Filed under: Bellator , Featured Videos , News , Radio Highlight , UFC , Videos It’s a big moment in MMA whenever a top-10 fighter changes promotions, but it’s rare in this era that a ranked fighter jumps from the UFC to a smaller promotion as Phil Davis did on Wednesday. Davis (13-3 MMA, 0-0 BMMA), currently ranked No. 7 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA light-heavyweight rankings , signed a deal with Bellator MMA , had established himself as a force in the UFC, where he’d compiled one of the best light heavyweight records in recent memory, going 9-3 over his five-year octagon career.
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Phil Davis’ Bellator deal? ‘It’s simple: We, as fighters, fight people for money’ – MMA Junkie