Dan Hardy
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Hardy in 2010
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| Born |
17 May 1982 Nottingham, England |
| Other names | The Outlaw |
| Residence | Nottingham, England |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st) |
| Division | Welterweight |
| Reach | 74.0 in (188 cm) |
| Style | Taekwondo, Wushu, Muay Thai, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, submission wrestling, Boxing |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Fighting out of | Nottingham, England |
| Team | Xtreme Couture/Drysdale Jiu-Jitsu |
| Rank |
Black belt in Taekwondo Brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Years active | 2004–2012 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 36 |
| Wins | 25 |
| By knockout | 12 |
| By submission | 4 |
| By decision | 9 |
| Losses | 10 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By submission | 4 |
| By decision | 4 |
| By disqualification | 1 |
| No contests | 1 |
| Other information | |
| University | Nottingham Trent University |
| Website | http://www.danhardymma.co.uk/ |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Daniel Mark "Dan" Hardy (born 17 May 1982) is an English former mixed martial artist who fought in the welterweight division. During his professional MMA career starting in 2004, Hardy fought in various promotions such as Cage Force and Cage Warriors before signing a contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship in 2008. He is currently a UFC Analyst for fights.
Dan Hardy was born in Nottingham, England, where he began martial arts training at the age of 5. Hardy's initial education was in Taekwondo, and he later began competing at the age of 7. He started practicing other martial arts as a teenager which included Karate, Jujutsu, Judo and eventually wushu in which he also traveled to China to train with Shaolin monks for several months. After that he decided to finish college and began Muay Thai and Boxing at the age of 19. He then moved to Mixed martial arts a year later. His nickname, "The Outlaw", comes from the screen name he used online when he was looking for training partners after a disagreement with a coach leading to his former training partners being forbidden to work with him.
Hardy defeated Akihiro Gono via split decision in his UFC debut at UFC 89. Gono was left swollen and bloody by several of Hardy's left hooks. Gono rocked Hardy on several occasions. In the third round, Gono pushed Hardy to the canvas and while there, landed an illegal knee to the head of the downed fighter causing the fight to be stopped for a lengthy period and a point deduction for Gono. Hardy recovered and went on to win the split decision. The judges saw the bout 29–28 (twice) for Hardy and 29–28 for Gono.
Hardy knocked out Rory Markham at 1:09 of the first round with a clean counter left hook on 21 February 2009 at UFC 95. A follow-up shot on the mat brought in Kevin Mulhall to stop the fight. In his post-fight interview, Hardy retorted to Markham's pre-fight accusation that he had weak hands by exclaiming to the ecstatic crowd, "No punching power? What do you have to say about that?"
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