Ludwig-Daley Added to June 22 PPV Card
Strikeforce on Monday officially announced a welterweight bout
featuring Duane "Bang"
Ludwig (Pictures) and Paul "Semtex" Daley (Pictures) for June 22 in at the HP Pavilion
in San Jose, Calif.
Headlined by a middleweight main event featuring Frank Shamrock (Pictures) and Phil Baroni (Pictures), the co-promotion between Strikeforce and EliteXC will offer six live fights on the SHOWTIME-produced pay-per-view. If time remains, it's expected that Ludwig-Daley will be broadcast.
"I have a great chin," the Cage Rage British welterweight champion Daley said in a prepared statement. "I've been pressed in fights to the point where other guys would've been knocked out, but I've been able to keep my composure and recover. Duane has fast hands and he has knockout power, but I don't think he's displayed a good chin in some of his fights where he's been hit and taken out -- both in kickboxing and MMA. So, I think I have that up on him."
"It will be a tough fight for sure," said the 28-year-old Ludwig. "Both of us bring an action-packed fighting style to the cage so we match up in the crowd's favor. It will probably be the fight of the night."
Headlined by a middleweight main event featuring Frank Shamrock (Pictures) and Phil Baroni (Pictures), the co-promotion between Strikeforce and EliteXC will offer six live fights on the SHOWTIME-produced pay-per-view. If time remains, it's expected that Ludwig-Daley will be broadcast.
"I have a great chin," the Cage Rage British welterweight champion Daley said in a prepared statement. "I've been pressed in fights to the point where other guys would've been knocked out, but I've been able to keep my composure and recover. Duane has fast hands and he has knockout power, but I don't think he's displayed a good chin in some of his fights where he's been hit and taken out -- both in kickboxing and MMA. So, I think I have that up on him."
"It will be a tough fight for sure," said the 28-year-old Ludwig. "Both of us bring an action-packed fighting style to the cage so we match up in the crowd's favor. It will probably be the fight of the night."
