Antoni Hardonk vs. Pat Barry Likely for UFC 104
Heavyweight kickboxers Antoni Hardonk and Pat Berry are likely to square off at UFC 104 on October 24 in Los Angeles, according to MMA Weekly, who reports that both fighters have agreed to the matchup and that bout agreements are expected to be signed soon.
Hardonk (8-5) recovered from back-to-back losses to Justin McCully and Frank Mir with three-straight victories over Colin Robinson, Eddie Sanchez, and Mike Wessel, but suffered his third UFC loss in seven bouts inside the Octagon in April against Cheick Kongo.
Barry (4-1), who holds an 18-6-1 record as a kickboxer, kept his perfect MMA record intact in his UFC debut with an impressive first-round leg kick TKO of Dan Evensen at UFC 92 in December, but was submitted by Tim Hague in their first-round of their bout at UFC 98 in May.
UFC 104 is headlined by a light heavyweight championship matchup featuring current title-holder Lyoto Machida against challenger Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. Heavyweight contenders Shane Carwin and Cain Velasquez are set to square off in the PPV card’s co-main event.
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[Pictured: Antoni Hardonk]
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this is gonna be a sick matchup…i want this fight on the maincard i dont care…..i want to see thetwo fighters with the two hardest leg kicks in the ufc hw divsion collide…..im picking barry personally even though i really believe he needs to drop to lhw
gunslinger – just as a point of collective opinion more than fact, but doesn’t the newly-returning Mirko CroCop have the hardest leg kicks in the HW ranks?
And really? Antoni Hardonk at 8-5 on the main card?
I guess he deserves it after Batman-ing those muggers last week…
Should be a good “kick fest”, both guys have awesome leg kicks and one of them is getting their legs f-up. Both guys need a win, i’m picking Hardonk, he’s fought top guys already ans should be ready for whatever Barry will bring.
I’ve got Hardonk by sub. As good strikers as both of these guys are, Hardonk is a bit more well rounded. We saw in Barry’s last fight that his stand-up is phenomenal but he has next to no ground game. While Hardonk’s kickboxing is also his strong suit, he has likely spent more time working on his ground game than Barry has and will look to take this one to the ground.
I agree. Pat Barry, albeit a truck of a man, will have his only effective weapon neutralized. I don’t know that Hardonk can’t overmatch him on the feet, but he will definately have his way with Barry on the ground.
If it stays on the feet this should be an interesting and fun fight… whoever succumbs to leg kicks first will be the loser. However, if Hardonk can find a way to take it to the ground I think it will be a short and sweet submission victory for him. Either way, unless somehow they pull off a fight of the night caliber outing, I think one of these men will be looking to add some depth to the Strikeforce heavy weight division after the fight.
So Justin, are you saying this is another one of those UFC “loser leaves town” matches?
And yeah, the guy in this fight who stops kicking like a Rockette and scores a takedown should win by submission, most likely Hardonk, who has a broader skill-set and more experience.
I do think it is, whoever loses will have back to back losses, if it’s Barry it will be against two middle tier opponents. If it’s Hardonk it will be against Kongo, and then a middle tier opponent.
Hard work pays off. Things mean more when you earn it yourself.