Mike Swick: Dan Hardy will have panic attacks -- not super powers at UFC 105

IF hardy wins this will you guys consider him a deserving contender, i know he has very little chance against gsp but theres really no one else, i think he can win this 1, i’m going with hardy by UD

Hardy upset? i think so. I’ll break it down later. my boss is comin.

Hardy will win this fight. Its going to take a superior wrestler to beat Hardy something Swick clearly isnt!
What I like about Hardy is that he is improving with every fight. The kid is a gamer who rises to the occasion. I like this Brit a lot, and I really think he will upset swick! It wont even be that big of a fight in my eyes cause swick hasnt beaten anyone worth a damn. Ony top fighter he has ever fought was Okami who dominated swick. Who has Swick beaten in 9 UC fights that I am supposed to be impressed about? Burkman?

Agree johnG. Hardy should be the favorite going into this fight. Way more power than Swick. Swick looks like a crack head at 170. Way too skinny and his punches won’t hurt Hardy at all. Brit or not I really like this guy too.

not to mention the win over burkman was a majority decision. for once your actually saying a good post and i agree that hardy will own swick standing.

I hope Hardy wins but he looks to small to me, but at least Dana will have another brit to replace to push on the UK, if hardy wins I wonder if they will have his fight vs. GSP in the U.K. dawm I think things might be working out for dana he has Hardy for another UK match then he has Valasquez for the april show in Mexico, and if Brandon Verra manages to beat Randy he might try to go to the Philipines

Hardy is not top ten and beating Swick would not make him a worthy contender for the belt. I’d rather see a rematch with Fitch than Hardy. Swick will beat him anyways. GSP is supposed to fight next in Australia.

GSP’s doing the Fight Club Q&A for 105 so I wouldn’t be surprised if he challenged the winner in the cage at the end. GSP-Hardy will happen in the UK if Andy-Bisping was set to, I’m still gutted about how that one turned out.

Swick will probabaly win, he’s a better wrestler than Hardy and trains with better wrestlers plus he’s got quicker handspeed. Hardy has the power edge and working with Roach will help his boxing technique but I think Swick will be too much for him, as he’s the better all round fighter. Winner gets killed by GSP either in Dallas or Nottingham.

i dont know who to root for i like swick with his fast hands and submissions he may be the best out of kos and fitch also.Hardy has guts is british(im Scottish)but i think swick will take him unfortunatly. I hope if hardy does indeed loss he has a good showing i think swick is a bridge 2 far just now.

David, the Andy-Bisping thing was never going to happen in the first place. When people went into an uproar about Bisping getting a title shot Dana would have found a way out of it. GSP will never fight in the UK, ever. Swick may be a better wrestler than Hardy but that doesn’t mean he is any good. Hardy takes this fight with the huge power advantage. Swick is a nice guy, but his list of cans is ridiculous and he needs to start fighting top guys or quit being in the last three fights on the nights he fights.

Hardy’s proven that he’s a solid fighter, but Swick is also very well rounded, and crazy fast. “Quick” one might even say. Too close to call with confidence, but I’m leaning toward Mike right now. Regardless, this has all the makings of a great fight.

Jay… “Brit or not I really like this guy”

Hey, why the anti UK? We’re all not like Bisping!!!

The UFC’s plan is to never allow a top 5 guy a shot at the belt… so yes according to thier plan the winner of this fight ‘deserves’ a title shot (we’ll just forget the fact that Alves or Fitch would destroy either of these fighters)

Dude he hasn’t fought anyone who could challenge him. I think Hardy can take this fight but its ridiculous to think that this is a hard challenge for Swick either. Swick is a top five guy but he hasn’t fought anyone in the top five or really even the top ten.

doubt GSP will take such a big ppv revenue paycut by defending his title iin the UK. only way that will happen is if the UFC financially compensates him for the money he will lose in ppv revenue by fighting overseas…knowing how cheap the UFC is…I dont see any titles being defended in the UK any time soon. Sorry Brits!

I tried to tell people that months ago. The reason UK cards usually suck as well as UFN’s. The money goes way down for the fighters. No PPV shares make all the top guys stay away. GSP won’t be fighting in UK any time soon. The fight will be in Canada or Vegas.

i can only hope the gsp fight is in vancouver..that would make my year..
but they gotta pull their head outta their asses and legalize mma fights first..fingers crossed!!

I agree w/ john and jay. GSP won’t take the fight in England. I really hope that fight doesn’t even happen in the near future. Hardy is tough, but he’s not ready for GSP. He’ll get GnP’d to a pulp.

John, the UFC should compensate fighters for competing in the UK, as they have to travel further and lose out on PPV money. I wouldn’t be surprised if they made the next UK show a PPV anyway and after promising Andy-Bisping in Manchester if the Count beat Hendo (we all know how badly he failed) then I wouldn’t be surprised if they announce GSP-Hardy in Nottingham or London if he wins, whether it happens is a different matter. Unfortunately I think that the UFC will keep giving us substandard cards for Spike TV, as they sold out the MEN in record time for a crap card like this (only fights originally announced were Bisping-Kang and Hardy-Kim, far from marquee fights).

I like that this thread is getting the attention it deserves. Good job guys. And I have to doubt GSP in UK as well. Vancouver for july 2010 sounds right to me.

Sawn, I think it was him down below that said GSP needs to move up to mw? Tho I don’t agree as I feel its not his job to do anything other than fight where he is @ his best size & performance wise & its dana’s job to find him more fights not gsp’s. But I do appreciate that u didn’t jump on here & blurt out that he has to fight Anderson blah blah.

Anderson didn’t move to 205 & fight rampage while holding the belt, or lyoto. Their smart champs for a reason. & whether GSP moves up or not, I’m sure he’s smart enough to follow the same path.

David, when the fights are in England it is on free tv here. The fighters don’t get a PPV cut because there is no PPV. That is why UK gets stuck with PPV’s that look like UFN’s. There isn’t a giant amount of money being made on the fights held in UK. No one with a contract that pays PPV shares is ever coming to UK.

And I suppose Hardy has demonstrated all of these disciplines in spades? Tell me, how many subs does he have on his resume? How many sweet Sambo rolls has he pulled off during fights?

LJ, don’t speak ill of Cote. Joking around is cool but never speak poorly of Patrick.

Seriously, LJ. He gets that enough as it is.