Marcus Davis Before The UFC - Episode 75 / #ufc

Marcus Davis Before The UFC - Ep 75 / #ufc Marcus Davis takes us through a crazy journey to becoming a household name. Marcus Davis is a standout boxer that transitioned to MMA under the Ultimate Fighting Championship banner Marcus Davis, known as "The Irish Hand Grenade" is a former pro boxer turned MMA fighter who fought on The Ultimate Fighter TV show and in the UFC's welterweight division in his heyday. Owner of an 8-1 record at the start of his UFC career, Davis takes us through his path getting there. We will tell you this much, it wasn't easy... Get to know "The Irish Hand Grenade." 0:00 Intro 1:19 Rough upbringing growing up in Maine 5:30 “Irish" Micky Ward 7:24 Transitioning from boxing to MMA (Meeting Tim Sylvia and Dana White in Maine) 9:27 Dana White, the wild man 11:17 Hiring Tim Sylvia as a security guard and forcing him to train 14:53 Going to a UFC with Sylvia and meeting Pat Miletich 15:29 Staying with Tim Sylvia and Tony "the Freak" Fryklund in Iowa, training at the Miletich Fighting Systems gym. 19:56 Tim Sylvia shocking everyone to win UFC heavyweight title and work ethic 22:44 Getting shot at and stabbed 24:36 Legal trouble from working at a bar and death threats from various biker gangs 31:06 Getting on TUF 2 33:53 Heavyweights being easier than lower weight classes 35:21 First MMA fight vs Christopher Rea, threatening to kill promoters 39:57 Roger Brackett fight at Xtreme Fighting 5, threatening fans and security guards 43:28 Threatening to kill Bruce Marshall and his family with a hammer 51:32 Team Sityodang begging Mark DellaGrotte not to allow Marcus to train there 53:56 Marcus Davis' brother 1:01:06 Micro dosing 1:02:09 1st fight with Shaun Gay at ISCF 1:03:22 HFC 2 fight vs Thiago Alves 1:07:20 First submission loss to Nuri Shakir 1:09:33 Renat Myzabekov fight in Combat Zone 10 1:11:09 Learning the ground game on his own 1:12:12 Fighting Joe Stevenson in the first round of TUF 1:13:54 Jorge Gurgel 1:15:04 Friendships on TUF 1:16:54 TUF finale fight vs Melvin Guillard 1:18:57 Learning h