News about Dan Hardy

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: Welsh MMA star Jack Shore fell to just the second defeat of his professional career to Brazilian Joanderson Brito at UFC 301, suffering a brutal injury. Shore, who is nicknamed 'Tank', faced the Brito in his hometown, Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil on Saturday.

In what will be the latter's first officially sanctioned professional boxing match, Fury and Ngannou will clash in a battle dubbed the 'Battle of the Baddest' in Saudi Arabia. Fury, who is widely regarded as one of the best heavyweights of all time, is a strong favorite going into the fight against the former MMA champion as he enters the sport of cross boxing. There have been no rumors of a match between a MMA octagon, where Ngannou has been so successful as a brutal heavyweight throughout his career, but a future match has not been ruled out.

BY ADRIAN BISHOP: Exclusive INTERVIEW BY BISHOP: PFL chief Dan Hardy has lauded the promotion's signing of former kickboxing world champion Cedric Doumbe ahead of his debut on Saturday. A transition to MMA's lucrative market has boosted the prospects for several of the best kickboxing talents in recent years, thanks to the successes of former UFC champions Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira. Doumbe had intended to follow the former GLORY kickboxing stars into the UFC and appeared to make his debut with the promotion before returning to the French regional scene to gain his record inside the cage to a 4-0 win.

XCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY JAMES COHEN: There aren't many 22-year-olds who train with UFC legends, star in documentaries, and are affiliated with one of the world's biggest mixed martial arts companies. Well, most 22-year-olds aren't like Shanelle Dyer. The rising British prospect became the new recruit for the Professional Fighters League (PFL), and it's easy to see why. With an 8-3 record as an amateur and 'over 150 Muay Thai' fights under her belt, there is reason to be optimistic about the English fighter's arrival.

Exclusive: Since nine actors were recently suspended for failed tests, PFL chief Dan Hardy has suggested that his company have the best drug testing process in the fight game. Earlier this month, it was announced that a large number of fighters participating in their April contests had tested positive and been suspended by the Nevada Athletic Commission, triggering discipline. Three of those fighters have been fined, while the remaining six have had their respective hearings postponed to a later date.

PFL has announced that former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou has signed a 'exclusive global MMA strategic alliance' with the organization. Before a dispute over his salary terms led to his dismissal in December last year, Ngannou had been one of the top names in the UFC. More to come...

The Professional Fighters League has signed a deal with ITV to air highlights from the inaugural PFL Europe season on British television. Highlights from the promotion's first European show on Saturday will be broadcast live on ITVX 24 hours after the show concludes. After each event, beginning from the 31st of March, the one-hour highlights show will be broadcast on ITV4 on Friday. PFL will make its UK debut on Saturday from the Vertu Motors Arena in Newcastle, with light heavyweight prospects Simeon Powell and Mohamed Amine battling it out for a fight between light heavyweight prospects Simeon Powell and Mohamed Amine.

Dan Hardy, the UFC's new star from the mixed martial arts scene, has signed with the Professional Fighters League [PFL]. Since being established in 2018, the firm has seen exponential increase in fame, with Claressa Shields, Anthony Pettis, and even Jake Paul being signed in. Murmurs within the MMA community have speculated that the PFL will soon be the company to rival the United FC's fame, but that will take time to do so.

Of all the many plot points surrounding UFC 280 this Saturday, the weight of psychological tension on Islam Makhachev is one of the most interesting. Makhachev has been charted for years as the heir apparent to Khabib Nurmagomedov's former throne, and he's on the verge of stepping out of his mentor's shadow. Dan Hardy, the former welterweight-turned-analyst who fell short of all-time great Georges St-Pierre in 2011, is one man who knows a thing or two about being in UFC championship matches.