Dan Hardy (25-10, 16) was born in Nottingham, England on May 17, 1982. At the age of 22 years on June 6, 2004, he made his professional MMA debut against Lee Doski, losing the fight via 2nd-round submission.
On October 18, 2008, 26-year old Dan Hardy made his UFC debut on his 27th professional MMA fight at UFC 89 against a 34-year old Akihiro Gono, winning the fight via 3-round split decision.
Hardy's last fight was a 3-round unanimous decision win against Amir Sadollah at UFC on Fuel TV: Struve vs. Miocic at age 30 on September 29, 2012. He retired with a 2-fight winning streak.
He has fought ten times in the UFC, and has a record of 6 wins and 4 losses in the promotion.
Some of Dan Hardy's best fights have been against Duane Ludwig, Rory Markham, Mike Swick, Amir Sadollah, Akihiro Gono, Marcus Davis and Daniel Weichel.
Hardy has 10 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
36  | Sep 29, 2012 30 years, 4 months 25-10 (16) | 32 years, 1 months 6-3 (2) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | WIN |
35  | May 26, 2012 30 years 24-10 (16) | 33 years, 9 months 21-12 (15) | UFC | WL | 1 | KO | WIN Punch and elbows |
34  | Aug 14, 2011 29 years, 2 months 23-10 (15) | 36 years, 11 months 30-18-5 (23) | UFC | WL | 3 | SUB | LOSS Guillotine choke |
33  | Mar 26, 2011 28 years, 10 months 23-9 (15) | 27 years 8-3 (6) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | LOSS |
32  | Oct 16, 2010 28 years, 4 months 23-8 (15) | 26 years, 5 months 25-5 (24) | UFC | WL | 1 | KO | LOSS Punch |
31  | Mar 27, 2010 27 years, 10 months 23-7 (15) | 28 years, 10 months 19-2 (13) | UFC | WL | 5 | UD | LOSS For UFC welterweight title |
30  | Nov 14, 2009 27 years, 5 months 23-6 (15) | 30 years, 4 months 14-2 (10) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | WIN |
29  | Jun 13, 2009 27 years 22-6 (15) | 35 years, 9 months 16-4 (12) | UFC | WL | 3 | SD | WIN |
28 | Feb 21, 2009 26 years, 9 months 21-6 (15) | Rory Markham | UFC | WL | 1 | KO | WIN Punch |
27  | Oct 18, 2008 26 years, 5 months 20-6 (14) | 34 years 29-12-7 (14) | UFC | WL | 3 | SD | WIN |
26  | May 3, 2008 25 years, 11 months 19-6 (14) | 23 years, 5 months 18-4 (13) | WL | 2 | TKO | WIN Elbows | |
25 | Apr 19, 2008 25 years, 11 months 18-6 (13) | Chad Reiner | WL | 3 | TKO | WIN Punches Defended Cage Warriors welterweight title | |
24 | Dec 8, 2007 25 years, 6 months 17-6 (12) | Manuel Garcia | WL | 1 | TKO | WIN Submission to punches Defended Cage Warriors welterweight title | |
23  | Dec 1, 2007 25 years, 6 months 16-6 (11) | 33 years, 6 months 8-2 (7) | WL | 2 | DQ | LOSS Groin kick | |
22  | Sep 8, 2007 25 years, 3 months 16-5 (11) | 33 years, 10 months 13-6-3 (9) | WL | 3 | TKO | WIN Corner stoppage | |
21 | May 27, 2007 25 years 15-5 (10) | Daizo Ishige | WL | 3 | UD | WIN | |
20 | Apr 28, 2007 24 years, 11 months 14-5 (10) | Willy Ni | WL | 2 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke Defended Cage Warriors welterweight title | |
19 | Dec 9, 2006 24 years, 6 months 13-5 (9) | Alexandre Izidro | WL | 3 | TKO | WIN Punches Defended Cage Warriors welterweight title | |
18 | Sep 16, 2006 24 years, 3 months 12-5 (8) | Danny Rushton | WL | 1 | TKO | WIN Retirement Defended Cage Warriors welterweight title | |
17  | Jun 18, 2006 24 years, 1 months 11-5 (7) | 33 years, 4 months 10-1 (9) | WL | 2 | UD | LOSS | |
16  | Apr 14, 2006 23 years, 10 months 11-4 (7) | 30 years, 6 months 13-2 (12) | WL | 3 | UD | LOSS | |
15 | Mar 25, 2006 23 years, 10 months 11-3 (7) | Diego Gonzalez | WL | 3 | TKO | WIN Doctor stoppage Defended Cage Warriors welterweight title | |
14 | Nov 26, 2005 23 years, 6 months 10-3 (6) | Matt Thorpe | WL | 5 | SD | WIN Won Cage Warriors welterweight title | |
13 | Oct 1, 2005 23 years, 4 months 9-3 (6) | Diego Gonzalez | 2 | NC | NC Overturned | ||
12 | Sep 17, 2005 23 years, 4 months 9-3 (6) | Sami Berik | 3 | UD | WIN | ||
11 | Jul 16, 2005 23 years, 1 months 8-3 (6) | Lautaro Arborelo | 3 | TKO | WIN Punches | ||
10 | Jun 24, 2005 23 years, 1 months 7-3 (5) | Alexandre Izidro | KOTC | 2 | UD | WIN | |
9 | Jun 18, 2005 23 years, 1 months 6-3 (5) | Stuart Barrs | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | ||
8 | May 21, 2005 23 years 5-3 (4) | 32 years, 3 months 7-0 (6) | 2 | SUB | LOSS Triangle choke | ||
7 | Apr 8, 2005 22 years, 10 months 5-2 (4) | Andy Walker | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | ||
6 | Jan 29, 2005 22 years, 8 months 4-2 (3) | Lee Doski | 2 | SUB | WIN Injury | ||
5 | Dec 18, 2004 22 years, 7 months 3-2 (2) | Aaron Barrow | 1 | KO | WIN Head kick and punches | ||
4  | Oct 30, 2004 22 years, 5 months 2-2 (1) | 21 years, 3 months 5-5 (5) | 1 | SUB | LOSS Guillotine choke | ||
3 | Sep 18, 2004 22 years, 4 months 2-1 (1) | Andy Melia | 2 | TKO | WIN Submission to punches | ||
2 | Aug 14, 2004 22 years, 2 months 1-1 (0) | Paul Jenkins | 3 | MD | WIN | ||
1 | Jun 6, 2004 22 years 0-1 (0) | Lee Doski | 2 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke |
