Issac Hardman

He said, mate, he gave me this concept, the IBC, and I just said sign an NDA thing so I can release the information.

I'd just seen it on like it was a Word document, the concept, what it was, when, who I was going to be fighting.

I thought, fuck yeah, I'll do that.

Two minute rounds, sweet.

And then I said, mate, I'll do it.

I locked in for like, I did it for like training and getting up at 3.30 to get to the gym by, you know, 5.

So I'd spend an hour and get to work site by 6.30.

And then after on the way home, I was getting to the gym, knocking off at 4, getting to the gym by 5, spending an hour at the gym.

at the gym, not leaving until 7, getting home at fucking 7.38.

I miss my daughter.

My wife, she was at the time transitioning to a manager role in the hospital and she had a lot on her plate.

So give her more with the daughter and all that.

And me just fucking working, training, not seeing my family.

I'm like, oh, fuck this.

I don't want to do this.

So I pulled the pin on it.

With plenty of time and he replaced the fight and he just said, mate, do you want to come as a guest of mine?

I said, oh, could I get two more tickets for the cousins on site?

Yeah.

Took some mates and, yeah, that first IBC fight just set a fire under my mouth.