I remmember the days when so many were swinging from his nut sack and taliking about him getting a title shot and thought the sun was shined from his backside, then he lost to Swick, and the rats quite rapidly left the sinking ship.

I always hated him and said he was one-dimensional long before the Swick fight. Everyone was saying I was wrong and that he was one or two fights from a title shot. Now he is one or two fights from getting a pink slip and I LOVE IT.

I’ve never been a big fan of M Davis, but I really am starting to like this Hardy kid, cocky to get the fight hype and humble in victory. Smart Kid.

hazelett might be to much but it would make him focus a lot on sub defence and even though he might get subbed at least he will of improved his all around game

if you look at his losses half of them have been by sub and he didnt look to clever in the davis match… he left his neck out there several times and almost got caught in an armbar it is definitely an area he needs to improve

Dana’ll feed him a diet of cans for the next year or so, try and build him up as the next British posterboy, just like he did with Bizzzzzbing. The same thing’ll happen though, as soon as he fights anyone top 10 he’ll lose! He just aint good enough!

You want Hardy to fight Serra? Seriously? Serra would beat Hardy ANYWHERE HE WANTS! Standing up, Serra knocks him out. On the ground, Serra submits him. Hardy doesn’t have close to a complete enough game to fight Serra.

I think Lytle (if he beats Burns) would be interesting. Condit or Johnson would be too much for him in my opinion. The Barn Cat is booked already, but that would have been an interesting matchup due to their different styles. My guess though is that it will be someone making their UFC debut so that Hardy will be 4-0 in the UFC after the fight and they can continue to build him up and hype him to the Euro fans.

okay i’ve just red the two comments above this 1

attackdog:
hardy has beaten gono and davis who are two very solid opponents although outside the top 10 why would they give him a backwards step?

and comparing his opponents to bispings is very unfair

in hardy’s first 3 fights in the ufc he has faced gono, markham and davis in bispings first 3 fights he faced haynes, schafer and sinosic

haynes is now a WW who is no where near the top 20

schafer is a can who hasnt won 1 good opponent and sinosic is the king of cans who’s only good win is against horn

there is a big difference between the way bisping was treated and the way hardy is treated now…. hardy has not been the favourite in his first 3 fights while bisping has been the heavy favourite in his first 3 fights

youvegotgold:

what are you talking about? hardy has better reach and boxing than serra and why would i not want these to fight??? it will be a great fight + now is the time to set it up because hardy couldnt get this fight if serra won his last fight but he might be able to get it now because serra is coming off a loss

Hardy may have better “pure” boxing than Serra and a longer reach, but just about everyone Serra fights will have longer reach, he’s 5’6" for Christs sake. Serra however has a major power advantage and would be able to take Hardy down at will. I mean, Davis was able to take Hardy down pretty easily and he doesn’t have near the grappling background of Serra; not to mention the fact that Serra was able to take down Hughes. If Hardy wants his first loss, sure, put him up against Serra, but I think he’s better suited to fight Saunders or Matt Brown.

Good post gold! Dana aint gonna risk him against anyone close to top 10, he wants to hype him up so he can headline UK cards with him and avoid bringing over any of his big stars!

Youvegotgold needs some common sense. Some of the crap I just read from you has given me a headache. Seriously really, really stupid stuff.

youvegotgold you have just said yourself hardy has better boxing than serra but in your previous post you stated serra could beat him anywhere i believe hardy would win on the feet he has quicker hands decent power a good thai clinch and good boxing skills

serra has better power and …. oh wait thats it for the standing game

Serra needs to move down to 155. Ever see him in person? He is a little little man

Jay: Defend your assertion that I need some common sense. What have I said that doesn’t show common sense? Get off Hardy’s nuts.

UFCaddict: Having better pure boxing does not equate to having better stand-up. Serra mixes his combinations up well and his power gives him a much a shot to knock out anyone in the WW division.

BOW: Serra would definitely be a force if he decided to drop to 155, but it would be a hard drop. You saw how he looked in his fight against Hughes at 170, he would have to lose muscle to fight at 155. If you look at who Serra has fought and how he’s performed, why does he “need to” move down?

I just can’t see him making a run for the title @ 170, but @ 155 he would be top 5 in that class. I hear what your saying about having to lose muscle to drop, but that’s fine. He doesnt need as much stength anyway @ 155. He never even would have gotten a shot @ Gsp if it werent for winning tuf.

OMG! STOP with this Matt Serra nonsense. Matt Serra has ZERO finishing abilities. Hardy would beat the snot out of Serra. “Serra has a power advantage”. How?? He has NEVER had a KO victory. Hardy would pwn him in the stand up. He might get Hardy to the mat, but he wouldn’t be able to hold him down. Serra is best off his back, and Hardy would know better than to stray into Serra’s guard.

Honestly, if they fought, I can see Hardy finishing Serra by strikes before the 3rd round.

I think Hardy will probably be given a new guy for his first fight, then possibly AJ (who I’d LOVE to see get beat) and maybe Kos or Fitch by then.

He Ko’d GSP. Hello????

No, he did not KO GSP. Did you even watch the fight? It was counted as a TKO, but GSP rolling into Big John and tapped to strikes.

Honesty comes with its problems tho. I like that he said Swick deserves a bigger fight however I don’t like how he doesn’t say he believes he could be Swick or that he’d like that fight. Its like he’s trying to avoid Swick and rub some cream on his balls or something, man up and tell the man you’d take that fight although i’d be a lose lose for Swick. Hardy won me over as a fan by beating Davis, but don’t stop the train now. I only want to see name brand opponents now that Hardy has passed the Davis welterweight gate.

you couldn’t be more right

Swick vs Hazelette needs to happen!!

I prefeer Swick vs Dustin Hazelette

Swick vs. Kampman would be a good fight……but definitely IS NOT a #1 contender type match up. Either of these guys would need to win this hypothethical matchup, and then would need another win vs a legit top 5 fighter in the division.

I’m w/ you on Kos. He just lost to a nobody IMO. He needs to climb the ladder again. I think Kampmann, and Fitch are probably the most deserving w/ Swick needing one more big win to get a shot. If/When GSP beats Alves, it’s going to be a while before anyone can give him a run for his money.