The hits just keep on coming.
The Bellator 163 fight card and line up, already tattered by the withdrawal of Marloes Coenen vs. Talita Nogueira, suffered another last-minute change after Paul Daley struggled with his 170-pound weight cut.
Opponent Derek Anderson will be paid his “show” purse.
"After a difficult weight cut, we, along with Mike Mazzulli from the Mohegan Athletic Commission, made the decision to pull Paul Daley from tonight's event as a precautionary measure," Bellator president Scott Coker told MMAFighting.com. "Fighter safety is of the utmost importance to us here at Bellator.