Quick Quote: Paul Daley says the Strikeforce Title will give him "more bargaining power" with ZUFFA

The fight is going to be Epic!

and the best thing is.. im watching it Live!!

I can't wait!!!

cant wait till daley gets submitted!

Daley won't beat Diaz, I don't remember anyone knocking Diaz out, Daley won't do it especially if it get to 3rd round, he'll be running out of gas by then.

Nobody had ever TKOed Shogun either till March 19th ;-)



We shall see.

gomi dropped diaz, diaz is an awsom all round fighter, BUT his striking is way overated. He puts good combos together. lacks power. Daley will knock diaz out IF he can keep it standing. Daley isnt a boxer hes style is muay thai, he has good kicks, knees and his elbows are deadly.

Yeah but Diaz is a tough MOFO ! When he get the shit beat out of him he stills coming like no one else. I seriously considering him 1 of the toughest guy ever in MMA. I like his style too "Right in your face and never back down" which makes him an exciting fighter.

hey now stop comparing daley ! with the real champ sho gun! there's no comparison !

Once step at a time. Work on the beating Diaz first, then worry about bargaining with the business men.

Diaz will sub him, did anybody see the K.J. fight? your going to get subbed DAILEY!

Definitely should be interesting. You make a valid point, and Diaz winning by submission is a very reasonable prediction. However, if he fights like he did against KJ Noons, he will lose. He stood with Noons and took shots. Thats not a great strategy against Semtex.

Even if Daley does lack technique, you said he has more power... Power is what ends fights early. That was my entire point : )

yeah i agree ! plus nick diaz is a pro level boxer ! he is good at stand up ! better than daley ! daley got lucky on knocking out low calibar fighters ! diaz is on a nother 3 levels skill wise than daley in the stand up department !

Understandable.... I'm not sure who will win this one to be honest. Diaz is by far the more well-rounded fighter, but you can never count Daley out.

all so this fight ! daley will not last 4 or 5 rounds with diaz !

diaz wont last 2 with semtex

diaz would get eaten at AMATURE boxing, his technique is horrible, Daley is a better striker all round.

diaz ko robbie lawler beat the crap out of cyborg ! paul daley cant match skills with cyborg or lawler ! diaz wins tko win . out classes daley while at the same time bullys him inthe stand up ! :)

@Dub, whatever dude. KJ Noons sucks. If Diaz stands with Daley he's going down. Daley has plenty of speed and is a world muai thai champ. with plenty technique as well. KJ may have been a boxer, but sure as hell wasn't one of the best.

DALEY ISNT A BOXER. MUAY THAI WORL CHAMP. DALEY WOULD KNOCK KJ NOONS OUT

Agreed. KJ is pretty underrated for a guy that schooled Diaz (the first fight may have been called early but Diaz was getting outclassed) once and barely lost to him in the rematch. As for Daley, he is so overrated it is silly. I think he is a better striker than his list of kickboxing opponents testifies to but in MMA who has he beat that matters? Kampmann and that is it.

hahaha edub ur a ****ing tool. masdival the stand and bang guy you mean. HE TRANSFORMED INTO A WRESTLER IN THE DALEY FIGHT suprised at all, im not

Paul is a great fighter .But ,I really sick of his ****iness and I wish Nick

TKO or sub him a bitch litle bicth.imo

As Joey said already, if Diaz stands with Daley he will get knocked out, and probably quickly too. Diaz knows he is the weaker striker but the better wrestler by far. he needs to keep the distance and shoot in when the opportunity arises for the takedown. I have a feeling he will try and stand though and I really don't think he has a chance against Daley standing.

better wrestler by far? diaz's wresling is pretty weak as far as im concerned. and daly is so much physically stronger and has decent takedown defence. i think diaz will have a hard time getting this fight to the ground, that is if he even tries to.

diaz's striking and reach should be enough to keep him safe till he gets the takedown at that point daley is like a fish out of water. i really dont understand daley and hardys reluctance to learn some wrestling i know they train bjj but it is just not enough to stop the high level grapplers plus the amount of bjj they can learn in such a short time is insufiecent to be a serious threat of their backs.

I agree man, both Daley and Hardy have potential to be excellent fighters and without adding some takedown defense to their skillset I can't see it happening... watching Hardy's fight the another night against Johnson was just too frustrating, he was never gonna get that kamora (spelling :p) and got took down far too easily... I don't think we'll ever see a British champ at this rate :(

But don't forget that Rumble had a huge weight and strength advantage against Hardy. Rumble is probably the biggest welterweight in all of mma. And Hardy is slowly working his BJJ skills. Like you said, he attempted the Kimura a bunch of times. And even though Hardy suffered his third loss, Dana White clearly saw the effort that Hardy has shown to improve his game and that might save him from being cut for one more fight, at least. Daley on the other hand, last we saw he was only practicing takedown defense and how to scramble from guard. It's like he has no interest in applying subs or using hooks and leverage to create. Best chance for a Brit champ is Bisping...Can you imagine what the crowd would be like if he won the belt on US soil?

i disagree daley is a good fighter but hardy is way overrated,

"Best chance for a Brit champ is Bisping."



What planet do you live on? Bisping will never win the title. There are too many middleweights that are better than him. He is a top 10 fighter, but he will never be more than that.



The real best chance for a Brit champ is easily John Hathaway. He is very well rounded and has probably the best BJJ and possibly of any British fighter to go along with solid striking and wresting skills. He is also possibly the most athletic British fighter. Most importantly, he is almost 10 years younger than Bisping. Therefore, he has far more upside than Bisping in the sport.

paul sass is by far the best british bjj guy in mma

its called training wrestling. hes a striker, his back is the last place he wants to be.

Diaz getting KOed...? Really...? I dont see that happening anytime soon tbh, in fact, he never got KOed in his 10 year career as a mixed martial artist and he has taken big shots from Lawler who has way more KO power than Dailey. The only time he loss to tko was from multiple punchs against Jeremy Jackson (in the beginning of is career) and on the first fight with KJ were he was outscore in technique.



So yeah, I dont know whos more delusional here. Diaz can get caught and lose ofc but IMO he has a lot of ways to win. He can outbox Dailey with his unorthodox strike and he can take the fight to the ground and sub him with ease, just wait and see ;)

If Diaz can outstrike Daley standing and not get knocked out by Daley I will have to include him on my p4p top 10 as that means he has great BJJ and among the best stand up at WW also. i just dont see it. Diaz tucks in and lets the shots come at him when trading. Cyborg landed some decent shots and if he does that against Daley he will be getting knocked out, does not matter how good your jaw may be when it comes to serious knock out power, the lights go out on anyone.

I really want Daley to lose

That's too bad Daley, because you are going to lose, and then Dana is going to can your sorry ass.

Many of you have to look at facts and not through emotion.



Daley is NOT a great boxer. Daley has extreme power in his left hand. The rest of his stand up is "ok" at best. He has NO ground game but his take defense is pretty good.



I expect Diaz to stand with Daley most of the time. He will slowly pick him apart over a few round and finally take him out on the ground. Diaz's boxing is really top level. Nick regularly trains with some of the top professional boxers in the world. He recently was training with Omar Henry. All of them say Nick's boxing is top notch.



Another thing, almost everyone claims that Diaz has no power. Diaz has great power but he is able to mix his punches from lil pepper shots to get his opponent off balanced, to unleashing a knock out power shot when needed. You only find variety like that in a top level boxers.



Is Daley a threat to Diaz? Yes, with the power he has in that left, anyone in the world within his weight-class runs the risk of being KTFO but Nick isn't just anyone.



...and let's not forget about Diaz's iron chin.





Diaz by late round 2 or early round 3 submission!

Daley has much better boxing than you are giving him credit for. He keeps his hands up and blocks well (something that Diaz does not do), uses his jab very well (something that Diaz also does very well), and has very fast hands.



Still, I agree with you that Diaz will get the submission win.

He'll get sub'd, Dana will release him . . . he'll fade away. And it's all his fault. He thinks it's personal? He messed up, in the ring, at a major event. Why not just be humble, let his skills do the talking and mend fences? He's too much of a dolt to let that happen.

cokers still in charge of his fighters, if dana muscles in and kicks daley out it will be significant in playing the end of strikeforce

if paul hits him its game over for diaz

I don't understand why Daley wants to bargain with Zuffa. If anything, he should be more humble about the situation. What kind of leverage will the belt give you? They could just can you and set up a grand prix with the belt up for grabs. Why must you keep shooting yourself in the foot? You were extremely fortunate to get a second chance when a shit ton of fighters don't even get a first chance. Don't blow this because your head is ruining what your heart worked so hard for...

Actually, Daley has hit the nail on the head but on his own angle. In order to have ANY chance of getting into the UFC he better win his fight with Diaz. It's sort of like that old poster showing a tiny mouse standing defiantly and giving an approaching cat the finger.



Daley does not seem smart enough to realize that he has to shut up about the past, and just go forward and do his job. A few insincere words of contrition over his past mistake wouldn't be out of place either for PR purposes.



Dana will forgive anything if the fans demand Daley's return, and there is money in it. But to have a banned fighter claim, "I am the Strikeforce champion, you have to hire me" is not a productive or successful way to get back into Dana's good graces.



Daley has lost to both Shields and Koscheck, so Dana knows that Daley will hit a wall in the UFC welterweight division unless his wrestling and ground-game are vastly improved. C_o_c_k_i_ness is fine against opponents of your next match, but not against the top brass of an organization which owns the elite MMA business.

@ Code



Very well put, Code; Daley sees the trees, but not the forest.

daley will soon understand what being thankful is really for ! after his ass is handed too him by diaz . he will be still thankful strike force pays him . and we still except him too fight in north America after that poor show of disrespect and cowardly ass act he did at ufc !

My prediction:



Round 1: Diaz circles Daley, talking shit, staying out of range, and using his jab to keep Daley at a distance.



Round 2: Daley throws a kick, gets taken down, and submitted within 30 seconds. Diaz releases the hold, and an embarrassed and pissed off Daley punches him in the face.



Post fight: Daley is banned from all ZUFFA promotions for life. He switches to boxing and calls out Chad Ochocinco.

Keeping to just the fight and leaving the politics and drama of Paul Daley aside (and let's not forget that Diaz also comes with baggage & drama, should The UFC collapse or merge SF), I'm picking Daley in the bout.



I think Daley's biggest advantage in this fight is going to be Diaz trying to prove he can stand with him and knock him out. I don't think Diaz can do that, successfully. I also don't think that his transitional game, his wrestling, is good enough to really threaten Daley; particularly if he's trying to stand "off" and use his reach to trade with PD; he's not explosive enough to cover the ground. The other thing is too, that if the fight ends up on the floor by accident or opportunity, Daley is not going to be stupid enough to follow or stay there, with Diaz.



I like PD's chances in this one - I'm going to call him as winner by KO, first round and when you look at the KO percentages on PD in the first round(s), he has a stunning success rate.



As all fights start on the feet, I give the (big) advantage to Daley. With that said though, Nick is one resilient and tough fighter. His Achilles heal is, however, is that he doesn't always fight the "smart" fight and my guess is, that he's going to come out and try and prove something to PD & The World, by trying to KO Daley on the feet; that's not a smart idea; particularly when you have a huge advantage on the ground; even more so, when the other guy has a huge advantage (IMO) on the feet.



Paraphrasing GSP...always play to your strengths & the other guys weakness.

I really don't think Nick Diaz witl behave logically.



I am not certain where I got that notion, but it is what it is.



But Diaz can be cagey too, in that lazy lightning way of a BJJ master --Cyborg was a BJJ black belt too.



I hope Diaz is cagey this time--I want to see Daley tap so bad.

you agree with diaz going on the ground with daley is a bad thing true ! daley is like a 2 yr toddler on the ground diaz would win . but all the other stuff that you sayn is all messed up dont under stand . how you can say daley has got better chance over diaz in the stand up ! not true ! daley got 1 weapon his 1 big punch ! really diaz got the better half of the 2 rounds had with cyborg in the stand up ! cyborg is a better fighter . cyborg got ko power in hands and feet ! diaz will get in too daleys mind as he talks and taunts daley and diaz will break daley down and get a tko .

This bout will be an epic one for the ages, I'm already going around claiming that this upcoming Strikeforce card could be event of the year so far.



Diaz logically shouldn't stand with a striker like Daley. Daley trains with some of the best strikers and coaches at Mike's Gym in Holland, so he knows how to throw big punches and kicks. Daley have better work on his takedown defense and rolled with some BJJ black belts in order to prepare for this fight. The last thing he wants is to be on the ground.



Diaz on the other hand will logically want to bring this fight to the ground to show off that Caesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu he has become famous for. Sure we've seen him eat KJ Noon's best shots, Evangelista Cyborg's best shots, and Marius Zaromskis' best shots, but imo Daley has straight power in his strikes that can't even be matched. That's saying a lot because Noons, Cyborg, and Zaromskis are real threats on the feet.



The way I see it, it's either going to be Diaz submitting Daley, or Daley knocking him out.

When Diaz strikes he doesn't outclass anybody, it's more like outwork. He a gas tank that can last forever, but he shouldn't trade strikes with Semtex.

If your right all the credit to you but I'm confident Diaz will not outclass Daley on the feet (he may simply try to take him to the ground which means we won't find out). Diaz enjoyed a big reach advantage against KJ, which was a big reason for his win. He won't enjoy that same advantage against Paul. Though Paul doesn't have the boxing prowess of KJ, his power is scary, and he has decent kicks.

I just don't think Diaz's typical game plan he implements against strikers will work against Daley. Nick's history indicates that he usually takes a big shot at some point in the fight (often early), but does recover very well. If Paul lands a power shot I don't know if Nick can recover.



Also you brought up an interesting point above about the Masivadal fight. I disagree that Paul got out-boxed, but he did basically spend the whole fight looking frustrated that he couldn't land that big power shot, or even let loose at all for that matter. That was a weird fight for me, i couldn't tell if Paul was simply off, or Masivadals game plan was just that effective. Definitely a fight to keep in mind though considering this upcoming bout.

Diaz by Sub or Daley by KO. Can't really see this fight going to decision.



Daley is a way better boxer then K.J Noons, and I'm not sure what Diaz is thinking trying to step into a boxing ring.



Cement chin doesn't last forever, and unlike the Cyborg fight Daley will be doubling up punches in bunches.



Diaz has a clear advantage on the ground but Daley is young and I'm sure he started focusing a lot more on his wrestling after the KOS fight. Should be an interesting fight to see regardless of the outcome. Both guys are disliked in the UFC management and when/if there is a total merger I wonder if Daley's banning will be enforced, especially if hes the WW champ.

daley is a monster and daiz has decided to stand up in his last few fights.. but he wud be crazy to stand wit daley... be smart and put him on his back and if you dont night night daiz... ZZZZZZZZ

got to pick steel jaw on this one

yo y is everyone saying daley got no technique he actually has really good muay thai mixed with great power honestly i think he can knock diaz out and i really want him too but if it hits the mat hes gonna have a tough time