Phil Davis is now officially Bellator MMA’s light heavyweight No. 1 contender.
The 13-time UFC veteran took a unanimous decision over former Strikeforce titlist Muhammed Lawal in the Bellator 154 headliner at SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday night, setting up a future showdown with reigning 205-pound king Liam McGeary. The scorecards did not quite reflect how close the bout really was: Two judges submitted 30-27 scorecards for Davis, while a third saw it 29-28, also for “Mr. Wonderful.”
The first two rounds were especially hard to score.