Issac Hardman

Yeah.

He was 6-0 as a pro.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

He's in the UFC now.

Yeah.

And he was a way better grappler than me.

Yeah.

And I fancy myself in a fucking on the feet with most men, you know.

So I just thought, fuck, if he gets me to the ground, I'm going to lose.

And it was the first time I went from three-minute rounds to five-minute rounds and I only found that information out on the night.

They're like, this is a five-minute.

So I was training for three rounds, three-minute rounds, thinking it was going to be an exhibition about sort of amateur rules, but it was full elbows, five-minute rounds.

I thought, oh, fuck, you know, I'm not ready for this.

Anyway, went out.

And he like faked a takedown and I sprawled so fucking hard because I didn't want to get taken down.

So I threw my legs back and I sprawled onto this uppercut he brought up from fucking Tasmania and landed bang on my chin.

He dropped me.

I didn't go out and I held onto his leg and then he got me in a choke and then I was unconscious.

So he beat me, went onto the UFC and then I could never –

Go back and have an amateur fight then because they see – it went on my record, you know, and they say, hang on, you'll find Jamie Malarkey the best featherweight in the country at the moment.