PFL light heavyweight Phil Davis isn’t sure why Sullivan Cauley is talking about primes and experience as they get set to fight at the PFL World Tournament Semis in Chicago on Friday.
“You are what to you tell yourself. If he’s in his prime…he’s framing it as a younger person,” Davis told reporters including Cageside Press on Wednesday.
“Experience’s not everything. It’s something though. He speaks like a guy that hasn’t gone into the second round.”
Davis (25-7) isn’t wrong. In 8 professional bouts, 7 victories with 1 loss, Cauley has not seen the second round. The younger fighter earlier in the day said that his cardio was one of the best in the game compared to anyone.
Davis scoffed.
“Can we compare him to anyone? How can we compare him if he hasn’t been to the third round?,” he asked.
At 40-years-old and 17 years into his professional MMA career Davis is still hungry for belts and checks. A win over Cauley on Friday will get him a ticket to the finals and the winner of Antonio Carlos Jr and Simeon Powell.
“I’m just enjoying the ride. I’m having fun. Each day I continue to have fun in my training. A lot of people get to a place, maybe it’s 20s maybe it’s 30s, and they say I’ve done what I need to do. I’m ready to move on,” he said.
“For the people that continue to keep going on and doing it at a high level they’re probably doing a lot of things right. I just enjoy what I do. I love going to work every day.”
Watch the entire media day scrum with Phil Davis above. He takes on Sullivan Cauley in the semifinals of the PFL World Tournament on Friday night.
