Phil Davis fick nyligen kritik av Dana White för att han inte visade hur mycket han ville ha en titelmatch, något som Phil lovade att göra något åt. Det dröjde inte lång tid innan Davis gick ut i media för att säga ett och annat om lätt tungviktsmästaren Jon Jones, och här kan ni läsa vad som sades via ”MMAFighting”:
Jon Jones said I was going to break him apart like a sugar cookie, man, that’s not exactly correct. I promised I was going to break him apart like a sugar cookie. Big difference.
It’s funny you should ask, because I was going to chime in. Here’s what happened. Jon Jones came out doing his regular deal and Alex — because Alex and I, we train together and we went over some things to do — I said, listen man, what you really need to do is you need to strong arm him like an American and hit him with a back hand pimp slap. I’m telling you right now, Alexander threw seven different kinds of smoke at this dude, Jon Jones didn’t know up from down when he was fighting Alex. He didn’t know what hit him. He didn’t know why he hit him — why he was hitting so hard.
I honestly still don’t really understand really how [Alex] lost, but I will say this — Jon Jones came back the last two rounds, fourth and fifth rounds, came back like a champion. Did he do enough to win? Absolutely not. But, I’m going to tell you this, seven different kinds of smoke. Jon Jones was one fire, seven different kinds of smoke he had.
The last time you tried to handle somebody in the striking department, Alex hit you so many times in the right eye you almost turned into a pirate. I wouldn’t be so sure you can be better than Glover standing up because let me tell you … he throws heat. What are you going to do?
Jones var dock inte sen med att ge svar åt Phil, då han hade följande att säga:
Yo Phil, that wasn’t very nice, man. What’s up with you Phil? When did we become like this?
I think if anything Phil’s embarrassing himself with all the antics. But, it’s what he decided to do today. You know, I’m a champion. I’m a champion, and I fight the top dogs and my whole career has been in the fast lane. I am not going to sit here and belittle myself by entertaining Phil. At first I thought it was funny, but it’s just silly. And I’m fighting Glover, and he’s fighting Anthony Johnson. I really need to stay focused on Glover, and Glover’s a great challenge to me.
I just think when you talk like that, and you be so goofy, it puts a lot of pressure on you. I mean, what if he goes out there and gets caught with one of those high kicks from Anthony Johnson and gets knocked out? It’s going to be really embarrassing to talk so much trash to me and then get knocked out by Anthony Johnson. So I’m going to keep my mouth shut and stay focused for what I’m here for, and that’s Glover.
Härnäst ser vi både Davis och Jon gå sina matcher vid UFC 172 i Baltimore den 26 april, då Phil möter Anthony Johnson och Jones tar sig an Glover Teixeira under galan.
