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Based on his performance against Lil' Nog, where you think he sits on the food chain?
I felt that he did enough to get the victory, but I wasn't very impressed with his overall skills. Lil' Nog stuffed a lot of his takedowns, and his striking didn't look too hot. I don't think he's near Jon Jones, at this point.
I think Phil Davis has great potential and may become good with time but he is a long way off from competing with Jon Jones. Reporters asked him if he would fight Jones next at the post fight conference. That's crazy talk. Jones would bodyslam Davis.Quote:
Originally Posted by Louis Ho
Agreed.
I thought that fight was pretty exciting at points. It was like Lil' Nog was a ticking time-bomb, and Davis had to defuse him by getting the takedown. Now that I think about it, he should change his nickname to "Jack Bauer."
Davis needs to work on his striking if he wants to challenge Jones eventually, but he showed awesome footwork and feints to setup his takedowns. He showed exactly how far you can go with top-notch wrestling and athleticism last night. Unfortunately, that will be the last fight he wins with just those skills.
he's good. but i don't see davis acquiring good enough striking to hang with the best in the division. i think he will fall short when against someone with high level striking and the ability to get up after being taken down.
Davis looked great,his headkick slip turned double-leg was too sick. He will only be getting better check out his blogs this week at bjpenn.com. One of them shows one of his weight cutting exercises,the river of sweat is crazy.
http://www.bjpenn.com/video/phil-davis-video-blog-day-3
I am no Jones fan boy but if Davis got near Jon Jones, he would get 3 losses, one TKO, one submission and one KO all at the same time and this would happen before Jones said hi.
By the way I watched that video and I like to say that this kid has a great personality.
I wasn't all that impressed either. I didn't see the crazy athleticism I thought I was gonna see (maybe I'm just getting too used to watching jones). Not a fan of Lloyd Irvin mma guys in general ( Brandon Vera comes to mind). They get hot early but when it comes down to fighting top notch guys they don't seem to have the well roundedness it takes to win the bug fights.
not even in top 20 imo. Great wrestler, ZERO striking
I'm a fan.
He's got some really good potential, but he definitely needs to work on his striking. I like him, just give him a couple years of solid commitment to improving his stand up and he'll be a super force :D
he's coming up....as was mentioned....needs to work on his striking....a lot. Great wrestling...I think he is firmly in the mid-card now. But to be more than a lay and prayer he has to be able to be respected standing up.
zero striking....yall kno it only take one good shot to finish a fight especially wit big dudes. I think he's top 20, lil nog is a good striker, & a bjj bb wiz but straight couldnt tap davis... we all have our opinions on this guy buhh its y they fight the fights & dood is only getting better from already being real good. I see em as being a randy couture type down the line.
I dont think he has ZERO striking, he isn't a great boxer which Lil Nog is, but to say zero is not correct. He definitely needs to improve his striking because against someone like Rashad or Rampage his takedowns would be defended even better than Nog and those guys will one punch KO you. Top 10 205 in my book.
he sucks