Conditions at UFC Saudi Arabia brought a number of unexpected challenges for different hunters from America.
The return from the UFC to Saudi Aarabia last Saturday evening produced an entertaining map, but not everything was as it seemed for the Vecht fans who tuned. In the opening fight of the main map, Mike Davis had his Octagon return after he had not fought since March of March since March of March of March last year, where he submitted Natan Levy.
There were some entertaining attacks from top to bottom and Davis' lightweight collision with the rising rates that Ziam was no different.
Ziam eventually became one of the two French hunters on the map to achieve the biggest victories of their career so far, so Davis was defeated through a unanimous decision to extend his winning series to five.
After the last bell, a few questions were raised about how the fight took place while he gave Ziam the credit that he deserved.
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Mike Davis says that backstage breathing issues significantly influenced his performance
Although it was a while since we saw Mike Davis in action for the last time, 'Beast Boy' did not look himself in the fight and seemed too tired in the first round.
There is now a possible explanation for this spoken by different hunters on the map that described how the newly painted changing rooms in the ANB Arena made it a much less than ideal space for them.
During his appearance on the Ariel Helwani show, Terrance McKinney, who fortunately did not have to fight in the later rounds, spoke about how he felt the effects of this.
I tell you. I was not there myself. I was shadow boxing in front of the camera outside.
Felt like I was breathing the whole fight through a tube. https://t.co/gl2TkePHJ
– Mike “Beast Boy” Davis (@mikedavismma) 3 February 2025
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“I even felt it a bit and I had something like that, this is probably the best cardio I have ever had, in every fight, as if I ran five miles every other day and I felt it.”
McKinney said how Davis had similar problems before the lightweight competition replaced the mail to X, with details about what happened.
“I'm telling you. I was not there myself. I was shadow boxing in front of the camera outside. Felt like I was breathing the whole fight through a tube. '
Mike Davis still managed to set up a tough display
The positive remark that Mike Davis can remove his octagonal return is that his recent defeat was not necessarily not due to a decrease in form.
'Beast Boy' is not known for cardioprobles, but it was immediately clear that something is finished in this version.
Even with that said, he tried a calf licer instance in the second round that every fighting fan had grinned with the incredible flexibility of Ziam somehow that he stopped to tap.
Davis was previously on a profit reak with four fights before this setback, so hopefully he can get to the Octagon rather than later to recapture part of his momentum.
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