It appears Dillon Danis has created his own Bellator weight class.
He returns to action on Jan. 25 when he takes on Kegan Gennrich at Bellator 238 at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif., in his third consecutive 175-pound catchweight bout.
And Danis says the fight is at 175 pounds because he calls his own shots.
“Why catchweight? Yeah because I mean, when you’re the owner, you can do what you want so why not make your own weight,” Danis recently told media personality The Schmo. “Why do I have to go to everybody else’s weight class, when I can make my own weight class and have my own belt and do what I want so (expletive) everybody else.
“I just say it, and it happens. Just one text message from me.”
Danis is off to a 2-0 start to his Bellator tenure and is already one of the promotion’s biggest stars. A teammate of former UFC double champ Conor McGregor, Danis is happy with his career trajectory so far.
“I don’t know, I haven’t really thought that far yet,” Danis said on his future. “I’m having fun at what I’m doing. I think it’s hard to say, just keep going on my route now. I’m kinda already half owner of the company, maybe one day I’m going to own the full company, see what we do so I think everything is just going to plan.”
His high billing and placement on fight cards has proven his promotional pull, as Danis continues to boast about his relationship with the company, even going so far as to claim he owns a stake in the promotion.
“Yeah I already had ownership stake,” Danis said. “Right when I came in, right when I signed, I said the only way I sign to Bellator is if I get ownership stake so that’s what I mean – Coker, he calls me his business partner, you don’t ever hear him say that about anyone else. I’ve been on the main card since every single one of my fights.”
Why catchweight again? Dillon Danis says 'when you're the owner, you can do what you want'