Bellator 247 ‘Daley vs Anderson’ Q&A

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Fighters are scheduled to start chatting today at 1:30 p.m. ET from inside Allianz Cloud in Milan, Italy.

Bellator 247: “Daley vs. Anderson” takes place Thurs. Oct. 1, 2020 at Allianz Cloud in Milan, Italy. A Welterweight fire fight leads the action on CBS Sports Network as Paul “Semtex” Daley (42-17-2) will face “Barbaric” Derek Anderson (16-3, 1 NC) in the main event.

The fighters are scheduled to participate in what the promotion is calling a “Virtual Media Day” this afternoon (Weds., Sept. 30, 2020), starting at 9:00 a.m. ET. Expected participants include:

Derek Anderson (9:00 a.m.) – Bellator Welterweight
Norbert Novenyi Jr. (9:15 a.m.) – Bellator Middleweight
Kate Jackson (9:30 a.m.) – Bellator Flyweight
Brian Moore (9:45 a.m.) – Bellator Featherweight
Chris Duncan (10:00 a.m.) – Bellator Lightweight
Denise Kielholtz (10:15 a.m.) – Bellator Flyweight
Paul Daley (10:30 a.m.) – Bellator Welterweight

Selected news and memorable quotes from the participants will be available below.

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Derek Anderson: “Fighting Welterweight is pretty sweet because I only cut a few pounds. I’m taller than him. I’m pretty good at taking shots, ducking shots. I train with big guys. I feel good. I’ve been running my ass off, on the treadmill and stuff. I get to have a little fruit. Lightweight’s rough man. Guys do it for my size but I’m definitely tall so there’s not much for me to lose.”

Anderson: “I’ve been here but I never got to fight here. I came to London, I was matched up with MVP, they brought me out here for a press conference and there wasn’t a virus so I got to run around and stuff. Now I get to say I’ve been to Italy.”

Anderson: “I definitely could have made Lightweight. I was about to tell Rich the matchmaker that ‘Yeah I want something like three months out, a top Lightweight.’ And then they just offered me this fight on three weeks notice so I was like ‘Yeah that sounds good. Let’s do that.’ I used to be able to eat so much when I was younger but now it’s a little bit tougher. I walk around about 180 now. I just want big fights. Wherever I can get a title soon and then I’ll move on from there.”

Norbert Novenyi Jr.: “I can’t wait. I’ve put so much work into it. I haven’t fought in a year. The last few months since lockdown I’ve been putting mad work in. Now I can’t wait to showcase my skills.”

Novenyi: “I think there’s always a pressure whether you’ve got a loss or you’re unbeaten. It just motivates me to train harder and work harder so I can keep that 0.”

Novenyi: “I just want to show people my skills. I’m not underrated because I get to fight co-main event, but I feel people still don’t understand the level I’m on. Look at what Will Fleury just did and look what I did with him. I think that shows my level.”

Novenyi: “You always have to learn. This is mixed martial arts and that’s why it is so beautiful. I feel like it’s the meaning of life to learn, to be a better man better fighter whatever you want to be you have to learn. I’m just excited to learn new stuff in life and in fighting.”

Kate Jackson: “I’m really excited for the opportunity because I wasn’t sure anything was going to happen in Europe this year. I’ve been working on improving my game. The UK lockdown was a little bit inconvenient there but I have a small group of training partners so I’ve still been able to train.”

Jackson: “Going the distance for me (with Macfarlane) was a big deal because I hadn’t gone a five round fight before. Holding up mentally, fighting in front of her home crowd, being the other wise of the world, all of that — it didn’t really phase me.”

Jackson: “Perhaps I should have tried harder with takedowns but it’s really hard to second guess fights. She was just that much better than me.”

Jackson: “Obviously she (Kielholtz) has a much better striking background, but yeah realistically I would hope that my ground game is better than hers.”

Jackson: “In hindsight five weeks off isn’t a big deal in the grand scheme of things but not knowing how long it would be is difficult. I don’t take time off.”

Jackson: “Denise is good, she’s got a solid game, but I’d like to hope I have a bit more experience there. Obviously she’s got a very extensive kickboxing background, she’s not a stranger to competing at a high level, but in MMA I’m definitely more experienced.”

Jackson: “I came in here having a lot of fights on the regional scene, and with Bellator it’s great to have this platform and the ability to fight good opponents, and that they have a pool of opponents they can match me with. I spent a lot of time desperately trying to find UK and European opponents when there weren’t many around.”

Brian Moore: “This has been a long time coming and the improvements I’ve made in 18 months are insane. I can’t wait to show it. It’s a big deal both at home and in the states. It will be the first fight on CBS Sports and to my Irish fans to see me fight live will be a big deal. This fight will be a statement fight and I’m glad more people will get to see it.”

Moore: “I’ve been working on everything as I always do. I built my own gym, so I’ve been able to do even more hours. I have the balls to step up to high level opponents on short notice and other guys don’t.”

Moore: “I had so many different opponents and opponent changes that I just said fuck it, I’m focusing on me.”

Moore: “I have asked myself these questions too but I’m a fighter. I’m meant to fight whenever. Any of these guys when I’ve been given a camp I’ve destroyed these guys. I can keep going in my career with the anywhere, any time attitude and I think eventually it will bring me a belt.”

Chris Duncan: “

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