{"id":109904,"date":"2014-08-27T15:32:17","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T22:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=109904"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:37:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:37:19","slug":"phil-davis-changes-his-mind-says-he-isnt-worried-about-biased-brazilian-judges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/phil-davis-changes-his-mind-says-he-isnt-worried-about-biased-brazilian-judges\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Davis Changes His Mind, Says He Isn&#8217;t Worried About Biased Brazilian Judges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/phil-davis-takes-positives-from-loss-to-rashad-and-remains-confident-he-will-eventually-become-champion-ufc-news\/phil-davis-jpg-speedilic-ce-9wr2pbfhvl\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38923\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Phil-Davis.jpg.speedilic.ce_.9wr2pbFhvl.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Phil-Davis.jpg.speedilic.ce.9wr2pbFhvl\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Phil-Davis.jpg.speedilic.ce_.9wr2pbFhvl.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Phil-Davis.jpg.speedilic.ce_.9wr2pbFhvl-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month Phil Davis stated that he was a bit worried about fighting Glover Teixeira in Brazil because he was worried about biased judging.  Today during a media scrum after the UFC 179 ticket sales, Davis said he was misquoted.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I don&#8217;t even know why that article got printed,&#8221; Davis said in a media scrum following the UFC 179 ticket sales press conference. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t say that. What I said was that \u2018is there a homefield advantage? Yes.&#8217;  You have the crowd cheering for you. But that really doesn&#8217;t matter because these guys come to America and they don&#8217;t complain. I think its fair.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t even understand why  &#8211; it&#8217;s making me upset  &#8211; whoever printed that article, it&#8217;s completely not what I said.  Either way, if you left it to the judges, and the judges have a subjective view of whom they think won and that is that. The judges are not intentionally biased.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The original quote from Davis happened on Submission Radio, where Davis stated:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Do I worry about the judges? 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