Dana White Shoots Down Possibility of Dillon Danis Joining UFC Roster

Dana White: “Every time he’s [Dillon Danis] around, sh*t’s going down.” 🗣️

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White doesn’t sound too keen on bringing Danis to the UFC.

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Dillon Danis’ antics outside of actual competition might be the biggest detriment to his aspirations of becoming an Ultimate Fighting Championship athlete.

Having initially gained attention as Conor McGregor's training partner, Danis has managed to stay relevant ever since by getting involved in several feuds with influencers and fighters. The biggest highlight of Danis’ career is arguably his involvement in the infamous UFC 229 brawl between the camps of McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov.

Danis also recently threw a microphone at Logan Paul, cutting open “The Maverick” ahead of their boxing clash. While they went ahead with the fight, Danis lost via disqualification after starting a brawl in the sixth round by trying to wrestle his opponent. “El Jefe” also got into an altercation with UFC alum Steven Peterson while in attendance for UFC 295 in New York.

While there is seemingly no end to Danis’ clashes outside of competition, he has only competed twice in professional mixed martial arts under the Bellator MMA banner. Ever since being released by the Scott Coker-run organization earlier this year, Danis has been vocally rallying to be signed by the UFC, which doesn’t seem likely judging by the words of UFC CEO Dana White.

White recently shot down the possibility of Danis joining the promotion, citing his antics outside the cage. The UFC frontman also dismissed the notion that the promotion encourages such scuffles in order to sell fights.

“I have no beef with the kid at all, I’ve probably said two words to him in my whole life — but every time he’s around, sh*t’s going down. We can’t have that stuff going on here,” The 54-year-old said on the Full Send podcast.

“A lot of people will see when guys get into it on stage or something starts to happen they’re like, ‘Oh they must love this!’ No, we don’t love it. We don’t need that s*it to sell fights. The athletic commission goes crazy, and people start getting fined and they come after us. It’s our job to keep that s*it under control. That’s why where you see these other events with guys and everything breaks out like that, it’s a f*cking total unprofessional clown show.”