"I don't know...it's difficult. It's difficult to judge sometimes between a guy who is trying to finish the fight and one who is out there simply to please the judges. In the fight with GSP it felt like I was under pressure for the entire 25 minutes. It was clear that GSP didn't want to stand and kickbox and that's fair enough. That is his prerogative and that's why he is the champion.Not only is he very good at what he does but he also knows how to win fights. I can't take anything away from him for that but at the same time it is not the way I would choose to fight.
"Then again I can't wrestle for s--- and I'm not a blackbelt. That is partly the reason I suppose. I know I have a good left hook and I rely on that most of the time."
" Some think that I'm just a loudmouth that likes to throw punches but I've been studying martial arts constantly for 22 years. It's something that I have dedicated my life to and there is no doubt that I would like to continue to do it for the rest of my life as well. The red mohawk and tattoos might be a little misleading but it is part of the reason I have gone back to working the gi...just to get back to being a martial artist."
explodingboy - <p>Hardy's wrestling isn't THAT bad.</p>
Agreed, his TD defense is actually not bad, GSP just makes everyone look bad in the department. I tend to think he's trying to get people to think he is only a striker an take advantage of having others see him as one dimensional. I say this because the last couple fights he's mentioned how his ground game is coming along and how he would like to choke someone out soon...he's setting up future opponents to prepare for a striking battle and pull a TD out of nowhere IMO.
there's a difference between choosing not to fight a certain way and just plain not being able to fight any other way. Hardy doesn't choose to not wrestle, he just can't. And he doesn't choose to just strike, that's the only thing he can do.
UG news always has the weirdest headlines, the article isn't about him not wrestling for shit, its about safety of fighters and the MMA fighters desire to win. It is for sure an interesting article and its articles like this that make me like dan hardy.
ABE FROMAN - Much better representative for the UK than Bisping. Seems realistic and doesn't comes up with excuses for everything.
Did you not read the article ? he made excuses saying he was'nt a BJJ black belt, and that he couldnt wrestle and thats why he lost against gSp, that is two excuses for a start in the space of one sentence.
What? thats not excuses, its admitting what he isnt good at.
Making excuses would be claiming to be injured in training, or having the flu, anything that suggests that he would have won if only that thing that is beyond his control wasnt in the way.
Admitting that you have huge holes in your game isnt an excuse, its honesty.
Hes a professional mixed martial artist and admitting he is not a mixed martial artist and only has a good left hook and got beaten because of that is a excuse, I'm not saying its not a legitimate excuse at all, because it is, but its still a excuse nevertheless.
