Personal Life
Hardy is a fan of punk, metal and hardcore music. His favourite hardcore bands include Earth Crisis, Madball, and Blood for Blood. His opening song is "England Belongs To Me" by the British Oi! band Cock Sparrer, and he and the band have recorded a version of the song together. He has a passion for art, rarely spending a day without a sketch pad in his bag until the age of 22. He gave up his degree in art and design in his final year at Nottingham Trent University to pursue MMA full-time. Hardy lives in both England and Las Vegas with his American fiance, Elizabeth. In recent years, Dan Hardy has also become an outspoken critic of trophy-hunting on numerous occasions, even calling UFC Executive Matt Hughes "bad for the sport" due to his trophy-hunting in the states and abroad.
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