As Paul Daley watched the pre-fight press conference for last weekend’s Bellator clash between Rory MacDonald and Douglas Lima, Bellator president Scott Coker’s words regarding Michael ‘Venom’ Page and his return to the cage appeared to sit uneasily with the British KO specialist.
Away from his reaction, which he released via Facebook last week, what many hadn’t been privy to was the back-and-forth exchanges between Daley and the promotion, both of whom had agreed on what would arguably be one of Daley’s toughest tests of his career.