Paul Daley out Peter Irving Steps in

We at UCMMA are absolutely gutted and hate to release bad news, Paul Daley will no longer be headlining our event in February due to fighting at Strikeforce in March. All of our contracts state that, if the UFC or Strikeforce promotions want to book a fighter for their event, then they will be released from their contract and allowed to do so. Paul Daley was already contract to Strikeforce and it was them allowing us to have him on our event.

He was actually due to fight for Cage Rage UK in December, but before we could release the information, Luke Sines had to withdraw with Bronchitis. So it was rescheduled for February.

Both parties were looking forward to the scrap but then Strikeforce announced on Saturday night that Paul would be fighting Kazuo Misaki.

Paul is still very much looking forward to fighting Sines at a later date. Sines, who is bitterly disappointed, is now asking for a replacement of the highest calibre.

Taking the place of Semtex at UCMMA 26 which is just under 4 weeks away is K1 Veteran Peter Irving.

Irving took John Maguire through a 3 round war at UCMMA 23 back in September but lost via decision. Irving who is best known for his stand up abilities took the fight with no hesitation.

Both fighters have agreed to fight at 77KG now for the Welterweight K1 Title which Sines currently holds. This is a fight not to be missed as both fighters are looking to leave everything in the cage, UCMAM 26, February 4^th.