Heather Hardy (Picture: AP Photo/Gregory Payan)

Heather Hardy has expressed an interest in potentially getting a spot on the upcoming Bellator fight card taking place in Dublin, Ireland on November 10.

After making a big statement at Bellator MMA’s debut show in Madison Square Garden in June, the world champion boxer wants to continue building her profile.

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Hardy made her MMA debut back on June 24 when she defeated Alice Yauger via a third round TKO.

Speaking exclusively to Metro.co.uk, Hardy gave her thoughts on her debut and explained why she felt it was important to make it memorable.


‘Being inside the cage and having 20,000 people in my hometown shouting my name, I don’t think I’ll ever forget that until the day I die,’ Hardy said.

(Picture: AP Photo/Gregory Payan)

‘I wanted to make a big statement that evening and the biggest thing for any athlete or anyone in the spotlight is to get people to remember you.



‘I knew I was in a little danger of them stopping the fight after I got that cut off the headbutt and I know I was winning the fight on the scorecards anyway, but that wouldn’t have been memorable.

‘At that point I knew I had to show the referee I still had it within me to fight so when it got restarted I went all out just to show him I was fine and I ended up getting the finish.’

Despite having won several world boxing titles including the WBC International Female Featherweight strap, Hardy explained that getting the win on her MMA debut in front of her own people was one of the biggest moments of her life.

‘People often ask me what’s the proudest moment of my life,’ Hardy said.

‘To be honest, I always find it impossible to choose between winning my MMA debut in Madison Square Garden and the birth of my daughter.

‘So when I think of things in terms of how happy or how proud I am, I don’t really have a most happy.

‘There are so many times in my life, like when I won the US Nationals, when I had my first fight on TV, when I won my first boxing world title, these are all big milestones and things that’ll I’ll never forget and that was as good any of them.

With her first MMA win under her belt, Hardy is now primed and ready to get her next fight in the diary.

Bellator MMA come to Ireland on November 10 and a rumour surfaced ealier this week that Hardy would feature.

The boxing champion denied there was any substance to it, but did say that she was keen to fight in Ireland one day.

‘I know nothing about that, but it sounds like a lot of fun to me,’ Hardy said.

‘My advisors just keep telling me that news is coming.

‘I try not to get involved on the business end because it’s just so easy to get your hopes up and then things fall through so I let the guys take care of that.

‘I’ll have to ask about that because I’ve always wanted to fight in Ireland.’

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