There is arguably no hotter feud in the whole of the MMA world right now than between Bellator fighters Michael “Venom” Page and Paul “Semtex” Daley. However, it looks like one of the most anticipated fights among MMA fans may never happen.
The rivalry between the two British fighters had been building for months, leading to a joint press conference back in February. Despite the vicious verbal sparring between the two at that event, it was announced by Bellator CEO Scott Coker that the two would not be fighting each other at Bellator 179 as many expected, which was held last month in London, due to Daley refusing to face Page. Instead, Daley chose to fight Rory MacDonald in the Canadian’s Bellator debut, leaving MVP to take on Derek Anderson.
Breaking point
Page was ultimately held out of the fight with Anderson due to a knee injury, while Daley lost in embarrassing fashion to MacDonald, being choked out in the second round. Following the loss, Daley called out MVP, who was in the crowd. Upon leaving the cage, Daley then attempted to assault Page, resulting in a brawl that had to be pulled apart by security.
In the aftermath of the fight, Scott Coker announced that putting on the long-awaited Page/Daley bout is “ the fight people want to see”. Coker said that he’d be looking at putting on another Bellator event in London before the end of this year, to be headlined by the clash of these two arch-nemeses.
Daley shies away again
Unfortunately, despite this being the fight that MMA fans, Bellator, and Page himself want to see happen, it appears it may never come to pass. We can exclusively reveal that Page has been contacted by Bellator with the news that, despite publicly calling out Page time after time, Daley is once again refusing to face MVP in the cage.
Full story (with a video response from MVP) here:
EXCLUSIVE: Paul Daley refusing to fight Michael "Venom" Page - again! - RealSport
