Strikeforce sign Paul Daley; Antonio McKee claims to have agreed to terms with the UFC
Posted on September 16, 2010, 09:40 AM by Daniel CassidyPaul Daley joins Strikeforce
Former UFC and Elite XC Welterweight Paul Daley has officially signed with Strikeforce. The news was revealed today by the companies Director of Communications Mike Afromowitz. The heavy handed Brit is on a two win streak since being cut by the UFC, for striking Josh Koscheck after the bell had sounded, in what was his third and final UFC bout. Reports of a deal surfaced prior to Daley's Impact FC bout, but is now official. He joins on a four fight deal.
Overall, Daley joins Strikeforce with an impressive record of 25-9-2. His most notable fight prior to his UFC career, was against Jake Shields. Shields quickly caught Daley with an armbar in the second round, in a fight for the Elite XC Welterweight belt. During his stay in UFC, Daley quickly finished Dustin Hazelett and Martin Kampmann, both via 1st round KO. He will join the already stacked Welterweight division in Strikeforce where Nick Diaz is the current Champ.
Antonio Mckee claims to have gotten a deal with UFC
Long overlooked Lightweight Antonio Mckee says he has signed today with UFC. Despite being 40, Mckee holds an excellent pro record of 23-3-2. Mckee's last defeat was 15 fights ago. He is a well regarded wrestler, known for taking clear cut decision wins, but not often finishing fights. Just a few days ago, Mckee called out both BJ Penn and Sean Sherk, and moves a step closer to getting his wish.
Mckee's biggest fight to date was a unanimous decision loss to UFC veteran Karo Parysian. In his entire career, he has only been caught in a submission once, and knocked out once. While calling out Sherk and Penn, he accused both UFC and Strikeforce of ducking him, even going so far as calling them racist. It seems his plan has worked, as he is claiming the organisation have signed him on a four fight deal.
Sources: MMAFighting; Sherdog
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Diaz vs Daley's gonna be a good fight.
is diaz not the welterweight champ, says in the post middleweight.........
daley could have a few interseting matchups, Daley vs Noons would be good too : )
cheers for pointing that out
Paul can't handle wrestlers?
it was inevitable that paul was going to be in strikeforce, im surprised it took this long. there are alot of good match ups for him there: Marius Zaromskis, Jay Heiron, and Joe Riggs, would all be good fights for him. i think that Nick Diaz would break him or put him to sleep, but it too would still be a great fight.
Mckee should stay with the MFC, i could at least see if he was still in his 20's, but he's 40 years old and boring as hell to watch, it seems like he was making such a good living fighting nobodies and now he wants to go to the ufc and get destroyed. bad move, i just don't understand....
I expect he will hold his own. As far as his age, I think that is exactly why it was time to make it happen. Now he will get his shot at the big time. Had he stayed with MFC he would have retired and spent the rest of his life wondering if he could have hung in there with the best of them. I do not imagine the UFC will give him to much of a margin for error anyway.
Daley is a great signing for strikeforce i just hope they improve their match making Hendo should have had his second fight for them by now
Nick has more pwer at 185 but why go to MW when you own WW at Strikeforce. If Daley cant even stand in the shadow of Diaz we'll know how strong the UFC hype machine really is.
I am not sure what exactly you mean by "stand in the shadow," but Daley losing to Diaz does not prove a thing. Diaz is a solid fighter. I don't think that is what you meant tho. If you are saying that if he cannot earn the shot against Diaz, then that makes sense. I do not expect Daley to have to much trouble with most of Strikeforce's WW division, but there are an elite handful of fighters that could very possibly take him. Not to sure how that would reflect poorly on the UFC tho. Its not necessarily Strikeforce's fighters that fans take issue with, it tends to be how the promotion itself is ran.
yea Daley is predominantly a striker, a bloody good one at that...........
having said that there are still holes in his games
he needs wretling
hes stubborn on the ground when it comes to submissions
but that will only last for so long til someone wraps him up
so in conclusion i am a fan of Daley but if he wants to go far in MMA he needs to become more well rounded,
he already has great striking and power
why not work on other areas to strengthen his skillset?????
he seems happy enuf to be just a striker ??
and that just doesnt work in MMA anymore !!!
Daley probably should go t middleweight since he misses weight at 170 every other fight. He has a better chance of winning that belt anyway. He's not going to beat Diaz. Diaz might not have KO power like him but he has good enough striking to hang with him long enough to take him down and gogo him.
That's funny. I can't stand when people don't make weight.
perfect fighter for strikeforce hell be a big draw for them but thell protect him and feed him favorable matchups for a while
i thought it was border line retarted that SF didnt pick up Dayley sooner, hes clearly an exciting fighter and can sell big tickets.. the UFC better watch out man SF is slowly getting a roster, they need to be careful of who they release and who they keep.