Douglas Lima Douglas Lima (26-5 MMA, 8-1 BMMA) might be fighting Bellator Season 10 tourney winner Andrey Koreshkov (17-1 MMA, 8-1 BMMA), but he’s gunning for another opponent. The Bellator welterweight champ, who tonight attempts the first defense of his title, took a serious shot at veteran standout Paul Daley (35-13-2 MMA, 1-0 BMMA), whom he was scheduled to face at Bellator 134 before a knee injury forced him to withdraw. Lima claims Daley refused to fight him, leading to a matchup with Koreshkov. “I was supposed to fight Paul Daley next, but after he faced Andre Santos, he said his timing was off and he needed more experience before facing me,” Lima told MMAjunkie. “So he didn’t want to face me
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Bellator champ Lima: After Koreshkov, I’m going after ‘trash-talking coward’ Daley – MMA Junkie