Marcus Davis
| Marcus Davis | |
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| Born |
August 24, 1973 Houlton, Maine, United States |
| Other names | Irish Hand Grenade The Celtic Warrior (UFC 72, UFC 93) |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Weight | 156 lb (71 kg; 11.1 st) |
| Division |
Lightweight Welterweight Middleweight |
| Reach | 70.0 in (178 cm) |
| Fighting out of | Bangor, Maine, United States |
| Team | Team Sityodtong |
| Rank | Black belt in Choi Shin Do Karate |
| Years active | 2003–2014 (MMA) |
| Professional boxing record | |
| Total | 20 |
| Wins | 17 |
| By knockout | 12 |
| Losses | 1 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| Draws | 2 |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 2 |
| Losses | 2 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 34 |
| Wins | 22 |
| By knockout | 6 |
| By submission | 9 |
| By decision | 7 |
| Losses | 11 |
| By knockout | 4 |
| By submission | 3 |
| By decision | 4 |
| No contests | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Boxing record from BoxRec | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Marcus Paul Davis (born August 24, 1973), is a retired American professional mixed martial artist and former professional boxer who is perhaps best known for competing in the UFC. A professional MMA competitor from 2003 until 2014, Davis also competed for Bellator MMA, the MFC, the Cage Fury Fighting Championships, and was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 2.
Davis was born in Houlton, Maine and raised in Bangor, Maine by his single mother along with his brother, Brad who is six years older than Marcus. Davis was troubled growing up, often getting into fights, and was also stabbed twice, shot at on more than one occasion and witnessed rapes at a young age. He began karate when he was eight years old because there was no boxing gyms in his town but would eventually start boxing when he was 14 years old, having his first amateur match later that year. Davis became a professional boxer when he was 18 years old, and attended Bangor High School. At the age of 19 Davis began his career with a second round TKO of Luis Guzman in April 1993 and compiled a professional record of 17–1–2 over the next seven years on the New England circuit, where he fought primarily as a Junior-Middleweight. In his last fight as a boxer, he suffered a TKO loss to 34-year-old Ed Bryant which led him to reconsider his future as a successful boxer. He then became excited with the challenge of mixed martial arts, much to the bemusement of his peers. He retired from boxing after the TKO loss in October 2000. In 1995, Davis, then based in Massachusetts, began training in grappling with Joe Maffei. In 1997, he moved back to Bangor and opened up an MMA school, while running a bar. The doormen took classes at the school, one of whom was Tim Sylvia. After Sylvia joined Miletich Fighting Systems in 2000, Davis quickly followed. More recently, Davis has trained with Mark Dellagrotte and his own team in Bangor, Team Sityodtong.
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