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White: Koscheck-Daley Winner Gets GSP

Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com


A crack at welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre will be at stake when Josh Koscheck meets Paul Daley at UFC 113 “Machida vs. Shogun 2” this Saturday at the Bell Centre in Montreal. UFC President Dana White on Thursday announced the winner of the featured grudge match will earn a coveted title shot.

Koscheck, a perennial contender at 170 pounds, has won consecutive fights since his surprising technical knockout loss to Paulo Thiago in early 2009. The 32-year-old American Kickboxing Academy product last appeared in November, when he submitted Anthony Johnson with a rear-naked choke at UFC 106. A semi-finalist on Season 1 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” Koscheck was a Div. I national champion and four-time All-American wrestler at Edinboro University. The Waynesburg, Pa., native holds wins against former UFC middleweight champion Dave Menne, one-time Icon Sport titleholder Frank Trigg and “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 1 winner Diego Sanchez.

Based at Team Rough House in Nottingham, England, Daley has emerged as one of the most feared stand-up fighters in the welterweight division. The 27-year-old has finished his last four opponents inside one round, including Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Dustin Hazelett, whom he flattened in 2:24 at UFC 108 in January. A former Cage Rage and FX3 champion, Daley has delivered 18 of his 23 career victories by knockout or TKO and has gone the distance only once in his past 13 appearances.

The winner will take on St. Pierre, who has looked all but invincible since he recaptured the welterweight crown against Matt Serra at UFC 83 two years ago. St. .Pierre has won seven consecutive fights. The 28-year-old last fought in March, when he dominated Dan Hardy en route to a unanimous decision in the UFC 111 headliner.
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