Phil Davis Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#7Ryan Bader Light Heavyweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Gustafsson vs. Johnson	Jan 24, 2015
W	#4Glover Teixeira Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes 2	Oct 25, 2014
L	#14Anthony Johnson Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira	Apr 26, 2014
W	#2Lyoto Machida Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 163: Aldo vs. Jung	Aug 3, 2013
W	Vinny Magalhaes Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen	Apr 27, 2013
W	Wagner Prado Light Heavyweight	Submission	Anaconda Choke On Ground	R2	4:29	UFC 153: Silva vs. Bonnar	Oct 13, 2012
NC	Wagner Prado Light Heavyweight	No Contest	—	R1	1:28	UFC on FOX: Shogun vs. Vera	Aug 4, 2012
L	Rashad Evans Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC on FOX: Evans vs. Davis	Jan 28, 2012
W	Rogerio Nogueira Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Davis	Mar 26, 2011
W	Tim Boetsch Light Heavyweight	Submission	Kimura From Side Control	R2	2:55	UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida	Nov 20, 2010
W	Rodney Wallace Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen	Aug 7, 2010
W	Alexander Gustafsson Light Heavyweight	Submission	Anaconda Choke From Front Headlock	R1	4:55	UFC 112: Invincible	Apr 10, 2010
W	Brian Stann Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 109: Relentless	Feb 6, 2010

Outside the UFC

16-5across 21 bouts · 6 promotions · wins by 7 KO · 2 sub · 7 decBellator · PFL · UCFC · UWC 6 · PFC 12 +1

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Sullivan Cauley8-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PFL	Jun 27, 2025
W	Rob Wilkinson19-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	0:51	PFL	May 1, 2025
L	Corey Anderson20-6	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Bellator	Jun 16, 2023
W	Julius Anglickas11-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	Mar 12, 2022
W	Yoel Romero17-7	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Bellator	Sep 18, 2021
L	Vadim Nemkov20-2	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Bellator	Apr 16, 2021
W	Lyoto Machida26-12	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Bellator	Sep 11, 2020
W	Karl Albrektsson14-8	KO/TKO	Punches and Elbows	R3	3:06	Bellator	Oct 25, 2019
W	Liam McGeary13-4	KO/TKO	Jaw Injury	R3	4:11	Bellator	Apr 27, 2019
L	Vadim Nemkov20-2	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Bellator	Nov 15, 2018
W	Linton Vassell26-10	KO/TKO	Head Kick	R3	1:05	Bellator	May 25, 2018
W	Leo Leite11-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	Nov 3, 2017
L	Ryan Bader31-8	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	Bellator	Jun 24, 2017
W	Liam McGeary13-4	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Bellator	Nov 4, 2016
W	Muhammed Lawal21-10	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	May 14, 2016
W	Francis Carmont25-12	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:15	Bellator	Sep 19, 2015
W	Emanuel Newton26-13-1	Submission	Kimura	R1	4:39	Bellator	Sep 19, 2015
W	David Baggett8-7	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:37	UCFC	Jun 27, 2009
W	Terry Cohens4-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:29	UWC 6	Apr 25, 2009
W	Josh Green1-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:49	PFC 12	Jan 22, 2009
W	Brett Chism16-12	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	No Boundary	Oct 11, 2008

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

Amateur

1-0across 1 amateur bout · 1 promotionNAAFS

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Steve Zornes2-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:51	NAAFS	Sep 19, 2008

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

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

7 wins, 0 losses

W7

L0

Submission

5 wins, 0 losses

W5

L0

Decision

13 wins, 8 losses

W13

L8

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 16%Light Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

UFC submissions

3

Above avg · 8%Light Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.50

Above avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Phil Davis

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

0

0.00 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never finished by strikes · Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

5 scorecards on file

Phil Davis

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 1 coin-flip decision — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 1 of 3 rounds they disagreed on (33%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–2

Won – Lost

33% went their way

Unanimous4 decisions · 80%

3W1L

Split1 decision · 20%

1L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC53rd

34%481 / 1,394

Striking accuracy

72%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.52 differential

Landed2.85

Absorbed1.33

72%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+6%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head56%42nd269
Body31%75th148
Leg13%48th64

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

Sig. strikes by position

49%Standing

Standing49%237
Clinch13%62
Ground38%182

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Phil Davis

Landed per 15

Head

D

38th

24.1

38th

Body

A

76th

13.3

76th

Leg

D

42nd

5.7

42nd

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+

95th

13.3

95th

Body

A+

95th

3.3

95th

Leg

A+

85th

3.3

85th

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	24.1	269	1,046	26%
Body	13.3	148	250	59%
Leg	5.7	64	98	65%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	13.3	148	663	22%
Body	3.3	37	73	51%
Leg	3.3	37	58	64%

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

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Phil Davis

36%

Takedown accuracy

72%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+4.2 min net

On top5.1

On bottom0.9

Offense

Takedowns

A

81st

2.8

81st

TD accuracy

C

54th

36%

54th

Sub attempts

A

73rd

0.5

73rd

Control

A

77th

5.1 min

77th

Defense

TD defense

B

60th

72%

60th

Controlled

0.9 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	31 / 87
Submission attempts	6
Control time	56:50

Defense

TDs defended	13 / 18
Control absorbed	9:37

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (167min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

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

UFC only

Phil Davis

12 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 167 min

107%

R3 pace · 9 bouts

Davis holds steady (-2% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Davis lifts to 107% of round-1 output by round 3 (9 bouts).

Davis — HOLDSOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

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

Davislanded / min

Takedown attempts

Davisattempts / min

Control time

Davis% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	6.2	3.2	1.1	0.53	33%	12
R2	5.8	3.0	1.1	0.42	37%	11
R3	5.9	2.4	1.4	0.64	39%	9
R4	3.8	2.0	4.4	0.60	0%	1
R5	2.4	1.8	2.6	0.20	0%	1

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

Phil Davis

13 resolved UFC bouts · 4 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

57/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

83rd

55%

83rd

Win quality

A+

90th

59%

90th

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

6

1

4

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	1-0	100%
Top-5	6	3-3	50%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Established	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	4	3-0, 1 NC	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	Ryan Bader#7	Top-5	80	Jan 24, 2015
W	Glover Teixeira#4	Champion	93	Oct 25, 2014
L	Anthony Johnson#14	Top-5	80	Apr 26, 2014
W	Lyoto Machida#2	Top-5	89	Aug 3, 2013
W	Vinny Magalhaes	Unproven	8	Apr 27, 2013
W	Wagner Prado	Unproven	8	Oct 13, 2012
NC	Wagner Prado	Unproven	8	Aug 4, 2012
L	Rashad Evans	Top-5	72	Jan 28, 2012
W	Rogerio Nogueira	Top-5	57	Mar 26, 2011
W	Tim Boetsch	Cross-div ranked	36	Nov 20, 2010
W	Rodney Wallace	Unproven	8	Aug 7, 2010
W	Alexander Gustafsson	Top-5	61	Apr 10, 2010
W	Brian Stann	Established	26	Feb 6, 2010

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.

Career cohorts

12 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

2-1

3 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

3-0

3 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

3-2

5 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

2-0

2 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

6-3

9 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

1 year

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Phil Davis

Layoff

1 yearsince last bout

vs Sullivan Cauley · Jun 27, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 7-2As underdog 2-1

76.5

DK avg

94.7

Median

110.0

Ceiling

36.2

Floor

58%

Boom

17%

Bust

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