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Phil Davis beats 'King Mo' at Bellator 154 to earn light heavyweight title shot

Phil Davis scored a unanimous decision over King Mo Lawal on Saturday night in San Jose in a match to determine who would face Bellator light heavyweight champion Liam McGeary

Phil Davis punched his ticket to a Bellator light heavyweight title fight with Liam McGeary in taking a unanimous decision win over King Mo Lawal in the main event of Bellator 154 on Saturday night at the SAP Center in San Jose.

The fight was promoted as the fight that should have happened on the Sept. 19 show in San Jose, when Davis and Lawal were in a four-man, one-night tournament for a title shot in the same building.