Phil Davis vs King Mo to headline Bellator 154 on May 14
Bellator MMA’s next tentpole event – “Bellator 154: Davis vs. King Mo” on May 14 – will feature Muhammed ���King Mo” Lawal vs. Phil “Mr. Wonderful” Davis.
Bellator MMA’s next tentpole event – Bellator 154: Davis vs. King Mo” on May 14 – will feature Muhammed King Mo Lawal vs. Phil Mr. Wonderful Davis to determine the No. 1 contender for light heavyweight champion Liam McGeary.
The evening’s co-main event will feature Josh The Real Punk Thomson vs. longtime lightweight standout Iron Michael Chandler.
To reach this point, both Lawal and Davis had to dispatch multiple opponents over the course of one night to win two separate tournaments. Lawal most recently was victorious in a light heavyweight tournament for RIZIN in Japan, beating Brett McDermott, Teodoras Aukstuolis, and Jiri Prochazka, running his current winning streak to seven-fights.
For Davis, his Bellator MMA debut came in September, when he ran through both Emanuel Newton and Francis Carmont enroute to winning the tourney at Bellator MMA: Dynamite 1. The 31-year-old Alliance MMA product was slated to face King Mo in the final of the bracket, but Lawal suffered a broken rib that forced the fight to be delayed.
Chandler and Thomson have seemingly been on a collision course since Thomson entered the Bellator MMA fray, mainly due to a barrage of questions to both men that revolved around the other and when/if they would eventually meet inside the cage.
After racking up two wins – both in San Jose – against Mike Bronzoulis and Pablo Villaseca, Thomson, a member of American Kickboxing Academy, has his sights set on a matchup with the 14-fight Bellator veteran.
A native of Missouri, Iron Mike has been riding a wave of momentum following emphatic victories against Derek Campos and Dave Rickels. The 29-year-old former lightweight kingpin has made it clear that he intends on fighting everyone on the Bellator MMA roster, which he hopes culminates in another run with championship gold wrapped around his waist.
Tickets for this MMA supershow start at $30 and go on sale Friday, February 26 at 10 a.m. at Bellator.com, as well as SAP Center Box Office and Ticketmaster.
