There should be news being released imminently about Paul's opponent. I can also confirm the event is being held at Victoria Warehouse, in Manchester with tickets going on sale on Monday.
So come on people give me your thoughts on what match ups you would like to see.
Paul Daley vs. Eddy Ellis, if Ellis is still unavailable then what I'd really love to see is; Paul Daley vs. Melvin Manhoef.
That would be absolute fireworks and is one of the very few times you can genuinely say that Paul Daley is going into the fight with a genuine chance of being knocked out himself, cons would be of course that would this happen Paul would lose some stock whilst he still has another fight on his deal. The MMA world would watch BAMMA for this fight though.
Looking at past BAMMA events there aren't a huge selection of Welterweight ready to take on Paul Daley so for this reason If it's not Eddy Ellis BAMMA will surely bring in a promotional debutant.
Other Main Card:
The two French champions DuQuesnoy and Barnaoui are both exciting prospects and whilst we've seen the former in the last two BAMMA's we've not seen Barnaoui since #14.
Mansour Barnaoui vs. Tim Radcliffe, I have a sneaking suspicion this might be the one, but Andrew Winner would also be an excellent fight for either of the afore mentioned.
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Tom DuQuesnoy vs. Ashleigh Grimshaw, I suspect we might see this at #17 or FN#3 but It makes a lot of sense, Grimshaws on a tear and DuQuesnoy has boundless potential.
Jason Jones vs. Anthony Rea, There's a genuine lack of LHW talent in the UK, Iain Martell is seemingly going to 185, Peter Irving recently fought at LHW but was traditionally smaller so I've went with former BAMMA fighter Anthony Rea.
I suspect we won't be seeing Colin Fletcher or Ryan Scope as they've got fights lined up but I'd be interested in seeing: Leon Edwards and Andy Craven.
I think you guys are gaining a lot of traction. I'd recommend
looking into doing a co-op with WSOF or mid tiered orgs who are interested in cross promoting. Otherwise rather than book state side or countries far off (plane tix + accomodations + work permits would be cost prohibitive)...maybe look into Aussie talent to make it a UK vs Aussie thing. Too bad you guys didn't get Connor early on cuz that would be a huge selling point for you guys. But I think there's enough UK talent now, unfortunately I just don't know enough.
Well, there's always Marvin Eastman at a catch weight. I would have mentioned Cyborg, but looks like he's retired.
The key is finding those veteran fighters who still have a name, but are in the tail end of their careers. You don't want to keep throwing C level fighters against Daley who is UFC caliber. Complete waste of his talent.
Most organizations put on very lopsided fights. Half were first round finishes in the last card I think four KOs.
Denis Kang catch weight.
Oh I just thought of an out of the box one.
KARO "THE HEAT" PARISYAN, but looks like he's with Bellator.
Ryan Ford who's won six in a row including Karo although I thought Karo won.
Arish or Scope might be interesting guys to put in there for him. Would either go down as a typical fight or one of them would get a enormous boost to their career by coming over with an upset. Yakovlev was propelled to a UFC fight for his win over Daley. Not a ton of big name choices with WW now being UFC best and deepest division. Gotta start making stars out of the young sharks.
Scope is injured once more and he's not ready for someone of Daley's level yet. On a side note, Parisiyan was Daley's original opponent at B14 but he pulled out just before we announced, Ryan Ford is contracted to WSOF Canada, and I don't think even the UFC have the money required to put on Daley/Manhoef. Plus if Daley says no that's the end of it, trust me.
Ah...that's interesting at least I havn't lost my touch on match making. Watching them put matches together was interesting especially if you're on a budget which means pretty much every org on the planet except for UFC.
WSOF Canada isn't doing much. Might be worth looking into it if they're interested in co-oping or at least seeing when some of their contracts are up.
See the thing with most orgs...they're at the whim of the UFC cutting talent then everyone has to fight over the piece of the pie. Paul Daley happens to be local, has name value, and is actually UFC caliber which is very unique. He just needs a compelling match up otherwise it's just a regular exhibition.
Who's putting on Walter Gahadza vs Ryan Scope. That should be a big one.
Man you're making me dig here. Maybe Darren Till namely because he's local, but he's undefeated even though they're all no namers, BUT he has a strong striking background. I'd put him as an alternate if some of the bigger names aren't available.
What's your budget...
ROFLZ...it's right under our nose. Go grab JASON HIGH. Although originally a WW he dropped for his last fight, he can bounce back up to WW especially for a crack at Paul Daley.
I bet Jason will be chomping at the bit and will take any offer at this point.
Paul Daley: Brian Foster, has UFC fights, has also fought in the UK before (CWFC in 2011) on a four fight winning streak and would actually be an excellent challenge for Daley.
Tom DuQuesnoy or Mansour Baranoui: Pablo Garza, can fight between 135 and 155, went 3-3 in the UFC, is currently based and living in Norway.
Brian Foster was actually my suggestion at the office, however as it's now been announced by Ariel Helwani, Mr. Daley is facing Igor Fernandes a Brazillian Anaconda Choke specialist who is on a 6 fight win streak, who last beat Rudy Bears a fighter who Daley also beat during his time with Bellator.
Also, we trialeed a new tech toy called Grabyo. It was the same thing they used at the FIFA world cup and Wimbledon this year that when something happened they then 'grabbed' the clip and placed it into social media streams. We are the first MMA org worldwide to have used this:
The Daley KO: grabyo.com/g/v/4rqFuPuLfkG
The worst nut shot ever in a MMA fight grabyo.com/g/v/KHwHchkxKOl
And the guy you all need to pay close attention too Leon 'Rocky' Edwards grabyo.com/g/v/KdZ1L0LG17r
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