Mike Davis

Overview

Mike Davis has never won a UFC fight in the first round, and he has still finished three of his five wins. "Beast Boy" is a 5-3 lightweight in the UFC whose finishes all come after the opening five minutes.

His four-fight win streak is the high point of the run. Three straight losses bracket the rest of it, and the most recent one is what he carries into his next fight.

UFC Career

Davis fought Sodiq Yusuff on Dana White's Contender Series in 2018 and lost a unanimous decision. That bout sits outside his UFC record. His UFC debut came in April 2019 against Gilbert Burns, a "strong" opponent by our model, and ended in a second-round submission loss at 4:15.

He answered with a third-round TKO of Thomas Gifford at 4:45 that October. Unanimous decisions over Mason Jones in January 2021 and Viacheslav Borshchev in September 2022 followed. Then a second-round submission of Natan Levy at 1:43 in March 2024 made it four in a row.

The streak ended with a unanimous decision loss to Farès Ziam in February 2025. He bounced back with a second-round TKO of Mitch Ramirez in July 2025, then dropped another unanimous decision, to Nurullo Aliev, in July 2026.

None of his three UFC losses came by knockout. Two went the distance.

Fighting Style

We have no career striking or grappling stats for Davis, so the fight list has to do the talking. He has two knockouts, one submission and two decision wins in the UFC. That is a fighter who can end it, not one who needs to.

The finishes land in rounds two and three: a TKO and a submission in the second, a TKO in the third. Two of his three losses went to the scorecards, so he usually stays upright and in the fight until the final bell.

Notable Wins

• Natan Levy — submission, round 2, UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura (2024)
• Mitch Ramirez — KO/TKO, round 2, UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs Teixeira (2025)
• Thomas Gifford — KO/TKO, round 3, UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson (2019)

Quick Facts

• Division: Lightweight
• UFC record: 5-3
• Professional record (all promotions): 12-4-0
• UFC debut: 2019
• Stance: Orthodox
• Height / reach: 6'0" / 72.5"
• Team: Fusion Xcel
• Born: Hudson, NY, United States