{"id":150830,"date":"2015-06-20T18:36:14","date_gmt":"2015-06-21T01:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=150830"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:51:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:51:17","slug":"phil-davis-gross-reason-for-missing-live-bellator-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/phil-davis-gross-reason-for-missing-live-bellator-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Davis&#8217; Gross Reason For Missing Live Bellator Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PHIL-DAVIS.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-130199\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PHIL-DAVIS.png\" alt=\"PHIL DAVIS\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PHIL-DAVIS.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PHIL-DAVIS-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PHIL-DAVIS-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PHIL-DAVIS-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you watched the Bellator 138 event on Spike TV then you probably saw the live announcement they did during the broadcast, announcing the event in September that will feature a title fight between the champ and Tito Ortiz and a cross promotion with GLORY kickboxing.<\/p>\n<p>Also announced was a one-night four man tournament featuring 4 of the promotions top ranked light-heavyweights. The tournament featured King Mo and Phil Davis and two other fighters. All the fighters came out onto the stage with Scott Coker, all fighters except Phil Davis that is. He was nowhere to be found.<\/p>\n<p>Well, according to a conversation between Davis and Bellator&#8217;s head of public relations Danny Brener, we now know why.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For those of you wondering where <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilMrWonderful?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PhilMrWonderful<\/a> was at.. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/5G8OARPbnS\">pic.twitter.com\/5G8OARPbnS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Danny Brener (@DannyBrener) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DannyBrener\/status\/612130527001219072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chad Mendes Strips, Gets VanZant Flustered During Important Interview &#8212; WATCH!<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/3674338004001\/eaee41e3-5171-4ead-a4ec-4e7670e9e465_default\/index.html?videoId=4288504234001\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you watched the Bellator 138 event on Spike TV then you probably saw the live announcement they did during the broadcast, announcing the event in September that will feature a title fight between the champ and Tito Ortiz and a cross promotion with GLORY kickboxing. Also announced was a one-night four man tournament featuring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":130199,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Phil Davis&#039; Gross Reason For Missing Live Bellator Announcement | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you watched the Bellator 138 event on Spike TV then you probably saw the live announcement they did....FULL story on BJPENN.COM.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/phil-davis-gross-reason-for-missing-live-bellator-announcement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Phil Davis&#039; 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