Dan Hardy Takes Cage Warriors Belt

Dan "The Outlaw" Hardy saw off the challenge of Chad Reiner to take the Cage Warriors Fighting Championship Welterweight title at Harvey Hadden Sports Centre, Nottingham.

The highly rated Rough House fighter forced a stoppage in the third round of an exciting contest. Hardy and Reiner had been due to meet at Cage Warriors USA: Battle Royale in Florid aat the end of March. The fight was unable to go ahead because of administrative problems - so the Cage Warriors team made arrangements to put it on as the main event of Cage Warriors: Enter the Rough House 6.

In the weeks leading up to the fight - there had been a war of words between the Hardy and Reiner camps. The fight lived up to all the hype and provided an exciting climax to a great night of fights.

The victory cements Hardy’s position as one of the leading fighters in the UK. The Outlaw was very humble in victory and was keen to let every one know that there was no bitterness between him and Chad Reiner He made the following statement on his new website: www.danhardymma.com.

“I just want to say a quick thank you to a few people.

First of all, the Cage Warriors guys for all of your hard work. You really go above and beyond when it comes to organising shows and looking after the fighters. Ian, Andy, Dean, Tony and everyone else on the team, well done and thank you.

The Cage Warriors USA team, thank you for looking after us in Florida and making the weekend a great one. Another bunch of guys working hard to promote our sport. Thanks.

My team, as always... Owen and Nathan for all of your help and advice. All the Rough House boys, win or lose you always bring something special to the show. Congrats to the guys that were successful, well done to the guys that weren’t. Next time will be better. I love you all like brothers.

To my guys in America, all the guys at Legends, 10th planet and Xtreme Couture, thanks for all your help and support. I’ll be home soon.

To my sponsors, Tapout, fightshop.com, Sandee, myprotein, ISO2, Roko health clubs, gumshields.com and betonfighting. Thanks for the support.

To all of the friends, fans and forum junkies that shout for me and believe in me. As long as you enjoy my fights, I’ll always be happy. Thanks for all the positive comments both on the forums and face to face.

Thanks to Chad and his team, all the smack talk aside he is a fellow athlete and a top guy. It was an honour to fight him and I wish him all the best for the future.

And lastly, and most importantly, my family and my girlfriend, Elizabeth. I put you through so much stress with my career choice and you love me and stand by be regardless. Thank you for your constant support, I love you all very much and couldn’t do it without you all.”

Cage Warriors: Enter The Rough House 7 will take place at the same venue on Saturday 12th July.