The “Irish Hand Grenade” Marcus Davis (17-8) was handed his walking papers by the Ultimate Fighting Championship after a third round knockout by Jeremy Stephens at UFC 125 last January. It was his second straight loss and his fourth in five bouts.
Davis had dropped to lightweight for the fight with Stephens, after a career at 170 lbs, and plans on staying at that weight now that he’s signed with the Maximum Fighting Championship. He’s set to make his debut in April for the promotion against a younger fighter in Curtis “The Demon” Demarce (10-8), who fought last month at MFC 28 in a three round slugfest with former “TUF 9″ cast member Richie Whitson.
In a recent two part interview with Tapology.com, Davis talked about what he’ll be bringing to the Canadian MFC promotion and how he feels this is “new beginning of a new career” for him.
“I think what’s going to surprise everybody is that I don’t stand still,” Davis said. “I’m not going to stand in front of anybody. I’ll always have an outside angle when I attack. Being a southpaw, I excel at counter-punching, but I’m also not going to let anybody in MFC dictate the pace. That comes with a lot of experience. It takes a long time to get to where I am. If I took my amateur boxing career, my amateur kickboxing career, my amateur MMA career, and now my professional careers, I’ve had well over 100 fights. Out of all of those, I’ve lost less than 15 fights.”
“I’m looking at this as a new beginning of a new career,” Davis said. “I now have a blank piece of paper and I’m going to draw exactly what I want with my new career. I’m going to take it one fight at a time. Some people look at getting cut from the UFC as their life being over. I’m looking at it like it’s just the beginning. I have a lot to be thankful for.”