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Paul "Semtex" Daley Headed Stateside to Fight for EliteXC

A month ago, ex-Cage Rage Welterweight Champion Paul Daley went against the express wishes of Cage Rage parent entity ProElite and competed on rival UK promotion Cage Warriors' July 12th "Enter the Rough House 7" card. To further stir the pot, the always verbose Brit spoke out against both Cage Rage and ProElite regarding what he perceived as a lack of respect on the part of both companies.

Now 30 days removed from his first round knockout of previously undefeated Slovenian prospect Bojan Kosednar, we've learned Daley's punishment for biting the hand that feeds: a spot on EliteXC's September 20th "Return to Showtime" event and, should he emerge victorious, a guaranteed shot at newly-crowned EliteXC Welterweight Champion Jake Shields:

“Right now I’m training my ass off. I’m always a slow starter in training camp, but I'm in my rhythm now,” informed Daley. “I leave for Holland this weekend for two weeks of training camp out there with Mike's Gym and Melvin Manhoef before going to the U.S.A. and training with my secret weapon.”

“I beat this guy (on Sept. 20), I will no doubt be fighting for the EliteXC title next!” stated and emphatic Daley.

In the same interview with MMAWeekly, "Semtex" says he can't name his opponent for September 20th as of yet, but that it's "most likely against an undefeated ex-IFL fighter." (No unbeaten IFL welterweights spring to mind...) Also, while the man clearly doesn't need a whole lot of work on his striking, it's scary to think what kind of Thai boxing skills Manhoef could instill in him. Any guesses on his "secret weapon" in America? Considering Daley's weaknesses, my money's on him putting in some time with ATT or Xtreme Couture.

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Danillo Villefort and Dan Miller were undefeated in the IFL.

Daley has been going to Mikes gym with Manhoef for a few years now to train, he also goes with manhoef to ATT. Manhoef has been at ATT for most of this camp. Daley has mentioned training at legends with Eddie Bravo and Hady

by Jimmy Shaker on Aug 12, 2008 10:30 AM EDT   0 recs

Nice.

Didn’t know that about Daley and Manhoef.

Dan and Jim Miller just signed with UFC, and I think Villefort is going to WEC, so I’m still not sure who he’s talking about.

by Chris Nelson on Aug 12, 2008 11:19 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Cant think of anyone else, unless he’s talking about someone who was like 1-0 or is dropping from 185

by Jimmy Shaker on Aug 12, 2008 11:59 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Antonio McKee

by Jimmy Shaker on Aug 12, 2008 12:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Good find Chris. Shields Vs. Semtex on CBS?

by nitro on Aug 12, 2008 10:30 AM EDT   0 recs

Daley’s stand up is great, but I think Jake Shields will just take him down and pound him out.

by asmiley420 on Aug 12, 2008 10:37 AM EDT   0 recs

Apparently he is talking about Lyman Good

by smoogy on Aug 12, 2008 6:53 PM EDT   0 recs

He definitely has some explosive striking. He made short work of Ludwig, who isn’t exactly shabby.

I’m glad he backed off of his “retirement” and I think he will be a nice fit with EXC.

"The bigger the cushion, the sweeter the pushin'"

by BJJDenver on Aug 12, 2008 9:10 PM EDT   0 recs

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