 Before Dylan Danis mastered the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and stabbed pics with Chad McBosman, Action Brotson, Drake, David Beckham, Travis Scott and became sparring partners with the one and only Conor McGregor. Before Dylan Danis had amassed a large social media following with 75,000 followers on Twitter as well as 740,000 on Instagram at the time of this recording. Jurobeb was jumping on Dylan Danis after winning UFC 229 against Conor McGregor. Before Dylan Danis and Jake Paul were getting into a war of words via Twitter. Before Dylan Danis was being analyzed as well as praised on the Joe Rogan experience. Dylan Danis is a 25 year old martial artist hailing from the state of New Jersey. He's an up-and-coming force that has been praised several times for his fighting ability by everyone from Conor to Joe Rogan. At 6 foot 175 pounds, Dylan has several middleweight victories under his belt, making his Bellator debut in April of 2018. He defeated Kyle the Stun Gun Walker by submission. Aside from competing in Jiu-Jitsu, he's also called out several MMA fighters including Michael Bisping, Michael Chandler, Ben Askren, Raphael Dosanjos and John Jones. Growing up in several small Jersey towns, it seems like this was always going to be the end game. Raised by a single mother, he was always finding himself in trouble at school. Training at martial arts? Well, it was pretty much his only hobby. He says Jiu-Jitsu? Well, it pretty much saved his life. Yeah, Dylan, he was kind enough to answer our questions so we could put together this video. In the game bell hefe, meaning the boss in Spanish, well, Dylan was involved in a few street fights as a kid. Winning his first and middle school against the class bully, he quickly became acquainted with the rough and tumble world of fighting, going back and forth from his neighborhood gym to train. Well, he was even recruited into the world of wrestling, thanks to a history class of all things. But we'll explain all that a little later in this video. What's going on guys? It's your boy Michael McCrudden documenting the life and career of Dylan Danis, part of fame. Here for you, of course, some before they're famous. You guys requested this video, so I'm happy we're finally getting it done. Also me and Dylan talking in the DMs. I feel like a little Jake Paul. It's cool. We've done profiles on other fighters, including Tyson Fury and Eddie Alvarez, and our one on Conor McGregor could certainly use an update. As per usual, you guys gotta let us know who's next in the comments down below. Now let's get into Dylan Danis. Dylan Danis was born on August 22, 1993 in Moorstown, New Jersey, a town of about 18,000 people located about 25 miles outside of New York City. According to sources, he is reportedly of both Armenian and Honduran descent. I don't know anyone in Hollywood who's Honduran, but they're Kardashians. Maybe a whole lot of Armenians. They breed fighters and babes, plastic surgery babes, whatever. Raised by his mother, Nikki Danis, while Dylan is two siblings, they grew up in New Jersey towns of Parsippany and Dover. Parsippany, I can't say it, Parsippany and Dover. He is the middle child between older sister Carol and younger brother Brandon. While Dylan has stated that his formative years were generally good, there were rough times throughout his childhood and he had to constantly be on his toes. Looking back on his family life, while Dylan states that the person that he admires the most in his life is his mother, Nikki, and this is due to her raising her kids all alone while holding multiple jobs. As for celebrities he looked up to, the fighter to be, well he enjoyed the antics of Ben Margera and the Jackass crew, and I guess that makes a little bit of sense. As for fighters, he looked up to Brazilian Leandro Lowe and Marcelo Garcia. Attending St. Christopher Elementary School of Parsippany-Littleton Road, while Dylan was a constant burden to his teachers as it seemed he had no time for his studies. Moving on to Brooklyn Middle School over on Beechwood Road, well his knack for causing mischief seemed to follow him everywhere he went. Reminiscing on his school years, well he told me, I was a troublemaker, I had the most write ups in my middle school's history which later went into high school. Despite his lack of interest in schooling, well Dylan actually enjoyed reading. His mom apparently introduced him to biographies of former fighters as well as the works of Che Guevara. This was before your boy Michael McCrudden was doing bios here on the old YouTube, although we haven't done one on Che Guevara. We'll add that to the list. Well life in a small town jersey may seem pleasant to some, well Dylan's surroundings they weren't the best. He revealed that his first exposure to fighting was through various street brawls he experienced as a youth. In an interview with the Daily Record newspaper, well Dylan remembers that he had his first fight which involved a schoolmate and this was because he was getting picked on. He stated, I joked him out, I fought him and they were like what's this BS on the ground. In middle school people didn't understand. That's my only street fight ever, I'm happy it happened because it made me realize what my dream was. I found Jiu Jitsu. He began training in a nearby gym where he would put his scrawny frame to the test fighting grown men twice his size. He credits his resilience in these situations as what made him successful. Attending Parson and high school in nearby Morris Plains, well he was introduced to wrestling. Mr. Ladotto, one of the school's history teachers and coaches, was this man who pulled the 15 year old out of history class and in his sophomore year he put him on the wrestling team. It was here he infused his Jiu Jitsu moves into wrestling, something that proved to be controversial among Mr. Ladotto and the other wrestling coaches. But hey, it worked. While Dylan would shine as a wrestler and martial artist, his performance as a student was a different story. He would often skip classes just to go to the gym. While his mom Nikki would sometimes have to go into the school and explain to faculty that Dylan was trying to achieve a goal. What was that goal you asked? Well the goal was to become a certified black belt in Jiu Jitsu by the age of 21. And well he also wanted to be a world champion, you know, he gotta have goals. He told me, I was destined for greatness from a young age. I never missed a session, no matter what. Since I was 15, nothing was overnight. Dylan's first instructor was Jamie Cruz. He credits Jamie along with others at the gym for training him to be the best possible fighter he can be. He earned his belt through his academy and he later moved on to his hero Marcel Garcia's academy which is in the Big Apple. He was 19 when Marcelo decided that he would train the young fighter full time. In 2014 he competed in the International Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Federation and he played second. This was in the middleweight Brown Belt division. Good for him getting that Brown Belt. I know a lot of guys celebrating that one. In 2016 Dylan was recruited by none other than Conor McGregor to be his main grappling partner. Here's a clip of the two training together at Conor's gym in Dublin, Ireland. This all led up to his MMA debut in 2018 when he went up against Kyle Walker at Bellator 198. And he finished them in the first round. More recently, well Dylan has made quite a name for himself via social media. He's been talking with the likes of Jake Paul, he's also been throwing shade at Habib Nurmagomedov. There's all sorts of posts and memes and messages and I'm probably saying his name wrong but it's quite scandalous. It's also very entertaining to watch. As for the rest of the story, we're going to wrap this one up here because this is before they're famous. My name is Mike McCrudden, we post tons of celebrity bios here for you on this channel but you guys gotta let us know who's next in the comments down below. We're also posting more videos on the second channel because you guys request so many and we don't know where to put up. So this may be on the second channel or the main channel, you know better than me. But wherever you're watching it, be sure to subscribe and I'll see you guys in another video. BOOM!