill or be killed, that\u2019s how I\u2019ve always been. I\u2019m going to march forward, and I\u2019m going to be talking to [Walker],\u201d Dillon Danis told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/articles\/The-McGregoresque-Confidence-of-Dillon-Danis-135529\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sherdog.com<\/a>\u00a0of his upcoming MMA debut this week. \u201cI\u2019m going to be right in his face and I\u2019m going to say, \u2018What have you got?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Danis is promising to walk Walker down, he actually doesn&#8217;t know a whole lot about his foe. Apparently, that part of the equation isn&#8217;t too important to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been telling [people] this since I was a kid: There is no opponent,\u201d Danis said. \u201cYou\u2019re against yourself, and once people understand what that means, I feel they will truly unlock their potential. Sometimes you look at some footage of your opponent, see what he has, but ultimately, you\u2019re against yourself in there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whatever Walker brings to the table, Danis expects to win decisively, and open the door to more big opportunities under the Bellator banner. In fact, he thinks even Bellator champions will be gunning for him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I haven\u2019t even thought about [a next opponent] or even any names,\u201d Danis said when asked about what comes next. \u201cEverybody is focused on me, though. Even at Bellator, even the champions probably want to fight me, because I\u2019m the only name in Bellator. [Right] now, I\u2019m the most popular fighter, going in 0-0, so I can\u2019t even imagine \u2026 after four fights, or even this fight, I\u2019ll probably run Bellator.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I like to say, or even as the team likes to say: Winners focus on winning, and losers focus on winners,\u201d he added. \u201cEverybody\u2019s focused on me right now. I see everybody\u2019s calling me out, and I\u2019m just focused on what I have to do. All these guys [talking about me] should be focused on what they have to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bellator 198 will be headlined by a heavyweight showdown between Frank Mir and Fedor Emelianenko, who will battle to advance in Bellator&#8217;s hyped Heavyweight Grand Prix. Do you expect Dillon Danis to pick up his first W on the card?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><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 4\/25\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, on the main card of Bellator 198, Conor McGregor training partner and jiu-jitsu specialist Dillon Danis will make his anticipated MMA debut, as he takes on 2-3 Kyle Walker in a 175-pound catchweight bout. 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