Phil Davis ’ 23-fight record includes some of the biggest names in MMA, from a former UFC champion in Lyoto Machida to a potential two-division Bellator champion in Ryan Bader. Since moving to Bellator, Davis has experienced a little bit of everything; He’s beaten battle-tested veterans like Muhammed Lawal and Francis Carmont, he’s captured the 205-pound title and lost it, and he’s removed a couple of zeros on some previously unblemished records, namely with Liam McGeary and Leo Leite. Davis’ (19-4 MMA, 6-1 BMMA) heterogeneous record will get an interesting addition next month at Bellator 209 in Tel Aviv, Israel, where he meets a promising but largely unknown 26-year-old knockout artist in Vadim Nemkov (9-2 MMA, 2-0 BMMA). For Davis, who has himself back on the title track with back-to-back wins over Leite and Linton Vassell, it’s the type of fight that can offer a lot more risk than it does rewards
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