In his two years in the UFC, Dan Hardy has developed a reputation for enjoying the standup battle. He’s knocked out Rory Markham, dropped Marcus Davis, and the threat of his left hook was enough to make Georges St. Pierre design a game plan that put Hardy on his back nine times for a total of nearly 21 minutes of their 25-minute title fight at UFC 111.
Since then, Hardy’s had over five months to address his striking heavy game, and now, he’s saying that while he’ll always love a good brawl, he’s a little more layered than he once was, and that his UFC 120 opponent Carlos Condit may well be the victim of a newfound dimension.