....because he's gonna be fighting on BAMMA 5 in Manchester, England. http://www.yourmma.tv/news/details.asp/id/1488/bamma-5-card-expected-today-daley-mcsweeney.htm Right call by the UFC imo. His opponent is to be revealed today.
Never looked like a legit quality kickboxer to me, look at what happened when he faced mid level opposition in K1... [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFIWvH2aMhQ[/ame] The same aweful defence we've seen in MMA.
McSweeney is no UFC calibre fighter. TUF is great but the UFC lump themself with too many fighters who aren't elite but they will sell as one of the very best i.e. Schaub, Nelson etc McSweeney will do better for us on the domestic circuit with BAMMA. He'll help bring more interest to MMA.
He's gonna fight Ricco Rodriguez: http://www.yourmma.tv/news/details.asp/id/1489/bamma-5-fight-card-mcsweeney-meets-rodriguez.htm
watch any Mcsweeny fight and you can just tell in his mind hes thinking "your on another level mate, this guy's got nothing for ya! your a caged animal!". this thought process quickly changes after round 1 though.
McSweeney looked really good in the first round of his last fight before gassing hard. He is a domestic level fighter so BAMMA is where he belongs really.