According to MMA Fighting Bellator MMA is working on a light heavyweight rematch between former UFC foes Lyoto Machida and Phil Davis. The pair first fought in Rio de Janeiro at UFC 163 on August 3, 2013.
In their first meeting, which was a co-main event underneath Jose Aldo’s UFC featherweight title defense over Chan Sung Jung, it was the American who got their hand raised. However, not everyone thought he deserved to. Machida outstruck and wobbled Davis in the fight, but lost out on the judges scorecards—who may have preferred Davis’ few takedowns to Machida’s striking.