{"id":294731,"date":"2018-12-12T09:33:53","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T17:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=294731"},"modified":"2018-12-12T09:33:53","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T17:33:53","slug":"scott-coker-explains-why-paul-daley-vs-michael-page-fight-isnt-happening-in-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/scott-coker-explains-why-paul-daley-vs-michael-page-fight-isnt-happening-in-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Coker explains why Paul Daley vs Michael Page fight isn&#8217;t happening in England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On February 16, at Bellator 216, Bellator will promote one of the biggest fights in UK MMA history, as British knockout artists Paul Daley and Michael Page <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/michael-page-paul-daley-booked-for-long-awaited-bellator-grudge-match-in-february\/\">finally collide in a long-awaited grudge match<\/a>. Unfortunately, this massive fight will not occur in the UK. Instead, it will go down\u00a0at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/12\/scott-coker-mvp-daley-explains-united-stakes-england-bellator-216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie<\/a> ahead of Bellator&#8217;s double-header in Hawaii this weekend, Bellator President Scott Coker explained why this fight isn&#8217;t happening on British soil.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did try (to make it in England),\u201d Coker said of this Paul Daley vs. Michael Page fight. \u201cThe issue really was that the broadcast partner wanted to have it here (in the U.S.). But we went and talked to them. And James Rushton, the CEO of DAZN, we sat down with him and said, \u2018We really feel like this fight should be here in London.\u2019 We were in London at the time and he said, \u2018OK, can do it here.\u2019 There was no venues available at that time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe said, \u2018If we\u2019re not going to do it in London, we\u2019re going to do it in America where they really want it anyway,\u201d Coker added. \u201cBut James Rushton did say, \u2018You guys could do it here if you could find the venue. He gave us the green light, we looked, we tried, we tried to challenge dates and this and that and there was just nothing available. We had to do it in this timeframe, the month of February, there\u2019s only the 02 Arena in SSE Wembley and that\u2019s pretty much it. There\u2019s just no dates available so we ended up doing it at the Mohegan Sun, 16th of February.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the location of this Paul Daley vs Michael Page fight is perhaps not ideal, the good news is that the fight is finally happening. Who do you think will come out on top?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 12\/12\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 16, at Bellator 216, Bellator will promote one of the biggest fights in UK MMA history, as British knockout artists Paul Daley and Michael Page finally collide in a long-awaited grudge match. Unfortunately, this massive fight will not occur in the UK. Instead, it will go down\u00a0at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. 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