SBG Ireland head coach, John Kavanagh, wants Dillon Danis to hang up the boxing gloves and get back to MMA where he can use his Brazilian jiu-jitsu weapons.
Dillon Danis has had his fun, he’s made his money (we think). Now, it’s time to get back to the sport he belongs in: mixed martial arts (MMA).
That was the sentiment expressed by Danis’ former MMA coach at Straight Blast Gym Dublin, John Kavanagh. Kavanagh also coaches Conor McGregor, so he has experience wrangling erratic dreamers back into training.
“I say this with nothing but love for Dillon,” Kavanagh prefaced in an interview with MMA Junkie. “He knows I love him. I’d love to see him just put the phone down for a minute, and come back to Dublin. I’ve been torturing him come over to Dublin. I know he just had a wee baby, and we’re all excited about that. I’d love to see him come to Dublin again and just throw himself into training for mixed martial arts.
“He’s an MMA fighter, he’s not a boxer,” Kavanagh continued.
“He’s an MMA fighter, and exceptional when you see him in the gym,” Kavanagh continued. “The guy’s never quite realized that, he’s been very unlucky with a set of injuries and this and that. I hope he got some good money out of boxing and put that in the trust fund for the kid, don’t be buying fancy shoes or nothing like that. Get back to my gym or another gym, wherever.
“Get the head down and show everybody what you can do in the cage,” Kavanagh concluded
Danis has been talking about a jump back to MMA — UFC specifically. But, once you get a taste of that Influencer boxing money, it might be hard to slum it back down to low six-figures. Danis claims he made more than $1 million fighting Logan Paul this past weekend (Sat., Oct. 14, 2023) at Misfits “Prime” in Manchester, England.
Is he really ready to fight way harder competition for a fraction of that in UFC?
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