Jeremy Stephens Welcomes Marcus Davis to Lightweight at UFC 125
by Scott Haber on Nov 10, 2010 2:41 PM EST
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Jeremy Stephens asked and he shall receive. After learning that Marcus Davis would be cutting down to lightweight for his next fight, "Lil' Heathen" asked for the matchup on Twitter:
Now MMA Junkie reports that the bout is being finalized for the ultra-stacked UFC 125 card.
Sources close to the event today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that Stephens (18-6 MMA, 5-5 UFC) will welcome former welterweight Marcus Davis (17-7 MMA, 9-5 UFC) to the 155-pound division at January's UFC 125 event.
The fight is expected to be finalized in the coming days.
Jan 1st, live on Pay-per-view from Las Vegas, Nevada:
Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard [LW title]
Jose Aldo vs. Josh Grispi [FW title]
Clay Guida vs. Takanori Gomi
Nate Diaz vs. Dong Hyun Kim
Chris Leben vs. Brian Stann
Preliminary card:
Brandon Vera vs. Thiago Silva
Jacob Volkmann vs. Antonio McKee
Mike Brown vs. Diego Nunes
Greg Soto vs. Daniel Roberts
Marcus Davis vs. Jeremy Stephens
Cole Miller vs. Matt Wiman
Phil Baroni vs. Brad Tavares
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Gotta agree. Stephens has a chin and some heavy hands, and Davis, as much as I like the guy, is past his prime, and Davis knows it. Nonetheless, this fight should be a fun fight, and I would be surprised if there was not a finish in this one. I can’t see this going the Guillard/Stephens route, but your typical Stephens/Davis type of fight.
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This card just gets better & better
And to think just a month or two ago alot of people were hatin on it just because of the Maynard-Edgar main event. SMH.
by ddub83 on Nov 10, 2010 2:53 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I don’t understand all the hate towards Edgar… the dude literally put on a boxing clinic against Penn twice in a row, not to mention the fact that h e was an extreme underdog in both cases. The guy is a scrapper… what’s not to like about him?
by SkeezinSteevin on Nov 10, 2010 8:47 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
well then if not to ddub, than to all the others on this site...
It seems to be the consensus here…
by SkeezinSteevin on Nov 10, 2010 10:06 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
My predictions
Gray Maynard Def Frankie Edgar via UD R5 48-47,49-46,48-47
Jose Aldo Def Josh Grispi via TKO R3
Clay Guida Def Takanori Gomi via UD R3 29-28, 30-27, 30-27
Dong Hyun Kim Def Nate Diaz via SD R3 29-28 Kim, 29-28 Diaz, 29-28 KIM
Chris Leben Def Brian Stann via TKO R2
Thiago Silva Def Brandon Vera via TKO R3
Antonio McKee Def Jacob Volkmann via UD R3 30-27 across
Deigo Nunes Def Mike Thomas Brown via TKO R2
Daniel Roberts Def Greg Soto via KO R1
Jeremy Stephens Def Marcus Davis via TKO R2
Cole Miller Def Matt Wiman via UD R3
Brad Tavares Def Phil Baroni via Triangle choke R2
I can’t imagine the amount of time spent on this
by Krimson on Nov 10, 2010 4:23 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
how can he not be?
after all the smack he talked to get the fight.
by Spider_Vemon on Nov 10, 2010 3:11 PM EST up reply actions
Shogun played it smart against Machida, by pressuring him constantly… There was nothing safe about that really…
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by zakkree on Nov 10, 2010 4:11 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Yep
Luke: What was our best moment?
Nate: When I banned Subo?
Luke: That was a good one.
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by Derek Suboticki on Nov 10, 2010 4:25 PM EST up reply actions
Not trying to hate,
Not trying to hate, but I hope that Davis beats Stephens badly. Not just because I like Davis, but also because I think it’s past time that Stephens quits calling out guys to have stand up wars with and starts progessing the rest of his game. Perhaps another loss will force him to do just that.
by Empty Thoughts on Nov 10, 2010 3:17 PM EST reply actions 6 recs
You have a strong point. Stephens should look at Davis fight with Chris Lytle as an indication of what Davis will do standing. Punch, circle, attempt to cut off angles and go for a takedown when he realizes that Stephens has heavy hands.
Stephens really need to change his focus or just compete in kickboxing, muay thai or boxing so he doesn’t have to worry about the ground or clinching.
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VEe is ANIMated!
by VeeisAnimated on Nov 10, 2010 3:47 PM EST up reply actions
The entire card really makes up for the lackluster main event. I just hope Edgar and Maynard proves me wrong and have a great 5-round fight that ends in a unanimous decision.
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VEe is ANIMated!
by VeeisAnimated on Nov 10, 2010 3:50 PM EST up reply actions
Considering the damage he's taken and his age
I’m actually worried for Marcus cutting down to LW. He might make Irvin look like a plump little dumpling.
Jeremy,
Unless the World Combat League gets going again, you are going to have to stop expecting your opponents to waltz into your power shots.
Luke: What was our best moment?
Nate: When I banned Subo?
Luke: That was a good one.
When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are in a confederacy against him. - Jonathan Swift
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Still Subo at Fightlinker.com
by Derek Suboticki on Nov 10, 2010 4:24 PM EST reply actions
IDK man
Been a while since we’ve seen a good performance by Davis. I’m a huge fan of the Irish Hand Grenade, but I think his time is done.
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by sitnam90 on Nov 10, 2010 6:38 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
It's funny because
When Stephens knocked off Sam Stout (who was a guy i supported to finally make a run) i thought “oh well, now Stephens make can get it together and get somewhere in the division”.
But then he goes on this brawl mode where he won’t even try to take it to ground instead of looking for his super right hand all the frikkin time.
It’s the same with everyone. When someone get’s a couple of those sweet knockouts like he got on Dos Anjos they become intoxicated with the feeling and wants so desperately to feel that again that they won’t try anything else.
See Rashad evans before his loss to Machida, see Jorge Gurgel, see Dustin Hazelett wanting to stand with Daley, see Koscheck. And on and on and on.
It's because
knocking someone unconscious is one of the greatest feelings a man will ever experience.
Holy hell, ANOTHER awesome fight at 125
I thought there was a legal limit for the amount of awesome allowed at one MMA Event.
But I guess not.
If every post-merger card is gonna look something like this, I’ll go crazy.
CPG
And I hadn't even found out about Brown vs Nunes when I made that comment
Please Spike, 1.5 or 2 hour prelim special? Just this once?
CPG
OMFG
Hell Yaah!!!
If I wake up tomorrow and see that the world has ended, then that means God has finally granted my prayers.
GO Armageddon!!!
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