{"id":408838,"date":"2026-01-14T14:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/408838\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T14:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:45:07","slug":"dillon-danis-and-john-pork-zaynukov-offered-grappling-match-in-armenia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/408838\/","title":{"rendered":"Dillon Danis and \u2018John Pork\u2019 Zaynukov offered grappling match in Armenia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Could Dillon Danis and \u201cJohn Pork\u201d settle their grudge<\/a> in an Armenian grappling match? That\u2019s what regional promotion Hype Fighting is suggesting they do.<\/p>\n

Recent Contender Series signee and viral fan favorite Magomed \u201cJohn Pork\u201d Zaynukov had a big weekend at UFC 322, getting cheered by fans wherever he went. But his biggest moment came just as the pay-per-view portion of the card was about to start: Zaynukov jumped Danis cageside and sucker punched him multiple times<\/a> on camera. Now he faces potential criminal charges,<\/a> problems getting back into the U.S., and a lawsuit from Danis.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s also being offered the opportunity to grapple Dillon Danis in Armenia for regional promotion Hype Fighting.<\/p>\n

You may recognize Hype FC as the people that recently held the Arman Tsarukyan vs. Shara \u201cBullet\u201d Magomedov<\/a> grappling match in Yerevan, Armenia over the Christmas holidays. That bout was advertised as no judges and no time limits but did indeed have a time limit. After six minutes, the match ended and was declared a draw. Disappointing!<\/p>\n

But the match did prove that Hype FC does have the money to entice UFC-level fighters to Armenia for bookings. Recently they announced the latest hot name for a future event: none other than the s**t disturber extraordinaire<\/a> himself, Dillon Danis.<\/p>\n

\u201cDillon Denis will perform at Hype Armenia in his homeland,\u201d a Hype Fighting post on Instagram declared. \u201cWhich of the top is ready to oppose him? Did you know that Dillon is part Armenian?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m the biggest name grappling has ever seen,\u201d Danis was quoted in the announcement. \u201cYou can\u2019t find someone on my level. Send whoever you want. Just know you\u2019re not getting them back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hype Fighting recently proved they\u2019re willing to think outside the box with their matchmaking by presenting proof they offered Hollywood star Tom Hardy<\/a> the Tsarukyan fight before going with Shara \u201cBullet.\u201d Now they\u2019re going for another unlikely first choice for Danis: \u201cJohn Pork.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe offer the solution for this conflict in the grappling match in neutral zone in Armenia at the stadium HYPE FC event,\u201d Hype\u2019s Instagram post read, adding that the bout would involve \u201crecord amounts of money for grappling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite being a part of Team Khabib, Zaynukov is not a grappler but a multiple time Muay Thai kickboxing champion. So Dillon Danis would have a big advantage coming into a grappling-only match. Then again, we have to ask what\u2019s to stop \u201cJohn Pork\u201d from using the opportunity to illegally beat the crap out of Danis again?<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, we have serious doubts a grappling match between these two will actually come together. In fact, we have serious doubts that Danis will travel to Armenia and compete for Hype Fighting at all. His last bout for Misfits Boxing in December was cancelled due to a concussion<\/a> Danis claims he suffered at the hands of Zaynukov. We would not be surprised if this booking falls apart because of similar issues.<\/p>\n

Then, when Danis sues the UFC, Madison Square Garden, and everyone else within a ten foot pole of the UFC 320 brawl, he can point to the Hype Fighting offer as more damages he suffered. That\u2019s just our (and Logan Paul\u2019s)<\/a> theory, though. We\u2019d love to be proven wrong!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Could Dillon Danis and \u201cJohn Pork\u201d settle their grudge in an Armenian grappling match? That\u2019s what regional promotion…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361071,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-408838","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}