Marcus Davis: Dan Hardy is a ‘disrespectful punk’ whose face will be Swiss cheese at UFC 99
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Quoteworthy:
“‘Hate’ is a very powerful word, I know…. But I hate my opponent at UFC 99. I hate Dan Hardy. I really can’t stand this guy and I am counting down to days to June 13, to the Lanxess Arena in when I can smash this kid in the mouth. I want to punch holes in this guy’s face. Hardy has gone so far beyond what is professional. This is more than another fight in the UFC for me, more than getting a win and working towards getting a title shot. This is war…. I’ve only met him maybe three times…. On none of these occasions did Hardy have the guts to say anything disrespectful to my face … like the little coward he is, he’s done all his smack talk from behind his keyboard like a 14 year old living in his mom’s basement…. Hardy, you disrespectful punk, all this crap you’ve been talking hasn’t had the affect you wanted it to. I’m not going into this fight all crazy, swinging wild to give you any kind of chance you know you’ll need to have a prayer of beating me. The only other person I genuinely hated going into a fight was Jess Liaudin, who talked a lot of crap before our fight at UFC 80. And he got knocked stone cold for his disrespect and wasn’t heard from again. All this BS has done has put pressure on you to back up all this talk. You keep saying you are having fun talking all this crap, but your fun time ends in two weeks.”
Marcus Davis rips his upcoming opponent at UFC 99: “The Comeback,” Dan Hardy, prior to their welterweight “war” at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany, on June 13. “The Irish Hand Grenade” and “The Outlaw” have duked it out via verbal fisticuffs before the fight was even booked. Now the heat appears to have reached a crescendo, with Hardy intimating that Davis is exploiting his Irish heritage and it’s just a gimmick. Davis also wasn’t too fond of a RomoShop contest that Hardy apparently coordinated a month or two ago. So is this beef legit or will the pair hug it out and down a few pints at the pub on fight night?