Marcus Davis apologizes for UFC 118 performance, provides update on eye injury
by MMAmania.com on Sep 2, 2010 9:57 PM EDT
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Marcus Davis, who sustained a horrific eye injury during a submission loss to Nate Diaz at UFC 118 in front of his local supporters on Aug, 28, 2010, today issued the following statement regarding his performance (via the Press Herald):
"I am now home resting with my family. I want to thank all the people who supported me and all the people with team Irish MMA, team Gurgel, and team Sityodtong for all the help preparing for the match. I left the fight in the puddles of sweat on the floor of Sityodtong. I was over trained and never took the rest to recuperate that I should have. Within minutes of the first round my legs felt like I had just ran a marathon and they never came back. Today my thighs feel as though I spent the weekend lifting weights. I am known to have good footwork but had none that night. The accidental head clashes caused most of the damage to the right side of my face and eye. I have three lacerations, two over the right eye and one under it. My CAT scan came back good. No brakes or fractures. The eye itself is being looked at. I had my second appointment today and my next one is in a week. Although I'm having some cloudy vision it is much better than it was initially and with rest it should return to 100 percent. I apologize to my supporters, team, friends and sponsors for not performing to my full potential. Being recognized for fight of the night honors is great and that's why I fight -- to entertain -- but I wish I could have done so the way I have done in previous fights. Thank you again."
Anyone in their right mind think the gutsy "Irish Hand Grenade" has anything to apologize for after putting on the "Fight of the Night"?
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Yea, idk Davis got old over night.
Let’s hope he can hang around and test these new up and coming wrestler boxers.
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by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on Sep 2, 2010 10:02 PM EDT reply actions
So when Shogun, Nog and Bj make excuses there true, but when someone else makes them they automatically are full of shit?
I say theres never a true excuse in MMA, You either lose or not, We don’t like to lose in anything but thats how it goes.
Triangles don't dodge Fedor.
EXcuse is an Excuse..
Does’nt mean anything, if you can’t fight then don’t.
Triangles don't dodge Fedor.
I guess some people don’t want to let down the fans and will try to fight through some things they shouldn’t.
I have respect for those men..
But its bullshit how they go in with the mindset that “If I win I’m happy, If I lose then all I have to do is bring this up and the loss never happend”.
Triangles don't dodge Fedor.
Oh I agree with that. If you don’t think you are going to win you are doing more to let down the fans than not fighting.
Tell that to...
Cro Cop, Though I do think the UFC 119 is an awesome dream match, I do think the poster looks like shit even though I collect them, I may pass on this one poster though because if I wanted a bad photoshop pic I could just have O’damn make me one haha..
Triangles don't dodge Fedor.
tell that to Dana White.
he gets furious when fighters pull out and he even pays fighters extra to still fight even though he knows they are injured. It’s not only about fighting for the fans it’s more about the fact that the only real time they’re making money is when they fight.
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+1
Only fight when you are at your best, people dont want to hear excuses
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by robinhorobson on Sep 3, 2010 4:16 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I love how even when the story is not about BJ and when BJ hasn't made any excuses
his name still comes up as having made an excuse. He fought Frankie twice and hasn’t made a single excuse. Get over it.
And I agree that this doesn’t sound like Marcus making an excuse, more giving an explanation why he didn’t fight to his best abilities. He over trained. Being a professional fighter, over training is a mistake that is easily avoidable. So he’s admitting he fucked up and apologizing for it.
“Excuses are not explanations and explanations are not excuses”
* "Standing in the ring in whatever condition I'm in is my way of life."
* "I don't think the injury was the cause for my defeat, I lost being in 100% condition at fight day. It's possible that Santiago might have been injured as well, I lost because my best was insufficient, only mortifying thoughts remain now. I think I would've entered the ring even if I lost one of my legs, I'm a fighter who fights, not with technique, but with heart."
--Kazuo Misaki
Guyverbob is just spewing diarea out the mouth like always.
Shogun came back 2 beat the unstopable machida twice he duznt need excuses.
by d*locc on Sep 3, 2010 12:07 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Welll Marcus...
Why did u overtrain?…. Is it your trainers fault? Or your fault?… Im just wonder how the overtraining came about… sound pretty stupid to me.
I don't see it as Marcus making excuses
I see it as him admitting that he screwed up by overtraining for the fight.
by seh on Sep 3, 2010 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Anyone in their right mind think the gutsy “Irish Hand Grenade” has anything to apologize for after putting on the “Fight of the Night”?
As a matter of fact, I do. He looked old and slow in the fight, and if it’s because he over-trained then it’s no one’s fault but his own. With Nate’s poor wrestling I thought Davis could keep the fight on the feet where he would have the advantage. I was right about where the fight would take place, but wrong about who would have the upper hand. Good heart, but very poor showing by Davis.
"Before I do anything I ask myself, "Would an idiot do that?" And if the answer is yes, I do not do that thing." - Dwight Schrute
Marcus went into panic mode, is what happened...
Even if he was overtrained, he should’ve beaten Diaz on the feet. C’mon, striking’s his bread and butter. He should be able to outstrike a guy like Diaz, in his sleep.
What was really Marcus’ undoing, was his lack of composure. The blood started affecting his vision, and he just lost it, from there. He started throwing haymakers to try and end the fight. Unfortunately, the Diaz bros are legendary for their chin, and it just wasn’t the right strategy.
That said, I hope we see Marcus back. He still went out like a warrior.
^^^war forrest^^^?
Forrest would be the equivalent of Iran in that one.
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by daniel worby on Sep 3, 2010 9:16 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
One more loss and he’s out?
"Give a man a match, and he'll be warm for a minute, but set him on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
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sounds realistic to me
i’m sure they’ll give him some new guy next. Can’t imagine they’d set him up to lose against anyone good at this point. He usually is entertaining.
Finish Him!
If
he doesn’t come back strong in the next couple of fights he might be out of the ufc. He’s been in some great fights but any younger and hungrier fighter will get through him at this point.
That other guy in the picture looks like he just shit his pants. Davis looks like a guy from the hills have eyes
Midgets don't have feelings right?
by G-Rated on Sep 3, 2010 12:12 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Thank god Mania put that arrow in the picture or I might have missed Kuato emerging from Davis’s eye region. I am suprised to see that there are no breaks though, that swelling was nasty.
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C'mon Marcus...
you’re eye doesn’t look that bad…
Hey Marcus
you are class inside and outside the octagon. Keep your head up and come back stronger.
Anyone have side by side pics
of Marcus Davis and John Howard elephant man injuries?
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by fenderacoustic (formerly wAyNe) on Sep 3, 2010 1:09 AM EDT reply actions
Face babies.
Thanks TK. I remember Doomsday’s being worse than that. Maybe just the angle doesn’t make it look as bad.
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by fenderacoustic (formerly wAyNe) on Sep 3, 2010 9:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Off topic
The initial buyrate for ufc 118 is 570k, pretty weak compared to what was expected. That should be the last time some dbag boxer gets paid 500k to fight on a ufc card because he will supposedly bring in more buys.
holy hell kid put some ice on that bitch
August 28th was an emotional day for me. Two events occurred that brought me to my knees:
1. BJ Penn lost to Frankie Edgar for the second time, proving to me that he is nowhere near the caliber of man that I made him out to be.
2. I found out that the cardio portion of Frankie Edgar’s training camp consisted of Frankie banging my mom while the arm.bar.bandit played the spanish guitar and sang "Eye of the tiger" by Survivor.
Hes lucky Nate still has not grown a brain
Once Nate does he will absolutely rape Davis round1, till then he will have a chance in a rematch if he were to want one. As ive said time and time again Nate needs to learn from his bro and permanently move up to 170 that means bulking up so those shots dont just hurt they wobble/ko people.
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I knew that was from a head butt. Diaz always leans in head first and chin down when going for the clinch.
He broke Diaz’s nose and made him pretty lumpy. I admire Marcus’s effort despite the gashes and loss of vision. His left hook was finding a nice home on Diaz’s face and the fight would have ended differently if not for the “accidental” head butt.
Thx for the arrow Tom!!! I wasn't sure which eye we were talkin about...lol
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Loved just being thrown under the bus. Overtraining…I don’t know. I mean, it is possible but I question it especially as it came with a tidal wave of other excuses.
If he has a new team training him, that is something to watch for.
Its crazy to me that all of you are saying that he sucked and looked old
and all that crap. The dude couldnt see after like 2 minutes. How was he supposed to look like a top contender or whatever you all want when he couldn’t even see? Thats mind blowing to me. Give the dude some respect for sticking it out. He fought a hard fight with one freakin eye!
Personally, I think the fight should have been stopped, but Davis wanted to keep fighting. I have massive respect for that.
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Davis is a can,
plain and simple. Diaz is younger and way more skilled thats why he kicked Marcus’s ass. It looked like Diaz was using him as a training excersize until he decided to end the fight in which he did.
do you know what a can is?
its not marcus davis….he is a gate keeper…..alot of guys that davis beat are cans
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i definetly beleive him
about his legs being sluggish because he never looked that slow and his footwork was terrible, i still think he was gettin a beat fdown nomatter what tho
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