{"id":151339,"date":"2015-06-23T11:16:21","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T18:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=151339"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:47:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:47:20","slug":"phil-davis-all-the-way-happy-he-left-ufc-for-bellator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/phil-davis-all-the-way-happy-he-left-ufc-for-bellator\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Davis &#8220;All The Way Happy&#8221; He Left UFC For Bellator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Phil-Davis1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-138022\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Phil-Davis1.png\" alt=\"Phil-Davis1\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Phil-Davis1.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Phil-Davis1-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Phil-Davis1-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Phil-Davis1-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Phil Davis has no complaints when it comes to being a Bellator fighter.<\/p>\n<p>The former top ranked UFC light-heavyweight left and signed with Bellator when his contract was up. Davis has not fought in his new promotion yet, but we now know when he will be fighting.<\/p>\n<p>It was announced that Davis will be one of 4 fighters to compete in a one night tournament, held at &#8216;Bellator: Dynamite&#8217; in San Jose, CA in Sept.<\/p>\n<p>Davis talked to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2015\/06\/bellator-141-tourney-fighter-phil-davis-im-all-the-way-happy-i-left-the-ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a> about that and about leaving the UFC. He kept it simple and said<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m all the way happy. I can\u2019t complain about anything. Life is good here.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Do you think Davis will win the tournament?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benavidez: Paige VanZant Is Our Perfect Alpha Female<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"container1\" class=\"outer-container\"><!-- Start of Brightcove Player --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- By use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C  found at https:\/\/accounts.brightcove.com\/en\/terms-and-conditions\/.  --><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\/js\/BrightcoveExperiences.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"JavaScript\"><\/script><object id=\"myExperience4316241471001\" class=\"BrightcoveExperience\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\"><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"width\" value=\"560\" \/><param name=\"height\" value=\"315\" \/><param name=\"playerID\" value=\"4174782329001\" \/><param name=\"playerKey\" value=\"AQ~~,AAADV3-cjCE~,liy9q4yw9hqmtNPERf0MOvxn6JKOOxF3\" \/><param name=\"isVid\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"isUI\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"dynamicStreaming\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"@videoPlayer\" value=\"4316241471001\" \/><\/object> <!--  This script tag will cause the Brightcove Players defined above it to be created as soon as the line is read by the browser. 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