Paul “Semtex” Daley, the English middleweight, has officially announced his retirement fight, after a 19 year career!
Speaking to Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour, Daley said he is targeting a May 13th fight, to announce his retirement.
“It will be my retirement fight,”
The MMA Hour
The 38 year old has fought in a multitude of MMA promotions. He has fought in; UFC, Bellator, Cage Rage, Final Fight Championship, Strikeforce, EliteXC, ShoXC, BAMMA, Cage Warriors, Cage Contender, Shark Fights, Pancrase, and Impact FC.
Paul Daley is both famous and infamous in the MMA world. He put on what is perhaps the greatest ever 1 round fight against Nick Diaz, at Strikeforce in 2011
However, he is also responsible for one of the worst pieces of foul play in UFC history, when he punched Josh Koscheck after the final bell of their fight.
This incident got Paul Daley cut permanently from the UFC.
In his long and fruitful 60 fight career, Daley has fought some of the best fighters to ever walk the earth. His MMA CV includes fights against; Nick Diaz, Tyron Woodley, Jorge Masvidal, Josh Koscheck, MVP, Jon Fitch, Rory MacDonald, Douglas Lima, Jake Shields and others
Daley is a true veteran of MMA, and he has been a firm fan favourite to watch over the last two decades. However, he believes this is the right time to call it quits on his MMA fighting career
“I’ve put in a lot of time in the sport and I’m in a position to retire, fortunately. So yeah, I’m going to retire.
The MMA Hour
