
(Regrets? Does it look like I have any regrets??)
After announcing they had taken a gamble in signing perennial positive drug test denier, Josh Barnett Monday, Strikeforce is letting the questionable bet ride as the promotion revealed today that it has also inked post-bell puncher, Paul Daley to its roster for six fights.
Daley, whose story of why he was dropped by the UFC has been re-told ad nauseam, fought twice since receiving his Zuffa walking papers, finishing Daniel Acacio with elbows in the third round of a July Impact Fighting Championship clash and winning by razor-thin decision to Jorge Masvidal at Shark Fights 13 last weekend.
It was announced earlier this week that Masvidal also signed a six-fight deal with Strikeforce.
Considering the fact that Strikeforce’s welterweight division is in disarray, the signing makes sense, even if ‘Semtex" hasn’t looked lately like the explosive fighter who has knocked out Duane Ludwig, Mark Weir and Martin Kampmann.
With Jay Hieron with a foot out the door and no real contenders under contract, an eventual fight with Nick Diaz likely won’t be long off, should the Stockton-based champ decide to stay at welterweight for a while.
One possible adversary that has been mentioned for Daley’s Strikeforce debut, which will likely happen before the end of 2010, is Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos, but nothing has been set in stone regarding the match-up.








As for him being a loathsome guy he does an awful lot to promote fights. Having randomly bumped into him at my local gym and talked with the guy he's perfectly pleasant. As Cage Potato noted when he fought Shields at EliteXC he was doing his best to help promote the fight. Nobody cared up until Paul started running his mouth as Shields already had the reputation for taking naps on fighters.
And as I've said once before, Koscheck is the blatant cheat. He's claimed all sorts of different crap during fights (supposedly getting eye poked by Anthony Johnson and supposedly being knee'd by Daley). Also, he broke the rules by disrespecting Daley when he was wrestling him to a decision in the third round, constantly talking smack to him as he held him to the mat as using abusive language in the ring or fenced area is one of the rules of the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
Oh, and for the record, I proudly swing off of Daley's nuts (because anybody who takes a swing at Koscheck is clearly thinking straight).