Marcus Davis is Ready To Bring The Heat

Marcus Davis has gone back to his boxing roots and is ready to stand and bang.

Marcus Davis has come full circle as a fighter.

When he entered the UFC, Davis was little more than a boxer in an MMA match. Now, after years of rounding out his skill set, Davis is going back to what he does best; throwing fists.

 ”I’m not a one dimensional boxer anymore, I’m a full-fledged mixed martial artist,” Davis told MMAMadness.com. “I can go back though to what has made me dangerous in the past, and that’s fast hands and power punching.”

In his last few fights, Davis feels that he strayed too far away from his strengths in favor of other aspects of his game.

“I’ve gotten to the point where I have more submissions on my record than I do raising hell,” Davis said. “The Paul Kelly fight, I threw more kicks than I think punches.”

Davis’ wrestling and jiu-jitsu have reached a level to where he feels he can put more focus on his striking, the skill that he says first got him into the sport.

“If I need to, I can throw the kicks, I can take down,” Davis said. “People try to take me down I can stop that and as soon as I hit the ground… I attack. I don’t just sit there and hold on to people, I throw up triangles, I throw up armbars, I throw up everything I can.”

Against a lengthy opponent like Saunders, Davis plans to use good boxing fundamentals.

 ”Fast hands, I’ve got to move my head, and I’ve got to have real fast footwork,” Davis said. “Footwork will be key. He is long, but my fast footwork will keep me on the outside and close the distance quickly.”

While a reach is typically an advantage, Davis plans to use his distance to stifle Saunders’ arms and negate his length.

In fact, Davis feels that he is more prepared for this fight than any other fight in his life.

“Fighters say that all the time but my camp is proof,” Davis said. “If you talk to my sparring partners, I’ve never been like this ever and every sparring session that I had I would literally go through all my partners in one round. It’s the best camp I’ve ever had in my life.”

Davis points to his last fight against Dan Hardy as the catalyst for this transformation. Davis lost a close split decision after a month of highly personal trash talking.

After the fight, Davis said that we wanted a rematch right away, a sentiment that he still echoes.

“[Hardy] moved on to bigger and better things, but [George St. Pierre] will smash him and he’ll send him back to me,” Davis said. “When he does, I always say I’m like the bouncer at the club. The top 10’s there and he entered it, and I’m going to bounce him out, and I’ll be waiting. I’m at the door and I’m waiting.”

Before he gets that revenge, Davis will have to get past Ben Saunders. If things line up, he may get that rematch he’s been calling for, and if he is truly the best he has ever been, Hardy will have his hands full.