Dan Hardy: Legitimate Claims Or Fight Hype?
by Kelvin Hunt on Mar 12, 2010 4:25 PM EST
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UFC welterweight Dan Hardy appeared on a recent edition of MMAWeekly radio and spoke about his upcoming title shot against Georges St. Pierre and had this to say:
"He's a great athlete and he goes in there to win, but the difference between me and him is, he's a great athlete, but I'm a fighter," said Hardy. "My intention is to go in there and have a good fight, and see what happens, and part of that is taking risks. I think that's the part that GSP's lost; he's not willing to take that risk anymore. He don't want to put himself out there in case he loses his belt again.
"He doesn't do it impressively, he doesn't dominate anybody, and give anyone a serious beating, but he gets the job done."
That seems to be the running theme now with GSP's opponents, basically claiming he is scared to stand and trade with them. My thought process is that why should he stand and trade when he can maul you on the ground the same way he did Thiago Alves? Also, to say that GSP doesn't win his fights impressively has to be fight hype on his part. I mean, if the post fight pictures of consensus #2 WW's(at the time they fought GSP) Jon Fitch and Thiago Alves don't tell you that GSP will put a beating on you. I don't know what will. What do you have to say about the way GSP has been winning his fights lately?
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You hit the nail on the head Kelvin
But what I want to know is why more people aren’t talking about Hardy’s title shot. He’s the best man for the job right now, but looking at the concensus rankings he’s tied for #5, and I don’t disagree with that ranking. Fitch is #2 and Alves is #3, and I don’t see that changing. I mean, Hardy is the best (new) challenger they’ve got, but he’s barely breaking into the top 5. If I were GSP, I’d be saying “I’m the champion and I’ll take the fight, but why are they giving me this fool?”
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I think Koscheck provides the best challenge….I think he got caught up into the hype of his own wrestling credentials in his first fight with GSP…and didn’t prepare for what GSP was bringing to the table…
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amen brother
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by RearNakedPoke on Mar 12, 2010 4:50 PM EST up reply actions
I think Kos is still caught up in his own hype
But he’s still a level or two below GSP. The guy that’s going to beat a GSP (or a Penn or Silva, in my opinion) is a dude who can rush in and starch them fast. Thing is, these are also guys that are going to get taken down, KO’d, etc etc. Kos ain’t that guy. Hardy might be that guy, but his KO power is questionable.
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He may be still caught up in it..
but he’s the best wrestler out there and even though he’s not that technical…he can put you to sleep….and brings more to the table than either Fitch or Alves IMO.
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I guess. But who has he really put out? Hazelett? Yoshida? An aging Trigg? It seems like his boat as a contender has sailed.
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+ he choked out Rumble
which was no mean feat, and Daley is scheduled for this list too…
he’ll get his shot after he snuffs out Daley i feel
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by RearNakedPoke on Mar 12, 2010 6:00 PM EST up reply actions
GSP doesn’t put a beating on his opponents?? Let’s just take a look at how beat up Matt Serra looked after GSP punished him after their second fight. Enough said.
I'll bet Serra's body is still bruised from those knees
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the difference
between GSP and Hardy is that GSP trains with individuals who are better then him in every facet of the “game”, whereas Hardy doesn’t to the same effect imo. i mean Dan, what do you think Serra is going to teach you? you can’t teach a lucky punch…have you even seen the rematch? is he going to teach you the turtle? far more likely…
GSP by suffocation fo me anyway, and a Boo Yaa for my Canadian homeboy at that :)
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While I’d be willing to put my electricity bill money on GSP, I think people are severely overlooking the fact that Hardy can end the fight with one punch. You have to think, each round starts on the feet and there are 5 rounds – that’s plenty of opportunities for Hardy to connect. I’m not expecting Hardy to win, but if he does I wouldn’t be “Serra-style” shocked.
In an semi-related note: last night I re-watched the GSP/Fitch fight and was reminded how bad of a beating GSP put on Fitch. I mean damn! Fitch had absolutely nothing in any area. I would probably put that beating up there with the one BJ Penn put on Diego Sanchez.
oh..
it was worse son…cause Fitch got beat on for 25 mins straight…at least Diego got out at the 22 minute mark or so…lol.
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by Kelvin Hunt on Mar 13, 2010 11:09 PM EST up reply actions
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