Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-06-16, close mma bout but not so exciting: Corey Anderson vs Phil Davis gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2023).
Davis vs Anderson is scheduled to take place Friday, June 16th, at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago (Illinois, USA), in a 3-round light heavyweight (205 lbs, 93 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Vadim Nemkov vs Yoel Romero – Bellator 297. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-03-12, mma fight not so exciting: Phil Davis vs Julius Anglickas gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2022).
Anglickas vs Davis is on the undercard of Adam Borics vs Mads Burnell – Bellator 276. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-09-18, pretty good mma fight: Phil Davis vs Yoel Romero gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2021).
Romero vs Davis is the main event of Bellator 266. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-04-16, mma fight not so exciting: Vadim Nemkov vs Phil Davis 2 gets two stars.
Davis vs Nemkov 2, main event of Bellator 257, is the quarter-final of the Bellator light-Hw world gran prix tournament and it is valid for the Bellator light heavyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-09-11, fight not so exciting between Phil Davis and Lyoto Machida 2: it gets two stars.
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-10-25, fight not particularly good between Phil Davis and Karl Albrektsson: it gets two stars.The former Bellator light-Hw champion Phil Davis entered this fight with a mma record of 20-5-0 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jon Jones). He lost to Vadim Nemkov last year (Phil Davis vs Vadim Nemkov) but he came back to win against Liam McGeary in 2019 (Phil Davis vs Liam McGeary 2).
His opponent, Karl Albrektsson, has an official record of 9-2-0 (78% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.68 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Jiri Prochazka in 2017 but since then he has won over Dmitry Tebekin, Josh Stansbury and Christiano Frohlich. Davis vs Albrektsson is on the undercard of Frank Mir vs Roy Nelson 2 – Bellator 231. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-04-27, good fight between Phil Davis and Liam McGeary 2: it gets three stars.The former Bellator light-Hw champion Phil Davis entered this fight with a mma record of 19-5-0 (47% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jon Jones). He fought twice last year beating Linton Vassell (Phil Davis vs Linton Vassell) and losing to Vadim Nemkov (Phil Davis vs Vadim Nemkov).
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj and former Bellator light-Hw champ Liam McGeary, has an official record of 13-3-0 (92% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.11 in the same weight class. He lost two consecutive fights between 2017 and 2018, against Linton Vassell (Liam McGeary vs Linton Vassell) and Vadim Nemkov (Liam McGeary vs Vadim Nemkov) but then he has beat Muhammed King Mo Lawal (Muhammed King Mo Lawal vs Liam McGeary). In their first bout Davis had defeated McGeary via unanimous decision (November 4, 2016 – Liam McGeary vs Phil Davis I); this second fight is on the undercard of Rory MacDonald vs Jon Fitch – Bellator 220. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-11-15, some good exchanges between Phil Davis and Vadim Nemkov but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.The former Bellator light-Hw champion Phil Davis entered this fight with a pro mma record of 19-4-0 (47% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.2 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Daniel Cormier). He lost to Ryan Bader last year (Davis vs Bader 2) but then he has defeated Leonardo Leite (Phil Davis vs Leonardo Leite) and Linton Vassell (Phil Davis vs Linton Vassell).
His opponent, the three times world combat sambo champion Vadim Nemkov, has a record of 9-2-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.15 in the same weight class. He suffered two consecutive losses between 2015 and 2016, against Jiri Prochazka (Jiri Prochazka vs Vadim Nemkov) and Karl Albrektsson but then he has won four bouts beating Philipe Lins and Liam McGeary in his last two (Liam McGeary vs Vadim Nemkov). Davis vs Nemkov is on the undercard of Patricio Freire vs Emmanuel Sanchez – Bellator 209; they also faced each other a second time on April 16, 2021 (Vadim Nemkov vs Phil Davis 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-25, Phil Davis vs Linton Vassell gets three stars only thanks to a good finish.The former Bellator light-Hw champion Phil Davis entered this fight with a professional record of 18-4-0 (44% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Daniel Cormier). He fought twice last year losing to Ryan Bader (Davis vs Bader 2) and beating Leonardo Leite (Phil Davis vs Leonardo Leite).
His opponent, Linton Vassell, has a mma record of 18-6-0 (78% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.7 in the same weight class. He also fought twice in 2017 defeating Liam McGeary (Liam McGeary vs Linton Vassell) and losing to Ryan Bader (Ryan Bader vs Linton Vassell). Davis vs Vassell is on the undercard of Rafael Carvalho vs Gegard Mousasi – Bellator 200. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-11-03, fight not particularly exciting between Phil Davis and Leo Leite: it gets two stars.The former Bellator light-Hw champion Phil Davis entered this fight with a mma record of 17-4-0 (47% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Daniel Cormier) but he comes off the loss against Ryan Bader (=Davis vs Bader 2). Before this bout he had beat Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal (=Davis vs Lawal) and Liam McGeary in 2016 (=McGeary vs Davis).
His opponent, the undefeated black belt in Judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu (four time Bjj world champion) Leonardo Leite, has a perfect record of 10-0-0 (60% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.68 in the same weight class. He fought three times last year winning over Matt Masterson, Julio Juarez and Moise Rimbon. Davis vs Leite is on the undercard of Ryan Bader vs Linton Vassell – Bellator 186. Watch the video and rate this fight!
