Marcelo Garcia is not only one of grappling’s most accomplished competitors, he is also one of its best coaches. In a video recently released by grappling’s premier documentarian Stuart Cooper, we see a full rolling session between Garcia and his former student Dillon Danis. Cooper clarified via YouTube comment that
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The beef between BJJ black belt Dillon Danis and boxing superstar Ryan Garcia continues to escalate. In a recent Instagram live video, Danis and Garcia traded trash talk and talked about the specifics of a potential fight. To be clear, no fight of any kind is yet booked, but both
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On Saturday, January 23, Conor McGregor will return to UFC action when he squares off with Dustin Poirier in the main event of UFC 257. McGregor is certainly MMA’s biggest star, and he has long been associated with one of the grappling world’s most prominent (and often controversial) figures, Dillon
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It’s a question that’s almost as old as sport itself and definitely a hell of a lot older than BJJ, but to what extent is “being a role model” actually important? Our sport isn’t unique in facing this question more and more often as we speed through the 21st century,
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Dillon Danis has just revealed on Instagram that he has come out the other side of an incredibly lengthy session of reconstructive surgery on his knee. Surprisingly, this has come after he has only recently been seen on crutches after surgery on his right knee to repair a damage to
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In case you’ve been living under a rock and haven’t noticed, this weekend marks the return of Conor McGregor to the Octagon headlining UFC 246. The former UFC Featherweight and Lightweight Champion is returning to Welterweight to take on veteran Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone. While both are known to be excellent
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As the grappling world heard the news yesterday that controversial athlete Dillon Danis was dropping out of ADCC, many had something to say. Never shy to voice his opinion, Ben Askren weighed in with a tweet, stating Dillon Danis was dropping out due to “sore knee caps”: Sore knee caps
Read moreDespite having had less fights than most people getting their first UFC or Bellator call-up, Dillon Danis is slowly becoming a popular name in MMA thanks to his brash persona and unrelenting trash-talk. Everybody knows that sometimes trash talk backfires (Just ask Ben Askren if you don’t believe me) but
Read moreI’ll preface this by making it clear that I’m not in any way disparaging Danis’ actual skills or competitive career. He isn’t going to end up in the Jiu-Jitsu hall of fame but he has earned some solid wins over the likes of AJ Agazarm, Josh Hinger and Jackson Souza.
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