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Light heavyweight MMA · 2010s

Phil Davis

25–8 · 33 recorded bouts · 2008–2025

Phil Davis finished 48% of 25 wins inside the distance — the 2nd percentile for light heavyweight MMA, where the median is 78%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height74″ (188 cm)
StanceOrthodox
DivisionLight Heavyweight MMA
Peak era2010s
CountryUnited States

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Phil Davis, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

2010 2020 win vs Brett Chism (2008)win vs David Baggett (2009)win vs Terry Cohens (2009)win vs Josh Green (2009)win vs Tim Boetsch (2010)win vs Rodney Wallace (2010)win vs Alexander Gustafsson (2010)win vs Brian Stann (2010)win vs Antônio Rogério Nogueira (2011)win vs Wagner Prado (2012)loss vs Rashad Evans (2012)win vs Lyoto Machida (2013)win vs Vinny Magalhães (2013)win vs Glover Teixeira (2014)loss vs Anthony Johnson (2014)win vs Francis Carmont (2015)loss vs Ryan Bader (2015)win vs Liam McGeary (2016)win vs Muhammed Lawal (2016)win vs Leonardo Leite (2017)loss vs Ryan Bader (2017)loss vs Vadim Nemkov (2018)win vs Linton Vassell (2018)win vs Karl Albrektsson (2019)win vs Liam McGeary (2019)win vs Lyoto Machida (2020)win vs Yoel Romero (2021)loss vs Vadim Nemkov (2021)win vs Julius Anglickas (2022)loss vs Corey Anderson (2023)loss vs Sullivan Cauley (2025)win vs Rob Wilkinson (2025)
winlossdraw / NC2008–2025

Record

MMA record

25–8

33 bouts on record

Finish rate

48%

of wins ended inside the distance — light heavyweight MMA median 78%, 2nd percentile

KO/TKO: 7 (28%)Submission: 5 (20%)Decision: 13 (52%)
  • KO/TKO 28%
  • Submission 20%
  • Decision 52%

The career, bout by bout

33 recorded bouts from 2008 to 2025. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

18y

2008–2025

Longest unbeaten run

10

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

2010

4 bouts

Recorded bouts

33

32 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2025 L Sullivan Cauley Decision3
2025 W Rob Wilkinson KO/TKO2
2023 L Corey Anderson Decision3
2022 W Julius Anglickas Decision3
2021 W Yoel Romero Decision3
2021 L Vadim Nemkov Decision5
2020 W Lyoto Machida Decision3
2019 W Karl Albrektsson KO/TKO3
2019 W Liam McGeary KO/TKO3
2018 L Vadim Nemkov Decision3
2018 W Linton Vassell KO/TKO3
2017 W Leonardo Leite Decision3
2017 L Ryan Bader Decision5
2016 W Liam McGeary Decision5
2016 W Muhammed Lawal Decision3
2015 W Francis Carmont KO/TKO1
2015 L Ryan Bader Decision3
2014 W Glover Teixeira Decision3
2014 L Anthony Johnson Decision3
2013 W Lyoto Machida Decision3
2013 W Vinny Magalhães Decision3
2012 W Wagner Prado Submission2
2012 L Rashad Evans Decision5
2011 W Antônio Rogério Nogueira Decision3
2010 W Tim Boetsch Submission2
2010 W Rodney Wallace Decision3
2010 W Alexander Gustafsson Submission1
2010 W Brian Stann Decision3
2009 W David Baggett Submission1
2009 W Terry Cohens KO/TKO1
2009 W Josh Green KO/TKO1
2008 W Brett Chism Decision2
W Emanuel Newton Submission

26 of these opponents have their own page here.

How this is worked out

  1. Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
  2. Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
  3. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 183 light heavyweight MMA fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100

Full methodology →

Source: Phil Davis (fighter) on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-05-05. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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