Marcus Davis: Our job is to entertain
Davis’ streak of entertainment is set to continue this Saturday at UFC 118 in Boston, Massachusetts where he will meet…
Davis’ streak of entertainment is set to continue this Saturday at UFC 118 in Boston, Massachusetts where he will meet Nate Diaz in a welterweight tilt. Davis immediately showed interest in this fight when it was first presented to him due to the fact that it is certainly a Fight of the Night type of match up.
That is the kind of fight that Davis has always looked for, which is why he is appreciative of UFC matchmaker Joe Silva’s decision to give him a fight that will in all likelihood be an entertaining one for the fans.
That’s what I hunt for, fights that make sense, Davis says. It doesn’t make sense for me to fight wrestlers that are going to try to take me down and lay on top of me and try to grind out a decision just by being safe. It makes more sense for me to be fighting the guys that are going to fight a little bit on the ground, but are also going to fight standing up. Don’t get me wrong, it’s MMA and I do enjoy the whole aspect of it, but I don’t like the laying and praying stuff. Yeah, we are supposed to win fights, but our job is to entertain. That’s what we are. We’re entertainers. I think that we can entertain a lot of people that night.
The match up with Diaz certainly builds upon Davis’ excitement for the fight. He gets to fight a man who will engage, exchange, and boasts a noticeable never-say-die attitude.