Issac Hardman

You can't – you're not fighting amateurs.

So I had to go pro.

And then blew through the pro scene, 9-0, three Australian titles.

Fuck, man.

Yeah, yeah.

I fought this guy, his name was Aaron, I think, at Redcliffe, which is just down the corner, around the corner from where I work now at the PCYC in Melbourne.

I fought him in my first amateur and, yeah, I just felt like I belonged there and, like, this is, like, didn't feel foreign to me.

Like, I just knew that's what I was good at and, like, the walkout, I got some advice from someone, I can't remember who it was, but they said just look up and enjoy the walkout, take in the moment.

don't look down and just get to the ring look up and see your girlfriend or your fucking mum or your brother and say hey how are you and really take it in so I remember taking it in and it was just fucking awesome and I just like I can remember now looking back like there's no way that cunt was going to beat me like I was just like

Whether it be deny, I don't know the word I'm looking for, but I was just so fixated on winning.

There was no way he was going to beat me.

Yeah, in your head you were so like, yeah.

Yeah, I was just locked in.

I'm going to beat this cunt.

I ended up beating him over three rounds, picked him up, slammed him, and it was fucking sick.

But I just felt like the fucking exactly where I needed to be, and I was going to be in the UFC.

And then I went back and had a few UDLs and fucking –

Yeah, it was mad.

It was fucking cool.

Yeah, because losing fucking sucks.