Sherdog.com has the call:
Brian Stann vs. Phil Davis
Round 1
Referee is Steve Mazzagatti. They touch gloves and circle away right off the bat. Both pawing with jabs and leg kicks but nothing hs landed. Davis misses a left head kick and spins out of harm's way. Davis shoots in but is stuffed and winds up pinning Stann into the cage. Working with only one underhook, Davis can't land the takedown. Stann pushes off and circles away from the clinch and brings the fight to center cage. Davis stalking while he bobs and weaves. Hard left inside leg kick by Stann. Davis looks a little hesitant right now, trying to time Stann for the takedown. Davis lands a hard left kick to Stann's body. Davis shoots in and scores a heavy takedown and immediately secures side control. 'Mr. Wonderful" has Stann pinned into the fence, but Stann rolls over onto his hands and knees. Stann trying to wall walk. Davis flattens Stann but the Marine rolls back onto his back to avoid the choke. Davis has full mount with 45 seconds left. Davis lands two nice left hands. Stann rolls onto his back and Davis flattens him. Davis rains down some strikes and Stann rolls onto his back again. The horn ends with Stann in serious trouble. 10-9 Davis.
Round 2
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Davis vs. Stann.Stann misses a lunging right hand early on. Davis looks very confident early on. Stann misses another punch and Davis shoots in. He lands a textbook double leg takedown. davis immediately moves to full mount. Stann is in deep trouble as Davis' wrestling is superb. Davis lands some strikes and Stann scrambles. Davis is all over Stann and won't let him breathe. Stann desperately scrambles out and is able to pull Davis into half guard. Davis scoots over and moves to side control. Davis tries a kimura but its not happening. He lets go and attempts an arm triangle. Stann defends well but during a scramble he's mounted again. Stann can't escape anything. Davis pins Stann into the cage again and lands a huge knee to the body. Another. Another. Davis is dominating Stann. Davis lands another huge knee to the body. The horn ends the round and Davis is in total control. 10-9 Davis.
Round 3
Stann misses some punches. Stann needs to keep this one on the feet if he's to win. Davis lands a leg kick but eats a straight right from the Marine. Stann misses another right hand and is quickly shot in on. Stann stuffs it but Davis is too determined to be stopped. Davis lands the single leg. Stann crumbles onto his back and his body language displays complete frustration. Davis scoots over to full mount. Stann shells up and blocks a series of punches from the wrestler. Stann bucks Davis off but he has no time to escape; Davis dives right back onto his opponent. Davis lands right back into a full mount. Stann needs some sort of escape and a clean punch to end it, but he just can't get Davis off. With a minute left, Davis is still over him. Davis rolls Stann over when Stann gives up his back, but he can't land the rear-naked choke. Stann rolls over but Davis grabs the arm. Davis pulls the arm over and locks in the armbar. Davis can't land it before the horn ends the round. 10-9 Davis.
Phil Davis takes a unanimous decision. No scores are announced.
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