Paul Daley To Fight On September 10th At BAMMA 7

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BAMMA have confirmed that the long rumored return of Paul Daley to the UK will take place on September 10th at BAMMA 7, when the former Strikeforce welterweight title challenger faces Jordan Radev at the Birmingham Indoor Arena. It will be Semtex’s second fight with the promotion, with Daley having first fought for BAMMA in February at BAMMA 5 defeating DEEP welterweight Yuya Shirai in a fight that was due to be for the BAMMA Welterweight Title but was made non-title when Daley failed to make weight.

In the official press release, Daley had this to say about the fight, “I want my title shot again, plain and simple. If I have to plough through Radev to get a crack at the belt, then unlucky for him. I can’t wait to be fighting for my UK fans again and I promise that by the end of the year I’ll be crowned as the BAMMA Welterweight champion.”

Jordan Radev (21-4-0) is currently riding a four fight win streak and holds notable wins over UFC fighter Jorge Santiago, Yuya Shirai and Alexander Schlemenko.  Radev joins the fast growing welterweight division which includes Nate Marquardt and also has his eye on a title shot. “It’s a real honour to fight for BAMMA. I’m really impressed by their growth and I’m very happy to be making my debut against a World class fighter.” said the Bulgarian. “I want BAMMA to see me as a title contender so if I have to beat the fan favourite for that recognition, so be it.”

Radev promises to pose a stiff test to Daley given his olympic pedigree but the Nottingham fighter is unconcerned, “Game plan this, game plan that, everyone has a great game plan until they get punched in the face. When Radev feels my left hook, his only game plan will be how quickly he can get a flight back to Bulgaria.”

GoDaddy.com presents BAMMA 7 in association with Lonsdale and PKR.com on Saturday September 10th at The National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, UK

Fans can buy Tickets to BAMMA 7 at www.bamma.com  and www.theticketfactory.com.

Watch the fights live exclusively on Syfy (UK) at 9pm GMT and worldwide at www.bamma.com  at 4pm ET / 1pm PT

A Comics Nexus original, Will Cooling has written about comics since 2004 despite the best efforts of the industry to kill his love of the medium. He now spends much of his time over at Inside Fights where he gets to see muscle-bound men beat each up without retcons and summer crossovers.