Peter Davis’ four fight winning streak came to an abrupt end on Saturday night but the Malaysian was in an upbeat mood as he reflected on his TKO loss at the hands of Adrian Pang.
It was the first time he had ever lost a ONE Championship fight in Kuala Lumpur and he feels he paid the price for an early mistake.
“I'm obviously not happy with my performance, it was a fast finish by Pang and I was hoping to give more. The fight was going to plan to a degree, I was just not mentally clear enough to not get baited and countered,“ he said in an interview.
Davis took several hard shots the head and face and admitted he suffered ‘a few bruises and breaks’ but said that the experience would have been worse had it not been for the response of ONE Championship.
“Fortunately everything was covered by ONE FC and the fighters flying back to their home counties even had medical cover as soon as they arrived for anything caused at the event.
"All the ONE FC fighters ended up in the same ward and we even had a visit from the CEO Victor Cui,” said Davis.
As well as being a mixed martial artist with a record of 10-4, Davis is also a successful model and says he hopes that having surgery won’t affect his career.
“I've had to reshuffle a few meetings but I haven’t lost any work. I'll be handsome and modelling again before you know it!” he chuckled.
There was some suggestion that the 34-year-old might consider retirement after suffering some serious facial injuries but he said he has every intention of eventually stepping back into the ONE Championship cage.
“I am planning to fight again. I'm going to have to have a little layup first and it will be six months to a year before I can compete. Let's see how things go.”
While Davis will be on the sidelines for the foreseeable future a title shot potentially beckons for his recent opponent and he feels Pang could prove a handful for reigning lightweight champion Shinya Aoki.
“He would probably need another win or two in ONE Championship to get that opportunity but he could certainly out strike Aoki,” he said.
While Davis can put any title ambitions he might have had aside the Malaysian is determined to carry on competing for ONE Championship.
“I fought on the second ever ONE FC card in 2012 and I’ve been here ever since. ONE FC takes great care of its fighters both inside and outside the cage and I couldn’t see myself fighting with any other organisation,” he added.
Haider Yutim
Thu Oct 15 2015
DAVIS: ONE Championship takes great care of its fighters both inside and outside the cage and I couldnt see myself fighting with any other organisation. - Astro AWANI photo
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