Marcus Davis: ‘I’m the biggest 155er on the block’
Everything’s good. I’m healthy, I’m not having any problems. I feel really good and optimistic about this and I’m excited…
Everything’s good. I’m healthy, I’m not having any problems. I feel really good and optimistic about this and I’m excited to break into 155 pounds in the UFC. Before, I used to not be able to sleep because I was stressed out that I gotta get up and I know that I can’t eat this and I can’t eat that, and I had to train because it was my job and I had no choice. Now I want to do it. I can’t sleep at night because I’m so excited to be able to push myself and do things that I hadn’t been able to do when I was battling through the pain. And I’m pumped up. I’m excited to get in there and train. On the mental side, I’m in a much better place. I’ve always been really good mentally, even when I’ve been hurt or had injuries. I just pretty much say, ‘well, that goes with the territory, this is the job that I’ve chosen, and I just go and do it.’
People have been bugging me about it (the drop to 133) forever. Everybody’s been saying ‘you’re too short, you haven’t got the reach, why aren’t you fighting at lightweight?’ And I heard that all the time. And I was like, it might be because I walk around at 210, and cutting that 60 pounds might be kinda difficult. That’s like a small human child. (Laughs) So it just seemed impossible to me. And my whole UFC career, it’s like clockwork – every time I get on that scale five days before my fights at 170, I’m 185 pounds. I cut that 15 those last five days. I never thought it would be possible (to make 155).
When people see me at that weigh-in, I think they’re gonna be really shocked. They’re gonna look at me and they’ll all freak out. Now I’m the biggest 155er on the block.
I always fought because I loved to fight. I’m a fighter. That’s how God made me, and that’s all I’ve ever known really. Whether it’s fighting and losing or fighting and winning, I fight. I’m just lucky that I get to do it on the greatest stage that a fighter can fight on. I don’t have to prove anything to my family – they know I go out there and take these licks for them and that I fight to provide for them. Obviously they want me to win but they don’t love me any less when I lose. But I’m not out there fighting to prove anything to anybody; I fight because I love to. It is my identity and that’s who I am.
Marcus Davis hits the cage to take on Jeremy Stephens at UFC 125 on Jan. 1 in Las Vegas.