King Mo Thinks He Won Against Phil Davis

In an interview with MMA Fighting, King Mo Lawal said he felt that he won his Bellator 154 fight with Phil Davis. Davis was awarded the bout by unanimous decision. Here are highlights:

On the fight going to decision: “Yeah, I wasn’t sure. Look at the Quinton Jackson fight. I thought I won that fight and they gave a unanimous decision to him. I thought I won the first two. In the third, I think he won, but I came up and kept trying to finish the fight. For some reason, whenever there’s a close fight, I always end up losing,” said Lawal, who ranged between vehement and somewhat despondent in talking about the fight. “I thought I won the first two, but in the third he clipped me on the top of the head. He went for a Kimura, but I wasn’t worried about that because he’s not going to submit me. When I got free, I took the fight to him. I was hitting him. I knew it was going to be an ugly fight. He likes to fight tit-for-tat. He won’t commit to nothing. He hit me with three jabs. His kicks, they were hitting my arms. He went for takedowns and I stuffed him. Maybe I can get a rematch with him. Everyone thought he was going to smash me and take me down. They forgot I could wrestle. He wrestled in college. I wrestled grown men overseas. Respect me. Respect my f***ing name. Respect what I do.”

On what he would have changed: “I wish it was a five-rounder. Eventually, I’d have gotten to his ass with something big in the fourth or fifth round. He got on top of me (in the third round) and didn’t do any damage. If I get on top of somebody, somebody’s going to be bleeding. I could fight right now. He didn’t do any damage.”

On the Bellator heavyweight title picture: “Rampage, he’s on a different path. Let him fight Tito (Ortiz) and Wanderlei (Silva). Let them fight each other. I want to get the belt at 205 or heavyweight. If Phil gets injured somehow, I’ll fight (Bellator light heavyweight champion) Liam McGeary. I’ll fight at heavyweight, against (Matt) Mitrione) or (Bobby) Lashley, whoever is there.”