Marcus Davis

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Marcus Davis

Nickname“The Irish Hand Grenade”

Record

23-11, 1 NC

Streak

W1

Age

53

Date of birth

Aug 24, 1973

Fighting out of: Bangor, Maine
Born: United States
Camp: Team Irish
Weight class: Welterweight
Height: 5'8" · 173 cm
Reach: 70" · 178 cm
Stance: Southpaw
Last fight: Jan 1, 2011
Cut risk: 72%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Jeremy Stephens

Jeremy Stephens

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R3 · 2:33

UFC 125: Resolution · Jan 1, 2011

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC 125: Resolution

Nate Diaz

Welterweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke On Ground Technical Submission · R3 · 4:02

UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn 2 · Aug 28, 2010

Guillotine Choke On Ground Technical Submission

UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn 2

Jonathan Goulet

Jonathan Goulet

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R2 · 1:23

UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun 2 · May 8, 2010

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun 2

Ben Saunders

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Knee to Head In Clinch · R1 · 3:24

UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin 2 · Nov 21, 2009

Knee to Head In Clinch

UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin 2

Dan Hardy

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 99: The Comeback · Jun 13, 2009

UFC 99: The Comeback

Chris Lytle

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson · Jan 17, 2009

UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson

Paul Kelly

Welterweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke From Bottom Guard · R2 · 2:16

UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben · Oct 18, 2008

Guillotine Choke From Bottom Guard

UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben

Mike Swick

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 85: Bedlam · Jun 7, 2008

Jess Liaudin

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 1:04

UFC 80: Rapid Fire · Jan 19, 2008

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC 80: Rapid Fire

Paul Taylor

Welterweight · Submission · Armbar From Bottom Guard · R1 · 4:14

UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion · Sep 8, 2007

Armbar From Bottom Guard

UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion

Jason Tan

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R1 · 1:15

UFC 72: Victory · Jun 16, 2007

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC 72: Victory

Pete Spratt

Welterweight · Submission · Ankle Lock After Drop to Ground · R2 · 2:57

UFC 69: Shootout · Apr 7, 2007

Ankle Lock After Drop to Ground

UFC 69: Shootout

Shonie Carter

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Sanchez vs. Riggs · Dec 13, 2006

UFC Fight Night: Sanchez vs. Riggs

Forrest Petz

Welterweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard · R1 · 4:58

Ortiz vs. Shamrock 3: The Final Chapter · Oct 10, 2006

Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard

Ortiz vs. Shamrock 3: The Final Chapter

Melvin Guillard

Melvin Guillard

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Facial Cuts · R2 · 2:55

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Franklin Finale · Nov 5, 2005

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Franklin Finale

Outside the UFC

14-5, 1 NCacross 20 bouts · 17 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 6 sub · 5 decNEF · Bellator · WBFN · PFC · Superior Challenge 8 +12

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Stephen Stengel6-26	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	0:00	PFC	Nov 19, 2021
L	Ryan Sanders23-12	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	5:00	NEF	Feb 8, 2014
L	Alexander Sarnavskiy44-9	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:40	Bellator	Sep 27, 2013
W	Darrius Heyliger5-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	NEF	May 18, 2013
NC	Waachiim Spiritwolf12-13-1	No Contest	Spiritwolf Kneed in Groin	R1	3:05	Bellator	Mar 21, 2013
W	David Bielkheden26-13	Decision	—	R3	5:00	Superior Challenge 8	Oct 6, 2012
L	Chuck O'Neil17-9	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	W-1 MMA 7	Oct 15, 2011
W	Travis Coyle12-9	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	1:07	GFL 13	Sep 23, 2011
W	Pete Spratt25-24	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	MFC 30	Jun 10, 2011
W	Curtis Demarce19-17	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	MFC 29	Apr 8, 2011
W	Mike Vaughn2-3	Submission	Armbar	R1	4:14	WBFN	Sep 8, 2006
W	Jason Hathaway2-12-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:19	WBFN	Jul 14, 2006
W	Doug Gordon11-11	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	CFFC 1	Jun 30, 2006
W	Craig Gunder2-3	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	0:37	CZ 16	May 13, 2006
W	Andy Normington4-7	Submission	Neck Crank	R1	1:41	CZ 14	Apr 8, 2006
W	Renat Myzabekov2-7	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:19	CZ 10	Apr 2, 2005
W	Shaun Gay9-25	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:33	CZ 7	Jul 10, 2004
L	Nuri Shakir21-22	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	2:38	MMA	Apr 30, 2004
L	Thiago Alves23-15	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	HFC 2	Oct 18, 2003
W	Shaun Gay9-25	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:09	ISCF	Aug 22, 2003

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

2-0across 2 amateur bouts · 2 promotionsXF · MD 11

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Roger Brackett6-6	Submission	—	R1	2:47	XF	Jul 26, 2003
W	Chris Rea0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:47	MD 11	Jun 7, 2003

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

OverallC56th

39%356 / 896

Striking accuracy

65%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.07 differential

Landed2.72

Absorbed2.79

56%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+4%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head65%51st232
Body18%46th65
Leg17%55th59

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

68%Standing

Standing68%242
Clinch19%67
Ground13%47

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Marcus Davis

Marcus Davis

Landed per 15

Head

C

49th

26.6

49th

Body

D

42nd

7.4

42nd

Leg

C

52nd

6.8

52nd

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

A

71st

23.5

71st

Body

B

59th

8.4

59th

Leg

D

27th

10.1

27th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	26.6	232	728	32%
Body	7.4	65	98	66%
Leg	6.8	59	70	84%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	23.5	205	856	24%
Body	8.4	73	107	68%
Leg	10.1	88	104	85%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Marcus Davis

Marcus Davis

15 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 131 min

82%

R3 pace · 6 bouts

Davis fades (-15% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Davis drops to 82% of round-1 output by round 3 (6 bouts).

Marcus Davis

Davis ▼ FADESOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Marcus Davis

Davislanded / min

Takedown attempts

Marcus Davis

Davisattempts / min

Control time

Marcus Davis

Davis% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.7	2.5	2.4	0.28	32%	15
R2	4.2	2.9	2.9	0.23	16%	10
R3	3.5	2.8	3.5	0.08	10%	6

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Marcus Davis

Marcus Davis

15 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

34/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

32nd

26%

32nd

Win quality

B

66th

45%

66th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

2

3

6

2

Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Ranked 6–15	1	0-1	0%
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%
Contender-level	2	0-2	0%
Established	3	2-1	67%
Building	6	5-1	83%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Jeremy Stephens	Cross-div ranked	40	Jan 1, 2011
L	Nate Diaz	Ranked 6–15	59	Aug 28, 2010
W	Jonathan Goulet	Building	18	May 8, 2010
L	Ben Saunders	Building	18	Nov 21, 2009
L	Dan Hardy	Established	22	Jun 13, 2009
W	Chris Lytle	Established	22	Jan 17, 2009
W	Paul Kelly	Established	22	Oct 18, 2008
L	Mike Swick	Contender-level	40	Jun 7, 2008
W	Jess Liaudin	Building	15	Jan 19, 2008
W	Paul Taylor	Building	15	Sep 8, 2007
W	Jason Tan	Unproven	8	Jun 16, 2007
W	Pete Spratt	Building	18	Apr 7, 2007
W	Shonie Carter	Building	18	Dec 13, 2006
W	Forrest Petz	Unproven	8	Oct 10, 2006
L	Melvin Guillard	Contender-level	32	Nov 5, 2005

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.