Daley liked seeing Kos lose cos ‘he’s a d***’
While Diaz recently said he’s “not impressed with Paul Daley as a mixed martial artist” aside from his standup, Daley…
While Diaz recently said he’s “not impressed with Paul Daley as a mixed martial artist” aside from his standup, Daley indicated on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour that he’d have more than enough firepower to wrest the belt from him.
“I hit unlike any other welterweight in MMA. I will knock Diaz out. I will knock him out.”
“Nick doesn’t have great wrestling. Most of his takedowns come from the clinch or he’s dropping guys with bodyshots, but that ain’t gonna happen with me. Yeah he’s fast but he’s not explosive like me when it comes to MMA. He’s got great conditioning, yeah, but what happens when I’m moving three or four times as fast as anybody he’s fought in the past? How’s he going to deal with that?”
“I thought Diaz was OK (in his weekend win over Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos). I thought he’s been more impressive in other fights. And I thought Cyborg was predictable. I kind of thought after the first round he’d be done because of wind. The guy used to fight at heavyweight, so it’s not going to be easy on his body to go to welterweight. Diaz, the guy fights from everywhere, uses punches and kicks. Then it went to the ground. It wasn’t really impressive because I expected him to beat Cyborg. It was an OK performance.”
“I think he’ll get his ass whooped if he fights Vargas. Competing in MMA and boxing with these guys is one thing. Fighting a professional boxer at his game is another thing, and I know because I spar regularly with boxers as he does. So he’s gaining confidence sparring with [unbeaten pro] Andre Ward and guys like that, but they’re probably just playing around with him.”
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“I enjoyed watching Koscheck lose against Georges St. Pierre but I’m kind of disappointed GSP didn’t finish the fight. He won the majority of the fight but I really wanted GSP to finish him. I just want to see him finish a guy like he did to Matt Hughes or like he used to do back in the day. I’m a big fan of GSP, but he used to be a champion that used to go out there and fight pretty much the way Nick Diaz does as a champion, just lay it all out there. It was a good fight. I have nothing personal against Koscheck, but he’s a d—.”