(As any rider could tell you, it’s the longest eight seconds of your life. Photo courtesy of Sherdog.)
Just two months after his dominant UFC debut against Brian Stann at UFC 109, Phil "Mr. Wonderful" Davis (5-0) will reportedly return to the Octagon at UFC 112 (April 10th, Abu Dhabi), to face Swedish slugger Alexander Gustafsson (9-0). Gustafsson made his own UFC debut at #105, where he knocked out Jared Hamman in 41 seconds. (Video of that fight is after the jump, in case you don’t remember it.) It seems like the UFC wants to waste no time in fast-tracking one of these guys into light-heavyweight contendership, at the expense of the other.
For the record, Davis ideally wanted to make his next UFC appearance in June, and graded his performance against Stann a B-. "I’d say that I need to refine everything," Davis told MMAFighting.com. "I can’t really say I need to do better at just this or that. I think my standup needs to get better, I think my wrestling needs to get better, I think my jiu-jitsu needs to get better, and I think I need to work at being more explosive." [Ed. note: No comment.]
Loading ...
Post your comment
Showing 1-25 of comments
commentsMr. wonderful's winning day [I mean day!] in the UFC looks to be woderfully short.
I predict that Mr. Wonderful will continue to dry hump competition to decision until Greg Jackson turns him into a finishing machine. Should be in about 2 years or so. Until then, I just hope he doesn't fight anyone with flashy standup that likes to entertain, because that's just a takedown recipe for wrestlers like him.
If I was in porno's...
Sign in
Register | Lost your password?
Register For This Site
A password will be e-mailed to you.
Log in | Lost your password?