Alexis Davis | |
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Born |
Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada |
October 4, 1984
Other names | Ally-Gator |
Nationality | Canadian |
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Weight | 135 lb (61 kg; 9.6 st) |
Reach | 67.0 in (170 cm) |
Style | Boxing, BJJ, Ju-Jitsu, Wrestling, Muay Thai, |
Fighting out of | San Jose, California |
Team | Caio Terra BJJ , Combat Sports Academy, |
Rank | Black belt in Jiu-Jitsu Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 24 |
Wins | 17 |
By knockout | 2 |
By submission | 8 |
By decision | 7 |
Losses | 7 |
By knockout | 3 |
By submission | 1 |
By decision | 3 |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog |
Alexis Davis (born October 4, 1984) is a Canadian mixed martial artist competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). She is a black belt in both Japanese Ju-Jitsu and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. She is also a Canadian Open grappling champion. Davis at one point was the #9-ranked pound-for-pound female mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter in the world by MMARising.com and the #5-ranked 135-pound female fighter according to the Unified Women's MMA Rankings. In April 2015, she was the #3 ranked woman in the official UFC women's bantamweight rankings.
Davis was a young girl when she got interested in martial arts. She was big fan of Action movies starred by Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Jean-Claude Van Damme and was a big fan of boxing and later MMA. She was a youngster when she decided to start practicing martial arts and was around age of 16 when she started jujutsu and BJJ at age of 18.
Davis made her mixed martial arts debut on April 7, 2007, at UCW 7: Anarchy. She was defeated by former Strikeforce champion Sarah Kaufman via TKO in the third round. On December 14, 2007, Davis defeated Valérie Létourneau by split decision at TKO 31: Young Guns. The fight was the second women's bout in TKO history. Davis faced Liz Carreiro at FFF 4: Call of the Wild on April 3, 2008. She won the fight by unanimous decision.
On January 23, 2009, Davis faced Tara LaRosa at Extreme Challenge: The War at the Shore. She lost by TKO in the third round after the ringside doctor stopped the fight due to a cut. The fight was voted as the 2009 Women's MMA Fight of the Year. Davis defeated Molly Helsel by unanimous decision after five rounds at Raging Wolf 5: Mayhem In The Mist on October 10, 2009, to become Raging Wolf Women's Flyweight Champion.