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Paul Daley Knocks Out Scott Smith in Strikeforce Debut




o Michael David Smith

1:45:07PM (ET) Sunday,December 5,2010.

Paul Daley knocks out Scott Smith at Henderson vs. Babalu 2.With a vicious punch in the first round, Paul Daley knocked Scott Smith cold on Saturday night's Strikeforce card.

There wasn't anything fancy about this fight. They stood in front of each other and threw punches, and within the first minute there was the first knockdown, with Daley hitting Smith hard and sending him flying against the fence. As he so often does, Smith recovered quickly, however, and got back to his feet.

But it wasn't long before Daley landed an absolutely brutal left hook to Smith's head, putting Smith face-first on the canvas and unconscious.



Smith did get back up and walk out of the cage afterward, and he appeared to be OK. But that knockout loss was brutal.

For Daley, who was fired by the UFC after taking a sucker punch at Josh Koscheck following his loss to Koscheck this year, it was an emphatic return to the national stage. It was also one of the best wins of his pro MMA career, improving his record to 26-9-2.

Daley's win was the most impressive highlight of a very impressive night for Strikeforce, which put on an exciting, hard-hitting show on Showtime. In the main event, Strikeforce's big free agent acquisition from early this year, Dan Henderson, earned a very big win with an impressive knockout of Renato "Babalu" Sobral. Although Henderson's knockout wasn't quite the highlight-reel explosiveness that Daley provided, it was a great showing for Henderson, who bounced back nicely from his April loss to Jake Shields.

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* Big event for Showtime. *

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