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LAS VEGAS -- The diagonal scar on the bridge of Alexis
Daviss nose seems par for the course for a UFC fighter.
The story behind the mark predates cage-fighting,
however. "It was from when I was a kid, actually," the
Canadian bantamweight admitted with a smile. "I was
playing around with my sister. I say she pushed me, but
she says I tripped." The 29-year-old from Port Colborne,
Ont., who fights out of San Jose, has had her share of
fight cuts that have morphed into scars. But they are
hidden nicely by her eyebrows. The other good news is
blood does not bother Davis. In fact, it can spur her
into action as in a November 2013 win over Liz Carmouche
when she turned it up a notch after being cut over her
eye. "It kind of wakes you up a little bit more. Youre
like, Yup, that was a good shot. Now its my turn," said
Davis. Suffice to say, theres more to the soft-spoken
Davis than meets the eye. That seems to have escaped the
bookmakers, who have made unbeaten champion (Rowdy) Ronda
Rousey a prohibitive favourite to dispatch Davis --
ranked No. 2 among 135-pound contenders -- in the co-main
event of UFC 175 on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay
Events Center. Middleweight champion Chris Weidman takes
on former light-heavyweight title-holder Lyoto (The
Dragon) Machida in the main event. Rousey (9-0) ranged
from a 9-1 to 14-1 favourite as of Friday. The UFC had
her as a 10-1 favourite. The bookies clearly havent been
to Daviss home, which comes complete with fold-up
wrestling mats stashed in the living room. When youre an
elite UFC fighter and married to a fellow black belt in
jiu-jitsu, you like to be able to put a theory in action
when something new and exciting pops into your mind.
Davis (16-5) met husband-to-be Flavio Meier three years
ago at his gym in California. An accomplished black belt
in Brazilian jiu-jitsu (his titles include the 2011 Pan-
American championship for black belts) and taekwondo, he
is a head instructor at the Institute of Martial Arts in
San Jose. Meier, who moved to the U.S. from Brazil in
1999, says it was love at first sight -- for him. "But I
had to work a little bit for her," he said. That was
three years ago. They married a year ago, with Meiers
three boys -- now aged four, 10 and 13 -- from a previous
marriage coming as part of the package. "Its another side
of her that a lot of people dont know," he said. "How
caring and what a great person she is. The kids love
her." The 39-year-old Meier says Daviss healthy lifestyle
and work ethic are great examples for the kids. The whole
family trains at the gym -- even the four-year-old takes
a kids class. "Hes got a dangerous armbar," joked Davis.
Meier says he finds it a lot easier competing himself
than watching his wife fight. "I get nervous. I dont show
her but I do get nerves a lot," he said. When it comes to
jiu-jitsu, both say the other is better. "He always says
that I beat him up but he beats me up all the time," said
Davis, who has a black belt in both Brazilian and
Japanese jiu-jitsu. "Im not saying this in bias because
shes my wife, but to me she is the best in the world in
jiu-jitsu," said Meier. "In MMA, for sure." The 27-year-
old Rousey, however, is the UFCs resident rock star. At
the UFCs media day Thursday, more than a dozen reporters
and four cameras were waiting in front of Rouseys chair
in advance of the start. There was one Canadian reporter
in front of Daviss station. Davis has no complaints. The
spotlight is new to her and, while not averse to it, she
is still getting used to it. "Im just a girl from a small
town," she said. "Its crazy the different steps Ive taken
in my life and how far Ive come. All the way to
California now. Im in a video game. How cool is that? Its
incredible, its almost like unreal to me. But its great.
I love it." Davis has enjoyed every stop of her MMA
journey. "Lifes an adventure," she said. "Its taken me to
a lot of places and Ive met great people." In Rousey, she
is meeting a finisher. The champion has never gone the
distance and her average fight time over her night-fight
career is just two minutes 44 seconds. Rousey has used
her judo takedown successfully in 12 of 17 attempts in
the UFC for a 70.6 per cent success rate (the average UFC
takedown rate is 41 per cent.) On the Davis side of the
balance, the Canadian has never been submitted in 21
fights. She has outlanded her five previous opponents and
scores well in the clinch. Asked about the showdown,
former UFC lightweight and welterweight champion B.J.
Penn lists off Rouseys strengths and successes. "What
Alexis should have is a lot of hunger to be that woman
and thats how she can get the job done," he said. A
veteran of the sport, Davis had compiled a 9-4 record
before Rousey made her pro MMA debut in March 2011. Davis
made her pro debut in April 2007, losing by TKO to fellow
Canadian Sarah Kaufman. Davis lost again to Kaufman, now
ranked fifth among UFC bantamweight contenders, by
majority decision in Strikeforce in March 2012. She says
the second Kaufman showcased the old Alexis Davis -- "Im
just going out there and Im just going to bang and I dont
care what happens. You kind of take a lot of shots that
way." Davis has won five fights in a row since,
coinciding with her move to California and ability to
take advantage of a larger and more diverse pool of
training partners. She worked with Cesar Gracie before
settling at the Institute of Martial Arts, owned by
eight-time jiu-jitsu world champion Caio Terra who will
be in her corner Saturday along with Meier. Davis added
two-hour trips twice a week to Sacramento to her training
camp this time, to work on her wrestling with Uriah
Fabers Team Alpha Male. The thought is wrestling may help
control the explosive throws of Rousey, who won Olympic
bronze in judo. "They always say that wrestling is like
the anti-judo," said Davis. But Davis, who speaks of
Rousey with real respect, says its hard to prepare for
the champion because Rousey evolves every time she
fights. "Its like a whole new Ronda were seeing every
time," said Davis. While Rousey is known for her armbar,
she has good standup and stopped Sara McMann with a knee
to the body. "I want the fight to go to the ground," said
Davis. "I just want it to go on my terms." But she says
she is comfortable wherever the fight goes. Davis has
worked hard on her standup game and has good kicks,
although she says she sometimes forgets to use them. The
five-foot-six Canadian believes the fight will either end
in the first round or go five rounds. The two women have
shown plenty of mutual respect, exchanging a warm
handshake after posing in front of the media Thursday.
Rousey and Davis are the only female fighters to go 3-0
in the UFC. But while Rousey has made movies ("The
Expendables 3," "Entourage" and "Fast and Furious 7"),
earned ESPY Award nominations and appeared on the cover
of ESPN The Magazine, Davis has flown under the radar.
Asked whether she has treated herself with any of her UFC
fight paycheques, Davis admits only to buying a new TV.
"Were kind of saving up," she said. "Id like to
eventually buy a house." A win Saturday would make Davis
only the third Canadian to hold a UFC title, following
Carlos (Ronin) Newton and Georges St-Pierre. It would
also change her world. Despite the lopsided odds, Meier
says bet on it. "Saturday shes going to shock the world,"
he said. "I know this for sure."
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