UFC on FOX 4 – Phil Davis looking on the bright side of lose-lose situation
UFC light heavyweight prospect, Phil Davis has been giving his thoughts on his UFC on FOX 4 showdown with undefeated promotional newcomer, Wagner Prado set for August 4th in Los Angeles, California, as well as his first career defeat last time around.
Speaking via MMAJunkie.com, Davis said:
“I remember what it was like fighting Brian Stann (at UFC 109), and thinking I was going to get a guy that was pretty good, not really somebody I’ve heard of that was a big name. I was already a big fan of Brian Stann. He took the fight, and I respect that about him. When you have a great performance, that moves you up the ladder. It really doesn’t matter who it is. Money is money.”
On his first career defeat at the hands of Rashad Evans, Davis said:
“It was a great measuring stick for me. I lost, but I didn’t get beat down. I’ve seen some guys come out bloody, all beat down. Luckily, that wasn’t my night. I got beat to the punch, figuratively and literally, every time. But I didn’t get beat down. To me, that says, if the No. 2 guy in the world can beat me, but not beat the hell out of me, cool. That’s good.”
“I’m still a young guy in this game. I know where I’m at, and in a couple of years, that won’t happen. I went into it thinking I was going to win. But I didn’t. What are you going to do? When I have as much time in as [Evans], I’ll be amazing. I don’t think it will take me a couple of years to be in those bigger fights.”
Davis went nine straight fights undefeated to kick off his mixed martial arts career which included a first round submission win over Alexander Gustafsson. He lost his first bout last time out when he went down to Rashad Evans via unanimous decision. Stay tuned to MMABay for more build-up to this one as we get it.
By Michael Pepper. (Follow me on Twitter)
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