Setanta.com understands there will not be a rematch between Dan Hardy and Marcus Davis, despite Hardy being open to the prospect.
Davis issued an immediate statement from his changing room after the UFC 99 contest, insisting he had ‘won 12 minutes of the fight’ and demanding ‘an immediate rematch’.
Hardy did not shirk the issue in the post-fight press conference, claiming the pair could fight once a week and always have a tight dust-up.
However, it is setanta.com’s understanding that The UFC want Hardy to continue looking onwards and upwards, even if the Briton feels he has unfinished business.
“I never like a split decision win. When one judge doesn’t feel I did enough to win, it means I haven’t done my job correctly,” Hardy told setanta.com.
“I know I spent a lot of the fight defending takedowns but I also felt like I landed the cleaner strikes. I hurt him more than he hurt me. More than anything from him it was pressure.
“I understand that Davis is unhappy with the decision and I understand he still isn’t happy about the stuff that went on before the fight. I understand that, it’s not like I said those things without the intention of upsetting him.
“I went into the changing room after the fight to shake his hand and he said ‘I won the fight’. So I said to him ‘I’m not going to argue with you’. I didn’t say that because I agreed, I just said it because I’m done with conflict for a week.
“I apologise for not delivering the knock-out I promised, there was some blood, but what can I say, it wasn’t my best night by a long shot.”
Hardy also seemed to rule out the prospect of fighting Mike Swick in his next fight, claiming Swick is too far ahead of him at the current time. Click here for the full story.