
Dillon Danis
Net Worth: | $1 Million |
Birthday: | Aug 22, 1993 |
Age: | 29 years old |
Height: | 6 feet (183cm) |
Birthplace: | United States of America |
Occupation: | MMA-Fighter |
@dillondanis | |
Last Updated: | March, 2023 |
Dillon Danis has a net worth of $1 million in 2023. He fights in Mixed Martial Artist (MMA) and for the jiu-jitsu belt.
How Did Dillon Danis Become Rich?
Dillon Danis was born in 1993 in New Jersey. This was in the United States of America. Dillon began training in jiu-jitsu when he was 15 years old. In terms of education, he graduated from high school. Dillon did a choke on someone in a street fight at school and that’s how he knew he wanted to pursue fighting as a profession however he was not able to do push-ups at that age, but he still decided to learn how to grapple. A
fter high school, he went to New Jersey and joined classes hosted by Jaime Cruz. He was the youngest member of his class which was mostly adults. Dillon also trained at Parsippany Hills and his coach at that time was Jason Lodato. When Dillon was training with Jamie Cruz at that Academy, he completed the jiu-jitsu training. He also practised wrestling to gain more skills.
At the age of 17, Dillon went to Marcelo Garcia’s academy. He trained at this academy full time when he was 19. He moved to New York full-time to do this training. At this stage, Dillon had decided to professionally practice jiu-jitsu.
In 2014 all Dillon’s dedication, training, and passion paid off as he won important tournaments and later in 2015, he won his black belt. He has won 18 matches in his total match history. In 2015 he won Knee Bar at the 2015 IBJJF Boca Raton Middleweight and he won by Darce Choke in the Metamoris VI.
Dillon Danis is included in the group of grapplers that are produced at the Alliance academy in New York. He has impressed a lot of people by performing in jiu-jitsu. He performed in very difficult tournaments, and he showed a forward-moving style. This style gained him recognition globally for this sport.
Dillon’s successes were noticed by the MMA fighter and UFC famous star known as Conor McGregor Dillon he hired him to perform his services in 2016. Dillon was hired by Conor to be the main grappling trainer and coach. In 2019, Dillon increased his pro-MMA for ViacomCBS-owned promotion to 2-0. Dillon had to go for surgery after he injured his knee when he was helping McGregor in the preparations for UFC 246. His surgery was to repair the meniscus and LCL of the right knee.
Due to his injury, he had to get out of the Bellator 238 fight. This was a fight with Kegan Genrich. After the surgery, Dillon has not been able to fight professionally. In 2018 Dillon decided to move to cage-fighting and there he became famous and was gaining significant recognition. To date, he is under Murillo Santana who is coaching him at Unity BJJ.
Dillon Danis has been known to have run-ins with the law. There was a charge brought against him for disorderly conduct. This charge was after an incident at a place called Beachcomber Bar and Grill. This charge could see him getting a fine and probation or go to jail for six months. The decision on these charges is still pending. Dillon also had an altercation with Jake Paul. Dillon has been known to fight with a couple of MMA stars. Dillon fought with Khabib Nurmagomedov. This fight was outside the cage. Dillon was at the centre of the fight with Nurmagomedov’s and McGregor’s team. After this brawl, many were suspended. Dillon was then banned for seven months and given a fine of $7 500.
Dillon career has been characterized by multiple awards. He worn multiple-coloured belts in 2014 including the IBJJF world championship, IBJJF world championship no-Gi, UAEJJF Abu Dhabi world pro and the IBJJF New York Summer Open. All of these he won first place position. For the year 2012/2014 he took first place for IBJJF Pan Championship and the IBJJF Pan Championship No-Gi. Dillon’s achievements continued to accumulate in 2015 when he got coloured belts for first place in IBJJF New York Summer Open.
He was also in first place in the IBJJF Boca Raton in 2015 and was also in first place in the IBJJF Pan Championship in 2016. In the same year, he came out first place in IBJJF New York Spring. In 2015 Dillon got second place in the IBJJF New York Spring Open and was third place in IBJJF in the Pan Championship No-Gi in 2013. These belts are a combination of the absolute division and the absolute and weight divisions.
What Is Dillon Danis Net Worth?
Dillon Danis has a net worth of $1 million. He makes $30 000 a month. His money comes from taking part in a lot of championships. He also receives money as being part of the MMA fighter as he is registered.
Dillon Danis is also a model. He models for brands and products and gets money from them. He earns $330 000 per year. He has over 1 million followers on Instagram. He got $100 000 in a fight against Kyle Walker in his debut at the Bellator.
Dillon also received $300 000 in the fight with Max Humphrey at the Bellator New York City MSG.
How Dillon Danis Spends His Money?
Dillon spends money on buying cars. He bought a Lamborghini.
He also spends money on bail due to his many run-ins with the law. Dillon has paid $50 000 when he was arrested at some point in New York.
He also paid $7500 after he was fined for getting into a brawl.
Interesting Facts
- His favorite fighting technique is the Kneebar.
- He was raised in a Christian family.
- He has many tattoos.
- He plans to travel to France.
- He is known as one of the most popular MMA fighters and one of the richest fighters.