Paul Daley Responds to Gilbert Melendez Challenge, Prefers Cung Le or Cyborg Santos
by Nate Wilcox on Dec 20, 2010 10:31 PM EST
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Last week Bloody Elbow's own Duane Finley interviewed Strikeforce lightweight champ Gilbert Melendez who called out welterweight Paul Daley.
Now Paul Daley has responded on the UG:
Gilbert Melendez has called me out. Says he'll fight at 170lbs.
I'm down, but i know i will get negative feedback from the MMA Media for fighting a Lightweight...again, despite having KO/TKO'd 2 middleweights in my past 3 fights (Acacio and Smith)
So still we have a problem, what i want is another fight in between fighting Diaz, a fight that makes sense and qualifies me, for fighting for the Strikeforce WW title.
This is a sequel to a previous post on the UG by Daley where he listed his preferred next opponent:
1st) KJ, But...KJ Dont want it.
2nd) Cyborg is game, would take that fight. Would be an exciting tough fight for the fans.
3rd) Cung Lee at a Catch weight?
4th) Nick Diaz, for a summer title showdown.These are the ONLY IMMEDIATE (Next 6 months) fights i am interested and will SIGN for STRIKEFORCE.
Daley is coming off a first round KO win over Scott Smith at Strikeforce: Henderson vs Babalu 2 on December 4.
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Shit. Daley really doesn’t want to fight Gil because he is gonna get grapplefucked. Again.
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by Earl Montclair on Dec 20, 2010 10:35 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
Daley is more one dimensional than a piece of paper. That being said his one dimension is outstanding. Would love to see him fight Lawler at a catchweight. Callig nout Noons and his broken jaw is weak. Diaz subs him. Cyborg cmon. If Zaromskis beats Saku I would love that matchup.
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by Jeremy Couturier on Dec 20, 2010 10:57 PM EST up reply actions
lol, I’m pretty sure a piece of paper would be two-dimesional.
by David_ on Dec 20, 2010 11:01 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Dammit..where does that leave Daley? Still one dimensional.
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by Jeremy Couturier on Dec 20, 2010 11:07 PM EST up reply actions
That’s harsh…but true.
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by Jeremy Couturier on Dec 20, 2010 11:41 PM EST up reply actions
I'm not sure about schooling
state side but here in jolly old England we were taught that both string and paper were three dimensional.
So they forgot that they live in a 3D reality…big deal…
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by dancingChicken on Dec 21, 2010 5:35 AM EST up reply actions
Hey, simmer down now
we don’t wanna have to kick your asses again like we did in World War II.
because an undersized melendez is as good a wrestler as koscheck?
by Hendo_One-Shot on Dec 20, 2010 11:18 PM EST up reply actions
Melendez is unquestionably a better wrestler than Masvidal
And if Masvidal had a little more gas and did a little more GnP he’d have beat Daley. Some people think he deserved the decision.
It's like the Smith fight made everybody forget about the Masvidal fight
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by Neil Manich on Dec 21, 2010 12:23 AM EST up reply actions
another one goes to guvament name hell
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by Earl Montclair on Dec 21, 2010 12:28 AM EST up reply actions
It's like nobody watched the Masvidal fight to begin with.
OHHHHH! OH MY GOODNESS DID YOU SEE THAT?! He ran up the wall like a ninja and landed a high kick! Unbelievable! I've never seen anything like that, it's like something out of a movie!
by lowellthehammer on Dec 21, 2010 2:04 AM EST up reply actions
Daley won the Masvidal fight
On a night that he didn’t have his best stuff. Daley’s record over the past five fights:
Win – Smith (KO)
Win – Masvidal (UD – people arguing for Masvidal winning that fight are out of their minds or have an axe to grind)
Win – Acaciao (Sub – Strikes)
Loss – Kos
Win – Haslett (KO)
Win – Kampman (KO)
Which, frankly, makes Gil’s last six look like a bucket of shit.
Now Gil does present a crappy style matchup for Daley, but to say that he’d be able to easily wrestle-hump Semtex to a UD win is silly. Meanwhile, I don’t fault Daley at all for looking to book himself entertaining fights that present a clear path to Nick Diaz. Those are the fights that I want to see too.
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by Dave Strummer on Dec 21, 2010 11:36 AM EST up reply actions
naw Daley won that fight 29-28, anyone who says otherwise is rooting against him.
wasn’t Daley on top pounding his head in at the end of the fight?
by theworldismine on Dec 21, 2010 12:11 PM EST up reply actions
I'm not saying Daley lost
But when a natural lightweight who doesn’t have any wrestling background nor shown much wrestling in earlier fights is able to take Daley down, win one round, and get close in another, then Melendez poses all kinds of problems.
You don’t have to be Koscheck or Shields to put Daley on his back and win the fight. As far as we can tell, all you need is a slightly stronger ground game than Masvidal along with the ability to avoid getting KO’d.
along with the ability to avoid getting KO’d.
that’s kind of a big “along with.”
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by Dave Strummer on Dec 21, 2010 4:19 PM EST up reply actions
Because an undersized Melendez is light years better at wrestling than Paul Daley
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by Earl Montclair on Dec 21, 2010 12:22 AM EST up reply actions
Daley does want Melendez. He went on to say this later in the thread:
Melendez, lets do this 170lbs, Strikeforce, March, Ohio show. Im down, as long as Strikeforce give me the 170lbs title shot after i beat you. (No trash talk)
Think your one of the very best 155lbs in the world, your the champion and i respect that, you got a great all action style, of wrestling and boxing and i think a fight between us will be an entertaining one for the fans.
Agreed
Over fast, but still awesome. I have no reason to believe Daley-Cyborg doesn’t end in the same way, and at the same speed that Daley-Smith ended.
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by Dave Strummer on Dec 21, 2010 11:37 AM EST up reply actions
I’d like to see Daley vs Le. Cung really should be at WW, he’s a tiny MW.
Food goes in here
by Pandanus on Dec 20, 2010 10:48 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
That would a phenomal fight. I don’t see Le taking it even though I think he could win by decision.
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by Jeremy Couturier on Dec 20, 2010 10:53 PM EST up reply actions
If Daley KOs Le will he say "THAT'S FOR THE EXPENDABLES!"?
Accustomed to mediocrity.
by SSreporters on Dec 20, 2010 10:56 PM EST up reply actions
Oops
I’m racist. Sorry about that.
Accustomed to mediocrity.
by SSreporters on Dec 20, 2010 11:01 PM EST up reply actions
Jet Li vs. Cung Le
Happens all the time.
Accustomed to mediocrity.
by SSreporters on Dec 20, 2010 11:01 PM EST up reply actions
I always prefered Chong Li myself
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by SUmonkey on Dec 20, 2010 11:24 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Actually Le was in Pandorum, a pretty decent sci-fi movie with Dennis Quaid. He wasn’t bad at all.
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by Jeremy Couturier on Dec 20, 2010 11:09 PM EST up reply actions
Beer makes me spell bad.
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by Jeremy Couturier on Dec 20, 2010 11:09 PM EST up reply actions
Talking is overrated.
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by Jeremy Couturier on Dec 20, 2010 11:39 PM EST up reply actions
Le got his ass kicked by that random wrestler who didn’t even train in that “Fighting” movie. I think it was the guy from sexy dance some dance movie I’ve never seen.
They see me rollin...
by spectaa on Dec 21, 2010 4:49 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Never seen that movie
but i agree, it was the same dude.
"I'll rock your body with big nasty hooks!"
Daley LOL
wont fight gil because people will say you fought a lw
then wtf you want kj for lol
or is it because gil is a wrestler who trains with the gracies lol
I’m down, but i know i will get negative feedback from the MMA Media for fighting a Lightweight…again, despite having KO/TKO’d 2 middleweights in my past 3 fights (Acacio and Smith)
Um. Smith moved down to 170 for that fight dude. And Noons ain’t ducking you. He’s medically suspended with a broken jaw right now. Rich Chou must have been talking to Daley about Cyborg because he wanted nothing to do with him a week ago.
Didn't Noons say he didn't want the Daley fight?
And didn’t he also say Daley didn’t deserve to fight him? Sounds a little duck-y.
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by Dave Strummer on Dec 21, 2010 11:39 AM EST up reply actions
Daley vs Cyborg. Daley vs Le. Daley vs Manhoef. Daley vs Diaz. Daley vs Noons.
All good fights. SF could book any of these and come out a winner on it.
Daley vs. Manhoef would be great
If your name isn’t Melvin Manhoef.
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by SSreporters on Dec 20, 2010 11:08 PM EST up reply actions
The Hoef could level Daley.and vice versa. A win win for us all.
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by Jeremy Couturier on Dec 20, 2010 11:10 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t know about that. Either one can KO the other. But with take downs completely out of the question this is a K1 match with 4oz gloves and I got to like Manhoef’s chances.
Me too.
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by Jeremy Couturier on Dec 20, 2010 11:40 PM EST up reply actions
Same here.
Manhoef has a disturbing amount of power and great technique. I’d love that fight with Daley but I don’t see it happening. Daley is focusing on Welterweight it seems and Manhoef is a middleweight.
Le VS Daley
Would be entertaining as hell.
by ultima0chaotic on Dec 20, 2010 11:08 PM EST reply actions
I'd give a big ol' "Yes Please" to any of those fights he listed
Le or Noons in particular.
Should Daley really be making statements about the ONLY guys he’ll fight though? After all of one fight in Strikeforce?
Your right, he needs to renogiate his contract first. Then he can pick his opponents.
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by Tokyo Sandblaster on Dec 20, 2010 11:31 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I spelled a word wrong. In my previous post.
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by Tokyo Sandblaster on Dec 20, 2010 11:31 PM EST up reply actions
Two words, and a sentence fragment to boot!
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I suppose this is constructive. Do you correct everyone like that, or are you honestly trying to offer insight to someone who is trying to put out a quality [comment]? I’m just asking. I ask because it’s my duty to correct those who think it keen to correct everyone they see…if you’re being constructive though, no problems here.
OHHHHH! OH MY GOODNESS DID YOU SEE THAT?! He ran up the wall like a ninja and landed a high kick! Unbelievable! I've never seen anything like that, it's like something out of a movie!
by lowellthehammer on Dec 21, 2010 4:32 AM EST up reply actions
Ok, couple things here.
1. I’m just joking with him, he put it out there that he made a mistake and it seemed kind of funny the way he did, so I was jokingly “helping him out.” He did, in fact, spell two words wrong and did indeed have an incomplete sentence, but I’m not troubled with other peoples’ grammar. I’m an editor and a writer, I deal with that shit all day. I don’t need to bring my work with me.
2. So to answer the other part, no, I most definitely not correct everyone I see, never will. There’s three times I ever actually correct someone. A. They are correcting someone else for no apparent reason and made a mistake themselves, which appears to be what you’re making sure I’m not doing, which is amicable (unless you’re making fun of me because I said the same thing you just said before on Bloody Elbow) and all. B. I’m working and doing my job. C. The person appears to care about their spelling and grammar and misuse a word or two, if I feel like they’d appreciate it, I’ll point it out.
3. As I noted in parenthesis … are you making fun of me, because " I ask because it’s my duty to correct those who think it keen to correct everyone they see…" is basically exactly a sentence I’ve used on here before in the same situation.
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and four
4. I don’t always use proper grammar, as there’s about … fourteen errors in the above comment (mine) that I would not let pass during the editorial process.
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Saw a post above mentioning Daley vs. Manhoef. That would be an awesome matchup I’d definitely be interested in watching between two powerful strikers. Just too bad Lawler KO’d Manhoef out of the picture.
by dreamers_12345 on Dec 20, 2010 11:34 PM EST reply actions
In Strikeforce, a Melendez win WOULD qualify him to fight for the belt.
If Daley were to beat Melendez then they could put out commercials about how Daley demolished Diaz’s teammate and now Diaz is seeking revenge, etc. so that they wouldn’t have to work very hard on selling the fight. However, I wouldn’t blame Daley for fighting Cyborg instead, as he a) has a recent relevant win at WW and b) has a style that matches up better with Daley’s.
OHHHHH! OH MY GOODNESS DID YOU SEE THAT?! He ran up the wall like a ninja and landed a high kick! Unbelievable! I've never seen anything like that, it's like something out of a movie!
by lowellthehammer on Dec 20, 2010 11:49 PM EST reply actions
Is Daley saying that those are the only fights he’ll take?
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by Derek Suboticki on Dec 21, 2010 1:11 AM EST reply actions
He’s saying those are the fights he wouldn’t hesitate to take.
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i dont care what anyone else thinks.
cyborg vs daley would be entertaining as all hell. then give the winner diaz. i go home happy.
It surprises me how the Henderson vs Babalu fallout really warmed up some MMA fans to the Strikeforce product in that there are MMA fans out there that are actually excited to see different matchups with Daley whether it be against the male Cyborg, Noons, Le, Melendez or Diaz. Personally, if Tarec Saffiedine beats Tyron Woodley, I would like to see Saffiedine vs Daley. Maybe 2011 will actually be a good year for Strikeforce.
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against the male Cyborg
Hey, I’m not totally against the idea of a fight between Daley and the female Cyborg, the way she’s been destroying people.
..just saying.
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These are the ONLY IMMEDIATE (Next 6 months) fights i am interested and will SIGN for STRIKEFORCE.
Well, as far as match making goes, at least Coker is being allowed a few options here.
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by Broke Lesnar on Dec 21, 2010 5:50 AM EST reply actions
Wait, Wait
I don’t watch a lot of Strikeforce, but Cyborg is a girl right?
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Evangalista Santos had the Cyborg nick name first. Then he married Cris and she acquired it as well. Now she is more famous than he is as Cyborg.
It says a lot about an organization..
..when one of its fighter can say things like “These are the ONLY IMMEDIATE (Next 6 months) fights i am interested and will SIGN for STRIKEFORCE.”
I was just going to say the same thing. I have a feeling that if someone in the UFC did something similar, their ass would be out the door real quick
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Strikeforce doesn’t have that power. Almost nothing the UFC does can be applied to Strikeforce. If you swap Coker and White, all the big fighters leave SF and it becomes less relevent than Bellator.
To enjoy Strikeforce, get used to the fact that it isn't the UFC
As an organization, Strikeforce has a smaller roster, and far fewer bookable stars. Daley is one of a handful of highly-ranked, highly charismatic guys in the entire promotion. He’s going to get a little leeway to determine the fights he takes.
Despite that, SF manages to put on some very entertaining, competitive fights. Let go and enjoy.
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by Dave Strummer on Dec 21, 2010 11:48 AM EST up reply actions
Of course he wants Le or Santos…they will, in theory, stand and bang with him. Melendez would do what Koscheck did to him and perhaps cause him to be ejected from Strikeforce for striking after the final bell.
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by CSC Memorabilia on Dec 21, 2010 10:47 AM EST reply actions
Except Melendez
is a smaller, lighter, weaker version of Kos, with not nearly as good of wrestling – and Daley got up from under Kos some of the time…
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by The American Ronin on Dec 22, 2010 1:32 AM EST up reply actions
Quickest route to Dazley v Diaz
gets my vote. How fkn awesome would that fight be?
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