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SEATTLE – To put things in perspective, here’s what Phil Davis did at UFC Fight Night 24 on Saturday night: he stepped up and took a much tougher fight than the one he was originally slated for, much sooner than he was originally training for. Then he won a clear-cut, if not spectacular unanimous decision over an MMA vet with nearly three times as much experience as him in the cage.
To understand the boos from the crowd and the mild disappointment from fans, we should also probably mention what he didn’t do: walk on water.
Maybe Davis was a victim of the UFC’s hype machine, or maybe the specter of new light heavyweight champ Jon Jones still loomed too largely in too many minds on Saturday night. Whatever the cause, in victory Davis found out that it’s not quite enough to be merely very, very good when people, rather rightly or wrongly, expect you to be incredible.