HONOLULU – Davion Franklin sent a message to the heavyweight division after rebounding at Bellator 295.
Franklin (6-1 MMA, 6-1 BMMA) defeated Kasim Aras by unanimous decision this past Saturday at Neal S. Blaisdell Arena. An amped-up Franklin called out everybody from Daniel James, to Gokhan Saricam, to Marcelo Golm, and Tim Johnson.
“All y’all heavyweights, I’m on your ass, bro,” Franklin told MMA Junkie and other reporters at his post-fight news conference. “Y’all don’t want this as bad as me. I guarantee you: If I see any of y’all in the future, y’all know what’s up. Y’all know how I’m coming. Off with all y’all heads. I swear I’m crushing all of you, that’s facts. … I want all of y’all head tops, trust me. It ain’t sweet. Y’all don’t want this as bad as I do. None of y’all called anybody out. Y’all all just like, ‘Oh, whoever Bellator gives me.’ I’m putting a name on all of you. I will take all of you out. I swear to God.”
Prior to losing to Golm, Franklin was undefeated. He admits he felt a little pressure to have to bounce back against Aras.
“It was a little weird to me, because I’m not going to lie: My last fight, I was extremely confident,” Franklin said. “So for me to lose a fight that I was extremely confident in, it kind of messed with my mental a little bit to be honest with you.”
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Davion Franklin after Bellator 295 win: ‘All y’all heavyweights, I’m on your ass, bro’