BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » Rio Brazil https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Phil Davis vs. Lyoto Machida Slated for UFC 163 in Rio https://www.badmma.com/phil-davis-vs-lyoto-machida-slated-for-ufc-163-in-rio.html https://www.badmma.com/phil-davis-vs-lyoto-machida-slated-for-ufc-163-in-rio.html#comments Mon, 03 Jun 2013 23:04:35 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/phil-davis-vs-lyoto-machida-slated-for-ufc-163-in-rio.html A light heavyweight match-up between former titleholder Lyoto Machida and Phil Davis has been added to the UFC 163 fight card. Portaldovaletudo.uol.com first reported the match-up on Monday and MMAWeekly.com has confirmed through sources close to the bout that Davis and Machida have verbally agreed to the fight. Machida (19-3) is on a two-fight winning streak, defeating Ryan Bader and Dan Henderson in his last two outings.  A win over Davis could move Machida to the top of a short list of names to get a title shot. Davis (11-1-1) is also riding a two-fight winning streak and has only been defeated by former light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans . UFC 163 takes places on August 3 at the HSBC Arena in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and his headlined by a featherweight title bout between champion Jose Aldo and challenger Anthony Pettis

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Phil Davis vs. Lyoto Machida Slated for UFC 163 in Rio – MMA Weekly

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