Ben Askren Issues Brutally Honest Response To Flying Knee Loss

Over the weekend, Ben Askren lost via record-breaking flying knee knockout to Jorge Masvidal (highlights here) on the main card of UFC 239 from Las Vegas. ‘Gamebred’ came out with the jaw-dropping strike right out of the gate, shocking ever…

Over the weekend, Ben Askren lost via record-breaking flying knee knockout to Jorge Masvidal (highlights here) on the main card of UFC 239 from Las Vegas. ‘Gamebred’ came out with the jaw-dropping strike right out of the gate, shocking everyone watching. But despite the surprise nature of the strike, it was apparently a maneuver that […]

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Heather Hardy Responds To Detractors Following Bellator 222 Loss

Heather Hardy has addressed her online haters. Hardy fell short in her bout against Taylor Turner at Bellator 222 this past Friday night (June 14). The ground-and-pound of Turner was too much for Hardy to handle. “The Heat” was finished via…

Heather Hardy has addressed her online haters. Hardy fell short in her bout against Taylor Turner at Bellator 222 this past Friday night (June 14). The ground-and-pound of Turner was too much for Hardy to handle. “The Heat” was finished via first-round TKO. Heather Hardy Admits Feeling Down After “Hateful” Comments Hardy hopped on Twitter […]

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Heather Hardy Fires Back At Negative Fans After Bellator 222 Loss

Heather Hardy wasn’t happy with the response that she got after her latest fight under the Bellator MMA banner, and decided to fire back at fans. The plans that the world boxing champion had going into her fight against Taylor Turner didn’t work out the way that she wanted. Hardy lost to Turner by TKO […]

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Heather Hardy wasn’t happy with the response that she got after her latest fight under the Bellator MMA banner, and decided to fire back at fans.

The plans that the world boxing champion had going into her fight against Taylor Turner didn’t work out the way that she wanted. Hardy lost to Turner by TKO at the Bellator 222 event on Fri. June 14, 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York on DAZN.

The fight aired on the preliminary portion of the fight card. Hardy seems resilient in her approach to MMA despite the rocky road that she’s been on. She was able to conquer the boxing world and escape without a loss.

Hardy took to her official Twitter account to issue a statement on the loss Friday night, and the fans who have been sending negative hateful comments. You can read her statement here:

“The hardest part of that loss, is knowing that there were so many people out there who enjoyed watching me lose. I see you all,with your negative hateful comments. I don’t respond-but they sit with me. I’m just a regular mom trying my best. I’m just doing the best I can for Annie.”

In her Bellator debut, it marked Hardy’s second professional mixed martial arts (MMA) bout. This is where she suffered a loss to Kristina Williams at Bellator 185, which took place on Friday, October 20, 2017. She got smashed by Williams, who picked up the second-round TKO win.

While she’s been up and down in MMA, she did hold an undefeated record of 20-0 (1 NC) as a pro boxer, so her future still looks bright.

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Bellator 222’s Heather Hardy Deliberates Entering MMA Full Time

Heather Hardy will compete in her fourth mixed martial arts contest tonight when she takes on Taylor Turner at Bellator 222. And from the sounds of it, the bout may be the fourth of many MMA fights to come, as juggling both boxing and MMA is proving to…

Heather Hardy will compete in her fourth mixed martial arts contest tonight when she takes on Taylor Turner at Bellator 222. And from the sounds of it, the bout may be the fourth of many MMA fights to come, as juggling both boxing and MMA is proving to be too much for Hardy to handle: […]

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Death Threats Caused Heather Hardy to Change Fighting Approach

Even though she came away from her last fight on the winning end, Heather Hardy really took the criticisms on her performance to heart. In her third MMA bout, Heather Hardy defeated Ana Julaton via unanimous decision at Bellator 194, but she did so in …

Even though she came away from her last fight on the winning end, Heather Hardy really took the criticisms on her performance to heart. In her third MMA bout, Heather Hardy defeated Ana Julaton via unanimous decision at Bellator 194, but she did so in a manner that diverged from the stand-up, striking-loaded style of […]

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Bellator’s Heather Hardy Focused On Entertaining After Receiving Death Threats

Bellator women’s flyweight Heather Hardy realizes that entertaining the fans is as important as winning fights. Hardy entered the world of mixed martial arts (MMA) in 2017 where she enjoyed a successful Bellator debut against Alice Yauger, winning via TKO. Her next fight was a bloody war with Kristina Williams, which she eventually lost via […]

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Bellator women’s flyweight Heather Hardy realizes that entertaining the fans is as important as winning fights.

Hardy entered the world of mixed martial arts (MMA) in 2017 where she enjoyed a successful Bellator debut against Alice Yauger, winning via TKO. Her next fight was a bloody war with Kristina Williams, which she eventually lost via TKO after the doctors called an end to the fight.

The boxing champion got back to her winning ways at Bellator 194 in February last year when she out-pointed Ana Julaton. However, unlike her previous two fights, this was mostly a grappling bout which the crowd did not appreciate. She then checked her social media, where she received death threats for her performance.

As a result, she now plans on putting a beating on Taylor Turner, who she will face at Bellator 222 this Friday:

“I was crying the next day,” Hardy told MMA Junkie. “I had to put my social media down. I got better feedback from when that girl [Williams] broke my face than I did with the boring jiu-jitsu fight. I insulted the masses.

“All the fans hated it. They were sending me death threats. And it was then that I realized before I’m an athlete, I’m a performer, I’m an entertainer, and if I’m not entertaining then it doesn’t matter. So my personal goals don’t really make a difference. I gotta go in there and beat the (expletive) out of of this girl, and I don’t really care how it looks, and give the fans what they want to see.”

Hardy Training At Serra-Longo

Her mindset is not the only thing that has changed. For this upcoming fight, Hardy will also be showing the results of training with a new fight camp in Long Island’s Serra-Longo. She was previously training in Renzo Gracie’s gym:

“I have a new fight camp, I’m training out at Longo-Serra, so I have all these, like, I love it out there because they’re all fight nerds like me, you know?” Hardy added. “They break everything down, they explain things to you, you get like really hands-on training, so I’m super excited for the progress I’ve made and the new stuff I’ve learned.

“It’s hard to get a coach to commit to you when you’re flopping back and forth in both sports, so, you know, it’s an awesome coach at Renzo’s, and he’s a busy guy. It’s hard for him to commit to me when I’m not committing to him. I had my last fight, and I took two boxing matches, had to do my world title, and you can’t be doing wrestling and jiu-jitsu when you’re going into a world title fight, so he kind of didn’t want to work with me anymore, and I had to find a new coach. Ray Longo didn’t know it, but now he’s stuck with me.”

Bellator 222 takes place Friday at New York’s Madison Square Garden. It will be headlined by a welterweight grand prix semifinal between champion Rory MacDonald and Neiman Gracie.

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