
Phil Davis entered this fight with a professional mma record of 15-3-0 (53% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.6 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jon Jones). He fought three times last year losing to Ryan Bader (=Davis vs Bader) but then he beat Emanuel Newton (=Davis vs Newton) and Francis Carmont (=Davis vs Carmont).
His opponent, Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal, has an official record of 19-4-0 (68% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won by submission) and he entered as the No.10 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced Quinton “Rampage” Jackson in 2014 (=Rampage vs Lawal), since then he has won seven consecutive bouts defeating Jiri Prochazka in his last one (=King Mo vs Prochazka). Davis vs Lawal is the main event of the Bellator 154. Watch the video and rate this fight!