Overview
- Hardwick is booked to face Marwan “Freaky” Rahiki at UFC Fight Night on March 14 at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas.
- Rahiki arrives 7-0, and Hardwick labels him “borderline needlessly aggressive,” saying disciplined tactics can expose openings.
- Hardwick spent weeks preparing in Las Vegas, training at the UFC Performance Institute and with Davey Grant at Syndicate MMA alongside George Hardwick and Leon Armes.
- He returns to his preferred featherweight class following a five-day-notice UFC debut in Paris that ended in a first-round loss to Kaue Fernandes.
- Hardwick says the UFC is a “cutthroat business” and acknowledges his job could be at risk, promising fans he will “scran many fat parmos” if he wins.