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Nick Name: The Outlaw
Record: 23 – 7 (win – loss) 1 No Contest
City, Country: Nottingham, England
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Height: 6’0″
Weight: 170 lbs
Team: Team Rough House
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Dan “The Outlaw” Hardy started training at the age of six in Taekwondo. He progressed through to black belt and then started training in different styles and in 2002 he travelled to China to train with the Shaolin monks. He began to cross-train in several styles of martial arts after the realizing the importance of grappling skills in MMA. Since then he has held the Cage Warriors Welterweight World Title and is the current Light-Welterweight Champion and also the UK Storm British Champion. He has fought professionally in America, Europe and Japan. Hardy signed a contract with the UFC in 2008. Shortly after, he made his UFC debut at UFC 89, defeating Akihiro Gono via Split Decision. He then went on to beat Rory Markham at UFC 95 in the first round by KO with a clean counter left hook. His split decision win over Marcus Davis at UFC 99 gave this rising star what he needed to start breaking through the Top 10 fighters in the welterweight division. Hardy trains out of the Rough House Gym alongside Paul Daley, Andre Winner and Dean Amasinger. Hardy also spends a lot of time training at 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu (under Eddie Bravo), Xtreme Couture, and the Wildcard Boxing Gym. In his spare time, Hardy enjoys classical cars, hardcore and punk music, and video games. |
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Result
Loss Win Win Win Win Win Win Win Loss Win Win Win Win Win Loss Loss Win Win NC Win Win Win Win Loss Win Win Win Loss Win Win Loss |
Opponent
Georges St. Pierre Mike Swick Marcus Davis Rory Markham Akihirio Gono Daniel Weichel Chad Reiner Manuel Garcia Yoshiyuki Yoshida Hidetaka Monma Daizo Ishige Willy Ni Alexandre Izidro Danny Rushton David Baron Forrest Petz Diego Gonzalez Matt Thorpe Diego Gonzalez Sami Berik Lautaro Arborelo Alexandre Izidro Stuart Barrs David Baron Andy Walker Lee Doski Aaron Barrow Pat Healy Andy Melia Paul Jenkins Lee Doski |
Method
Decision Decision Decision KO Decision TKO TKO Submission DQ TKO Decision Submission TKO TKO Decision Decision TKO Decision NC Decision TKO Decision TKO Submission TKO Submission KO Submission Submission Decision Submission |
Event
UFC 111 UFC 105 UFC 99 UFC 95 UFC 89 Ultimate Force Cage Warriors Cage Warriors Cage Force Cage Force Cage Force EX Cage Warriors Cage Warriors Cage Warriors 2H2H Fight Fest 2 Cage Warriors Cage Warriors Cage Warriors Cage Warriors Cage Warriors KOTC UK – Storm Cage Warriors Cage Warriors Fight Club UK 1 Cage Warriors AFC 10 Cage Warriors FCFN 2 Extreme Brawl 7 |
Date
03:27:2010 11:14:2009 02:21:2009 10:18:2008 04:03:2008 04:19:2008 12:08:2007 12:01:2007 09:08:2007 05:27:2007 04:28:2007 12:09:2006 09:16:2006 06:18:2006 04:14:2006 03:25:2006 11:26:2005 10:01:2005 09:17:2005 07:16:2005 06:24:2005 06:18:2005 05:21:2005 04:08:2005 01:29:2005 12:18:2004 10:30:2004 09:18:2004 08:14:2004 06:06:2004 |
Round
3 3 3 1 3 2 3 1 2 3 3 2 3 1 2 5 3 5 2 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 2 |
