British slugger Paul Daley's Bellator MMA career currently reads one gain and a great deal of legal red tape. The former UFC and Strikeforce opponent signed a offer with Bellator in 2012 and came storming out of the gates with a knockout win in his first bout against Rudy Bears later that year. It was then declared that Daley could meet fellow former UFC fighter War Machine in the first ever round for Bellator airing on Spike TV in January 2013.A That was until a entanglement in Daley's home country of England kept him from acquiring a travel visa to get into the Usa. Daley was charged in a assault case in England, and while the case remains pending, he can't get a journey visa to return to the Usa. Today, five weeks after their debut was made by Bellator on Spike TV, Daley has continued to fight international but can't get entry in to the United States, and there is no sign of his get back any time soon. "I speak to Paul via mail like once per week and we have had several conversations with a solicitor (lawyer in England), and we've had a number of conversations with his solicitor in the U.K. Henry cannot get into the United States right now," Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney told MMA's Great Debate Radio.A "The United States won't accept his charge because of the charges pending against him. "So, at this time the answer is no (he'll perhaps not be in Bellator in 2013). God eager that changes.A Hopefully he gets over that problem and hopefully we get Paul in here, but right now he's still in a where the charges are pending.A He is still in the situation where he may need to go to trial on those charges so right now we are in a holding pattern." Bellator has permitted Daley to fight in several events already, including his make an impression on Patrick Vallee in late February in Ireland. Daley's next visit to the cage will be this Friday, when he heads to Dubai Fighting Championships to handle Rodrigo Ribeiro in the night's main function. From then on it is unclear what Daley's next shift will be, but it seems his come back to Bellator will stay static in murky waters until his legal situation in the home in England is fixed once and for several. Damon Martin is just a Featured Columnist for Bleacher Report and all quotes were obtained firsthand unless otherwise noted.
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