His other name is Mr. Wonderful.
Phil Kwabina Davis was born on Sep 25, 1984, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. His nationality is American. He is of Afro-American descent. His zodiac sign is Libra.
Phil Davis showed keen interest towards the wrestling and martial arts from the young age. He wrestled during high school years. Before being a professional fighter of UFC, he managed to win the No-Gi Grappling World Jiu-Jitsu Championship as a blue belt in 221 lbs, Superheavyweight division.
At UFC, he made his debut against Brian Stann on Feb 6, 2010, at UFC 109. He won the fight via unanimous decision in the third round. Upon defeating Brian Stann, he faced Swedish fighter Alexander Gustafsson on April 10, 2010, at UFC 112. He won the fight via submission in the first round.
Following his final fight at UFC, Phil Davis signed to Bellator MMA on April 15, 2015. On Sep 19, 2015, he made his debut at Bellator 142: Dynamite 1. He won the fight via submission (kimura) in the third round. While competing at Bellator, he has a record of six wins out of his seven fights. On June 24, 2017, at Bellator 180, he faced Ryan Bader and was defeated.
Davis then went on to defeat Leonardo Leite and Linton Vassell. He is scheduled to face Vadim Nemkov at Bellator 209.
He has an excellent MMA record of nineteen wins in twenty-four matches. His wins include four by knockouts, five by submissions, and ten were by decisions.
Significance to his personal life, his personal life is not as successful as his professional career. Earlier, Phil Davis has dated a beautiful lady named Vantris Patterson. They were in an affair for several years. The couple together has a son born in May 2012. Currently, they are not living together. They were separated. According to sources, the reason behind their separation is Davis brutal behavior and including violent sex towards Vantris Patterson.
Phil Davis has two older brothers named Jeffery and John Davis. He attended Harrisburg High where he competed in wrestling. He also lettered in tennis and cross-country running during high school years.
He received a degree from Penn State University. After graduation from Penn, he was coached by Jeff Rockwell (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu), TJ Turner (boxing), and Mark Miller (Kickboxing & Muay Thai).
Phil Davis is one of the top earners of Bellator MMA championship. He has made the MMA career earnings of around $530,000 so far. He earned around $130,000 at Bellator 142 after defeating Francis Carmont.
He is also famous on social networking sites which include Twitter and Instagram.
