J-man
06-14-2009, 11:03 PM
Marcus Davis talks about losing to Dan Hardy following their UFC 99 bout in Cologne Germany. Hardy took a hard fought split decision that really could have gone either way:
“He got totally outwrestled in the first round - he was on his back the whole time. Second round he got outgrappled and outwrestled. That third round he lost three minutes and 15 or 20 seconds of the round - I had it booked in my head. And then he comes on and cuts me, frustrates me and wins that last round [in the final two minutes]. I knew that it was close, but I knew I had those first two rounds in the bag…. I believe that is the first time I went to decision besides the Swick fight, which I lost, too. I did lose that fight. This fight I didn’t lose. To lose to him makes it even worse. It was a fight that I should have been able to finish. It didn’t have anything to do with him getting in my head or whatever. Things just happened in the fight and I wasn’t able to finish. But that’s the fight game.”
“He got totally outwrestled in the first round - he was on his back the whole time. Second round he got outgrappled and outwrestled. That third round he lost three minutes and 15 or 20 seconds of the round - I had it booked in my head. And then he comes on and cuts me, frustrates me and wins that last round [in the final two minutes]. I knew that it was close, but I knew I had those first two rounds in the bag…. I believe that is the first time I went to decision besides the Swick fight, which I lost, too. I did lose that fight. This fight I didn’t lose. To lose to him makes it even worse. It was a fight that I should have been able to finish. It didn’t have anything to do with him getting in my head or whatever. Things just happened in the fight and I wasn’t able to finish. But that’s the fight game.”