With two fights remaining on his Bellator MMA contract, Paul Daley is figuring out what his future still holds in MMA.

Paul Daley has been very vocal as of late regarding his current place in Bellator MMA as he prepares for the second to last fight on his contract this weekend.

A professional veteran of MMA, about to compete in his 58th fight this weekend, Daley has been frustrated when it comes to his position in the organization. Coming off of his most recent bout, a second-round knockout of Lorenz Larkin at Bellator 183, Daley doesn’t feel like he has been given the respect that he deserves from the organization.

“I’m pretty much sick of MMA and sick of the treatment from Bellator,” Daley told FanSided MMA. “I don’t know who they think I am but I’m very different than how I portray myself. I’m already one step ahead of these guys. They can do what they will and I will do what I am contracted to do, which is just fight and we’ll see what happens.”

One of the biggest fights Bellator could make is a fight between Daley and fellow English welterweight Michael Page, a man he has struck up quite a rivalry with. “MVP” is scheduled to face David Rickels, a fighter who has spent most of his Bellator career as a lightweight, at Bellator 200 later on this month. Daley knows how big the fight would be with Page and would welcome it with open arms — as long as the timing, and the terms, are up to par.

“I’ll fight Michael Page if the deal is right,” Daley told FanSided MMA. “It’s probably going to be the last fight of my contract. I’ve never said I wasn’t going to fight him, it was just about the timing of the fight. And obviously, this is the kind of thing they are building towards with these fights (Bellator) has put together; me against a big, 170-pound wrestler and Page against a small, 155-pound Rickels. You see what they want to happen.

“It’s my job on May 12 to stop that from happening. When I do that, when I shut Jon Fitch down and switch him from consciousness, the ball is in my court on whether the MVP fight happens, or if I choose to go a different route.”

Daley has competed for various organizations throughout his exciting career, such as the UFC, Strikeforce, Elite XC, BAMMA, Cage Warriors and now Bellator. He has shared the cage with the likes of current champions Tyron Woodley and Rory MacDonald as well as former champs in Nick Diaz and Jake Shields. When the 35-year-old entered the sport in 2003, he had a vision of how his career would go.

With two fights remaining on his Bellator contract, and a future that is unknown, Daley ponders his future, while wondering if his initial thoughts on his career should’ve gone in a different direction.

“I sound a little bit like Kanye West, maybe the universe had a different plan for me all along.”

“I haven’t done lots, but maybe that’s because the timing hasn’t been on my side,” said Daley. “I set out to be the champion of these big organizations and I haven’t gotten there yet. I’ve been champion in lesser European promotions, but I haven’t been a champion in the big promotions yet. I’m still fighting and people love to see me fight.

“If I could be a champion and then be forgotten about, and move on with just my belt tomorrow, or if I could do what I’m doing — fans still love to see me fight, even after 15 years, main eventing, co-main eventing, doing these interviews — what would I choose? I would choose to do what I’m still doing now; still fighting, still being loved, still be admired, people are still turning out to watch me fight, still being ‘Semtex’.”

Whatever the future holds for Daley, whether he gets another shot at the UFC, becomes a traveling free agent, going back to kickboxing full-time, or moving on with another form of employment, his story continues this weekend when he takes on Jon Fitch. It’s a fight that gets him excited, even after 15 years of completion. Paul Daley: the man who puts on exciting fights for the fans sounds like a perfect moniker moving forward.

“I wouldn’t want to be that guy holding the belt,” Daley explained. “I haven’t achieved what I set out to be, but maybe this was always my destiny. I sound a little bit like Kanye West, maybe the universe had a different plan for me, had a different plan for me all along. I’m happy with it, it is what it is. I’m just happy fighting. I’m happy that people come up to me, saying ‘You’re Semtex’, people who weren’t even born when I started fighting. Had I been champion, I may have been just sitting home and they wouldn’t even know who I am.

“I could be home polishing my UFC belt and people wouldn’t give a s–t, but they do. I’m still on all of these social media things going viral with my knockouts — flying knees, spinning elbows — and I’d pick that any day over having the belt.”

“Semtex” will take on Jon Fitch this Saturday night in the co-main event of Bellator 199. The event takes place at the SAP Center in San Jose, California and will air on Paramount Network.