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Phil Davis On UFC 163 Bout with Lyoto Machida: “I’m Going to Win This Fight”

BAD MMA News — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 15:00:23 +0000

UFC light heavyweight Phil Davis hopes to finish former titleholder Lyoto Machida at UFC 163 and move next in line to fight for the 205-pound championship. Davis (11-1, 1 no contest) is ranked seventh in the official UFC Fighter Rankings . Machida (19-3) is considered the top contender in the division. A win over the former champion would shoot Davis up the rankings, but he doesn’t put much stock in fighter rankings. “I don’t really know where I fit in the whole title contention picture. I don’t really go by the rankings. I looked at the rankings once. I was disappointed, so I never looked at them again, and I just kind of go fight by fight,” said Davis during a recent media conference call. “I won my last fight. I really want to get a finish

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Phil Davis On UFC 163 Bout with Lyoto Machida: “I’m Going to Win This Fight” – MMA Weekly

UFC 163′s John Lineker: Jose Maria a better opponent than Phil Harris

BAD MMA News — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 23:45:00 +0000

Flyweight contender John Lineker is honest about this weekend’s UFC 163 event: Replacement Jose Maria is probably a better fit than his original opponent, Phil Harris . Sure, Harris (22-10 MMA, 1-1 UFC) has won six of his past seven fights and recently defeated Ulysses Gomez at UFC on FUEL TV 7, and among your average MMA fan, he probably has more name recognition than promotional newcomer Maria (33-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC). But as Lineker (21-6 MMA, 2-1 UFC) explained, Harris, who was forced off the card with a fractured orbital bone, also possessed the one skill that’s been a constant annoyance to him: wrestling. “I think this is a better opponent for me,” Lineker told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “With Harris, he was going to try to take me down. I would rather fight standing up. Those are the types of fights I enjoy best. “I was already familiar with Jose.

UFC 163′s John Lineker: Jose Maria a better opponent than Phil Harris – MMA Junkie

Video: Jake Shields defends UFC 161 split-decision win over Tyron Woodley

BAD MMA News — Sat, 22 Jun 2013 21:15:00 +0000

No sense burying the lead. Jake Shields just got right to it, the way just about every fighter does after a split decision. “It was a close fight, and personally I thought I had won.” Insert that exact phrase into a fighter quote after any split call, and there’s about a 98 percent certainty it’ll fit. For Shields (28-6-1 MMA, 3-2 UFC), he got the nod after a close fight against Tyron Woodley (11-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) a week ago at UFC 161. And just like most fighters the moment they realize it’s about to be a split decision when Bruce Buffer has to break out who got what score, Shields thought maybe it wasn’t going to go his way – even though, as he said, he thought he did enough

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Video: Jake Shields defends UFC 161 split-decision win over Tyron Woodley – MMA Junkie

Ahead of RFA 8 title fight, Lance Palmer credits Team Alpha Male for success

BAD MMA News — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 00:40:00 +0000

A four-time All-American wrestler at Ohio State University, featherweight Lance Palmer (6-0) was a coveted prospect from the moment he entered MMA. While he considered a number of camps to call home, Palmer said his choice of Team Alpha Male has proven wise, indeed. “I talked to a few different people,” Palmer told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). “I was considering AKA and a couple of other teams, also, but Team Alpha Male, we all have kind of the same personalities, and we all mesh well together. It was just easy for me to fit in there. After I came out and visited with those guys, that was my only choice.” It’s proven a wise choice so far.

Ahead of RFA 8 title fight, Lance Palmer credits Team Alpha Male for success – MMA Junkie