Paul Daley: "Coker Won’t Make the K.J. Noons Fight Happen because he likes K.J."

Paul Daley: Scott Coker Won’t Make K.J. Noons Fight Happen

UFC Strikeforce Paul Daley

“I was expecting a tough fight, but I was [also] expecting a quick fight, which it was. I always thought I had it in me to knock Scott Smith out,” Daley stated at the post-fight press conference. “I could see it in his eyes that he wasn’t as confident as I was.”

“I thought [my left hook] would play a part in the fight. My corner was calling for the left hook-right straight, which I threw as the first combination and had him rocked,” said Daley. “But I’ve seen in his previous fights that there was an opportunity to come over his right hand with a left hook when he threw it.”

On Noons....
“I think he’s one of the bigger names here. I think Strikeforce has put a lot of money behind him. He just fought for the title, and it took Nick Diaz five rounds to get rid of him. I think I’ll knock K.J. out within five minutes,” Daley professed. “I don’t think K.J. is on my level. He calls himself a striker. When he steps into the cage with me, he’ll soon see that he’s not a striker at all.”

When Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker was asked if he’d be interested in seeking the sluggers go at it, Daley took the liberty of answering for him.

“No, [Scott] won’t make that fight because he likes K.J. Noons,” the Brit said as laughter erupted inside the media room.

Coker said they will mull the scrap over.

maybe its cus kj has always fought a lw and only moved up to ww as a favor to coker over a grudge match he and nick had had. if daley wants to fight noons i say let them meet at lw or eve half way

If you'd actually watched the post fight conference you'd have saw Daley was just having a laugh with Coker.

Yeah I'm pretty sure we could gather that from the line “No, [Scott] won’t make that fight because he likes K.J. Noons,” the Brit said as laughter erupted inside the media room."

That wasn't a favor to Coker. Find me the last time Noons cut to 55

I think KJ has the tools to beat Daley but either way it would be a good fight.

I do love Pauls line I think he said on mmalive "I have this uncanny ability to turn strikers into wrestlers" lol

Maybe because KJ is a natural LW Paul.....People forget KJ fought Diaz originally at 160 lb.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

That wasn't a favor to Coker. Find me the last time Noons cut to 55

He came in at 156 against Gurgel and 155 vs Dida.

noons is clearly too small for WW

MMAEYES wrote:

I do love Pauls line I think he said on mmalive "I have this uncanny ability to turn strikers into wrestlers" lol

lol thats a good one. i think the fight would be a good fight with KJ and Paul i see Paul knocking him out in the 1st or 2nd.

KJ vs. Daley is a great fight. Nobody was actually fooled by Scott Smith being labled a "striker." The guy has horrible boxing...just a tough s.o.b. He was outclassed by Daley on Saturday. KJ vs. Daley would actually put two of the better boxers in mma against each other, with both guys having too big an ego to take the fight to the ground. That is a fight Strikeforce needs to make.

Ninja\Rua/Fan wrote:

Wolfgangsta wrote:

That wasn't a favor to Coker. Find me the last time Noons cut to 55

He came in at 156 against Gurgel and 155 vs Dida.

actually it was 158.5 vs Dida and 156.25 vs Gurgel.

killerofchicken wrote:

noons is clearly too small for WW

He was very competitive vs Diaz, so im not sure why u would conclude he is way too small.

But if I were KJ I'd tell Daley to meet him at a catchweight.

KJ isn't that small for Welterweight, he was very competitive with Diaz.

daley vs cyborg is just as good a fight

how bout against nick thompson. i think he would be able to beat daley again the same way

Quote :

“I think Evangelista [‘Cyborg’ Santos] comes to my mind,” Coker said when asked whom Daley could fight next. “I think KJ’s a possibility depending on if KJ wants to continue fighting at 170. I think Nick Diaz, that would be a hell of a fight. I think we have some solid fights for [Daley] up ahead. I think we’re going to keep this guy busy. There’s a fight on January 7 between Tyron [Woodley] and Tarec Saffiedine; maybe the winner of that and Paul could be a possibility.”

of course Daley wants to fight someone he knows won't go for a TD on him ..

and Nick would actually try to stand with him being confident in his hands (which he should) but it wouldn't matter because if Nick gets rocked he would still be able to sub Daley with only half a brain cell still functioning on the ground

GolbeZ wrote:

of course Daley wants to fight someone he knows won't go for a TD on him ..

and Nick would actually try to stand with him being confident in his hands (which he should) but it wouldn't matter because if Nick gets rocked he would still be able to sub Daley with only half a brain cell still functioning on the ground

I do think that Nick would stand with Daley, it's what Nick does.

Im not so sure Nick could take Daley down if he were to find himself in trouble. It's not exactly his strong suit.

Nick's never had a serious issue getting it there when he needs to.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Nick's never had a serious issue getting it there when he needs to.

1st Noons fight?

Been a while now though. Diaz can get Daley down.

Daley just started a new thread entitled "Strikeforce Title Road" on the UG today:

Scott Smith (Taken care of)>

KJ Noons (Beat current champ,Strikeforce golden boy, Went to decision with current champ, I WILL beat him WITHIN 1rnd) >

SF Champion NICK DIAZ (Tough guy, will definatly be an extremely tough fight for me)>

1st defence Tyron Woodley ( Rising star, Wrestler so present alot of problems for me...a future SF Golden boy...Better i take him out soon, but in a fight worth while...Me defending my belt)

THIS IS HOW IT'S GONNA BE, FOR ME IT MAKES SENSE FROM A PROMOTIONAL POINT OF VIEW ALSO.

KJ NOONS-MARCH 5TH OHIO......LETS DO THIS!

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http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/mma....1&page=1&pc=61

lol, he really wants this KJ fight