It's called Dan Hardy: Now I Know What I Need To Do and he's interviewed by Fight Magazine.
I really enjoyed that interview. Dan speaks well about the sport. He clearly knows where he has to improve, and he is working to do that. He could easily have slagged GSP off for not standing with him, but he's realised that if he's going to truely compete at 170 he needs to work on his wrestling and jiu-jitsu, and he's doing that. Really hope he gets a fight booked for what I'm hoping will be UFC 120 in London. If it is 120 in London, then I'm definitely going to be there. That event is scheduled for October 16th, so by then I should be at Uni in London, so I'll easily be able to get over there for the show. I hope we see Dan take on a Paulo Thiago, Diego Sanchez or maybe Ben Saunders.
I think Kos could have exchanged with Daley and won, he clearly showed he has a striking game against Anthony Johnson if his gameplan was to trade, who IMO is a better striker than Hardy.
There is no way on earth Josh Koscheck could have stood with Paul Daley for 3 rounds, that's why he used his wrestling. Daley has the best striking at 170 bar possibly GSP, and Koscheck barely out-striking a hugely over-rated striker in Johnson proves nothing. He was knocked out by Paulo Thiago, and I'm sure that if he stood with Paul Daley, or Dan Hardy, he's getting KTFO. There's no chance Johnson's a better striker than Hardy either, all Johnson has is size and power. Hardy's a genuinely good striker, was slightly over-rated prior to the GSP fight, but he's not much smaller than Johnson and does have far better technical striking.
Terry Etim has 2 Submission of the Night awards, and is better known for his Jiu-Jitsu than he is for his striking. Bisping's Jiu-Jitsu has improved immeasurably in the last few years too, and that was proven in his fight against Denis Kang, where he did an excellent job neutralising Kang's BJJ and preventing Kang getting to any dangerous positions. He isn't known for his Jiu-Jitsu, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have very good BJJ.
coldcall420 gonna have to disagree. Etim has some of the best Jitz in the UFC. He submitted Dos Anjos who is a BJJ black belt in his last fight as well as the two sub of the nights he has. He is only "not known for his ground game" with the yanks who refuse to accept any british fighters have a good skill set!
Etim does have very good Jiu-Jitsu, and is the most promising Submission artist from the UK, but he didn't submit Dos Anjos, he got submitted by Dos Anjos. :thumbsup:
Kang was a rebound fight for Bisping, but he was still a challenge. He's a seriously talented BJJ Black belt, with experience and wins over some top fighters. He was coming off a win against Foupa-Pokam and certainly wasn't a can handed to Bisping on a plate. Kang has some serious skills, and was completely neutralised by Bisping.
I also agree that Hardy needs to learn some Wrestling, and he is doing that. He's training his Jiu-Jitsu with Eddie Bravo, and has been training in the US with a group of guys on his wrestling. It's not like he's acting all arrogant and claiming he doesn't need to work on his wrestling, he knows he needs to improve and is putting in the effort to improve. Not all British fighters are terrible wrestlers either. John Hathaway is a very talented wrestler, and Mike Bisping has developed some very good defensive wrestling.
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