Hardy: I am going to throw him around that cage
This is just a bad fight for Condit and I think he will realize that in the opening moments of…
This is just a bad fight for Condit and I think he will realize that in the opening moments of the bout, He hasn’t fought anyone like me yet. I can do everything he does, but much more effectively than him. I am more aggressive, determined, and more powerful then him. I am going to throw him around that cage
I expect him to be aggressive and walk forward, but when I catch him with a clean shot I think he will either start to run away or go for a takedown. Calling me out was a bad choice and I think that the more footage he watches of me, the more he will realize this.
It will be interesting with him now at Jackson’s. They always choose the safe game plan for a fight. Just look at Guillard the other day, he was moving away, playing to scorecards. It will be interesting to see if he has that effect on Condit. I think Carlos is quite an emotional fighter, so it wouldn’t surprise me if he goes off-strategy when he starts to get tagged.
He has no range. I hit harder than him. I can outwork him on the feet. He won’t even have wrestling on me, as I am a totally different fighter now to what I was seven months ago. In fact, fighting on the ground is up to me, as I will take him down if and when I want. Wrestling won’t make this any easier for him.
I hope that Condit shows his old form and brings his best. The thing is, he is really exciting to watch. He will always take a beating and there are a lot of fights for him in the UFC, but if he cant get past me, he wont get a sniff at the title.”
I think he fights for respect, being the former WEC champion, he came here (to the UFC) and hasn’t been doing so well. He is starting to feel he needs to do something special. In my opinion, he is outside the Top 10 and he sees me as a way of getting into it. He wants the belt and it is maybe starting to dawn on him that it isn’t going to happen. In both his last fights, he was lucky to come away with the win.
Fighters at some point in their career peak and then for a couple of years struggle. I am not sure if that is the case with Condit.
