Coming into this fight, Phil Davis said he was going to shock the world by submiting Lyoto Machido. He was right about half of that philosophy. He pulled off a close unanimous decision in a fight that I personally had Machida winning the entire fight.
Machida appeared to out-strike Davis during the entire fight and stuff all but two takedowns. When taken to the ground, Machida received no damage or threat of a stoppage from his opponent Davis.
Instantly after the decision was read, the entire crowd began to boo after what appeared to be, in the eyes of the crowd, a Machida victory. The fight was close but unimpressive. It underdelived on what could've been an exciting fight. I still wouldn't say that Davis is ready to face Jones in his current state after his performance tonight. If the UFC puts Davis vs. Jones together I would highly disapprove. He needs an impressive win over another top 5 opponent.
Below are the scores from the UFC App as I was scoring it.
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