MMA fans can only hope that the upcoming fight between Paul Daley and Josh Kosheck at UFC 113 this Saturday can live up to the hype they’ve built. Promoting a bout by trading verbal barbs is nothing new, but these two have made it an art form. Usually, great quotes are few and far between, most fighters simply don’t spend that much time on it; however, it seems that both Daley and Kosheck take their trash talking as seriously as their training.

As final adjustments are being made to his game plan, Daley had one more thing to say about his outspoken opponent:

“Koscheck has come out with a statement he’s gonna now take me down and choke me out, as if that wasn’t his plan from the moment he signed the contract. Of course he wants to take me down as soon as he possibly can. That’s his strength, that’s what he thinks is my weakness, so unless the bleach has gone to his brain, that’s what he’s gonna do. Even when he was saying he was standing with me and all that, I was hearing it and thinking ‘Of course you are… riiiiiiight!’ It kind of annoys me that people keep asking me if my takedown defense has improved since fighting Jake Shields two years ago. Of course it has. I lost a fight, so of course I want to improve; I always want to get better. On the night against Shields I was pretty bad; I don’t even like talking about it. That wasn’t really me at my best, and I am still mad about it, but I moved on and I’ve worked hard to improve. On Saturday, all I am going for is another win. I will leave the Octagon with another KO win under my belt, and Kos will leave with his teeth in a bag.”

With three days left, it won’t be surprising if Kosheck has a rebuttal.

(Source: MMA Mania)