In one of many extra memorable UFC debuts in current reminiscence, Harry Hardwick was stopped by the surging Kaue Fernandes within the first spherical at UFC Paris again in September of 2025.
Hardwick got here into heavy criticism and trolling after his efficiency, with some followers calling his efficiency the worst in UFC historical past.
Even the likes of UFC legend Cub Swanson questioned Hardwick’s potential after watching his battle in Paris.
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Regardless of all of this, Hardwick has by no means as soon as let the critics get to him. In an interview with Rob Smith from Pure Digital PR, Hardwick mirrored on that evening in Paris and mentioned his upcoming battle with Marwan Rahiki on March 14th.
When wanting again at his debut efficiency, Hardwick recognised that there’s some added strain coming into this battle. “I used to be assured and I went into that UFC debut believing I might win, however it was a really unusual scenario taking a UFC on per week’s discover, whereas for this battle I’ve had a incredible coaching camp!
“It’s a cutthroat enterprise; if I don’t carry out, I may very well be getting sacked however I’m used to strain and I’ve handled strain so much, with having Cage Warriors title fights and headlining reveals; strain is regular.”
Rahiki boasts a report of 7-0 coming into their battle and Hardwick was very complimentary of his opponent, as he mentioned: “I consider Rahiki is a incredible opponent, he involves battle, he’s borderline needlessly aggressive, which is his best energy and his best weak spot.”
Hardwick sees holes in his opponent’s skillset and he has a gameplan able to go for Saturday. He acknowledged, “With out going into an excessive amount of element, I feel his earlier opponents have both been too tentative or bought too caught up and I feel I can exploit his weaknesses. I’ve bought the self-discipline to remain in the fitting zone of the battle.”
For his debut, Hardwick had lower than 5 days to prepare for his battle, whereas this time round he has loved the privilege of getting a full camp, which he has taken benefit of.
Three weeks previous to his battle, Harry had flown out to Vegas together with his brother, the previous Cage Warriors light-weight champion George Hardwick and Cage Warriors featherweight contender Leon Armes.
The three of them have been having fun with life in vegas getting coaching on the UFC Efficiency Institute and linking up with fellow North East born fighter Davey Grant at Syndicate MMA.
Hardwick had loads of good to say about Grant and his coaching, “Davey has been class, he has actually sorted us, it has been nice. Camp this time round has been so much much less chaotic.
“All the things has been clicking into place and it feels proper. I used to be considering the opposite day of being in Vegas, I’ve been right here for 5 occasions the period of time that I knew about that final battle.”
With the strain on, many will likely be tuning in to Hardwick’s battle on Saturday to see if he can silence the doubters and declare his first UFC victory.
