MMAFighting<\/a>:<\/p>\n“I don’t want Phil Davis to win. I mean, I’m just saying that because he’s ex-UFC. He comes into Bellator being like, \u2018oh yeah, I’m ex-UFC, I’m the best here.’ Come on. I want the Bellator fighters to knock all of these ex-UFC fighters back to where they belong. … We’re just as good as they are, if not better. Now it’s our chance to prove that.<\/em><\/p>\n“I don’t know how everyone else feels, but that’s just the way I feel. You’ve got Tito Ortiz coming in here demanding, \u2018oh yeah, I want a title fight, I want a title fight.’ Why, because you just came from the UFC? Nope. Then you got Phil Davis coming at me, \u2018I want a title shot, I want a title shot.’ Why, because you came from the UFC? Nope. All the other guys who’ve been in Bellator, they deserve to fight for the title shot. Just because you’re ex-UFC doesn’t put you necessarily up there at the top, you know? Bellator fighters have just as much right of being up there as everybody else.”<\/em><\/p>\nWho do you think will come out on top in the tournament and do you think McGeary will be able to take out Ortiz?<\/p>\n
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