Paul Daley came up big at Bellator 223, battering a durable and resilient Erick Silva enroute to a dominant unanimous decision victory at London’s SSE Arena.
They heavy-handed Brit had Silva badly hurt and believes referee Mike Beltran could have easily stopped the fight, but Silva persevered and somehow made it to the final bell.
Speaking to reporters at a post-fight media scrum, ‘Semtex’ credited Silva for his toughness but believes the fight should have been stopped.
“I like Mikey Beltran,” Daley said, per MMA Junkie’s Simon Head and Abbey Subhan. “When he came to the dressing room and said he was going to ref the fight, I was like, ‘Thank you!