George Hardwick | Cage Warriors 147 'Unplugged' London Countdown | Energized Show

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Kind: captions Language: en [Music] I show up the Irish okay what's going on guys and welcome to my new episode of energize Russ introduce the champ today we have the cage Warriors lightweight champion of the world it is the one and only Middlesbrough Zone George Hardwick George how are you doing bud I'm doing great it's a lovely Sunday morning it although it's a bit foggy Monday morning all the hard all the hard trend is finished just chilled gonna go uh salt burn which is a local Seaside town hopefully the fog clears up what are you gonna do there George about have a have some coffee have a Daft laughing that normally it's a fish and chips an ice cream type place but you know not this close yeah pardon who are you gonna bring with you to a fish bird I was thinking of the fish and chips uh just a big girlfriend [Laughter] the people's Union right now where he's 147 unplugged is this Sunday the 10th of over George Hardwick is headline the card he's taking on Chris bungard for the lightweight title George you must be excited absolutely yeah this is you know ever since the last fight this is what I've been on about perfect timing is to get one more fight uh towards the end of the year wherever that is and this kind of just came out of nowhere it was like four weeks before the fight days I just words coming down I'm feeling sick feeling really fast and training I'm like I'm kind of peeking and there's no faith should I be worried and it was the next day we go to strength and conditioning Harry's Corsa breaks down just as I get my license uh you know I'll kind of shared car is just broke down and it's died so we have to sit in a cafe for ages and while some sat in the cafe I get this Ian Dean gets in touch with me sends a contract through and like sign it straight away yeah tell tell us this were you shocked when the name Chris came here because obviously this is uh he was only one fighting in with cage Warriors it was a split decision win were you surprised that was the name that you got see at that point I thought he was still fighting Gavin news I didn't know uh that fight was off whatever happened there but you know I'm not surprised because he's only got one fighting cage Warriors but he's got a lot of the Big Show experience which yeah you know on that bit of them behind it I always count for something and you know it's just a perfect fight before the end of the year and does this George obviously um Mike figlack went before UFC Paris uh I don't know if many people know what uh you were off that flight first if I'm not correct um do you think this is this is the one that gets you that big call up that you're looking for yeah because this is the thing when I was offered that fight I'm on my first adult holiday of my life with the energized glasses on uh representing I'm like way over it's it would have been a week's notice I'd have to pay [ __ ] laws to fly back and then there's my hands will still solved my nose was still sore it would have just been fighting at a really compromised State like I'd rather make a good defense than like jump head first at the UFC in a way which would be compromised in this the dolls can to travel difficulties at that point did you consider though your time game would have been on point though oh yeah I keep a good tan anywhere I think because uh eight loads of carrots oranges carotenoid rich foods cucurbits you know them kinds of squashes they are orange foods the better your time is apparently there is some truth to it you know there's some truth to that carotenoid stuff uh George like obviously when you got the call to compete on UC Paris did you who do you ruin that by like to because a lot of people would just jump at it obviously Paddy uh party the body pimlet is well known for like turning down the UFC a couple of times so like who did you like ruin this situation by uh so as you just um message Harry in a little group chat where it's just me me Harry and Leon and we're just kind of like no it doesn't really doesn't really work in terms of the time frame it was like eight days nine days I can't remember exactly uh I'd have to have flew back immediately try a train where there's no guarantee I could have hit pads hard because my left hand was still sore as from that fight there's no guarantee my nose wouldn't have just opened up if it took any contact so it wasn't like it wasn't ideal and what another one um Jerry prohaska he's he turned on the UFC first which you say I'd rather have a good defense and cage Warriors solidify the belt at the right time in the competitive schedule you know because you depending how hard the fights are because that fight with Driscoll was a bit of a war yeah I knew I need I knew I needed that time little break and then towards the end of the year no that's fair enough and you know what we we think of either I call as well and unfortunately it didn't work out for Mike at the time but like this bunker fight is an interesting one like you say he he he's a veteran he's got that name recognition and he he could be the one who gets gets you over the line because it seems to be a harder and harder to get that phone call from the UFC and we're still waiting to see if Paul Hughes gets the phone call or still waiting uh to see if Christian Leroy Thompson gets a phone call there's a few others who are uh recent keys look for a phone call and then so maybe the Lion's not working at the moment George maybe maybe you can get it working um yeah if I have to defend the belt again after this I'm more just tuned into my kind of competitive schedule but I think this is a good he's dangerous crisp longer but this is a good fight to put on a showcase he's got similarities to Pastor pawn and so I've you know what Sean I've got the Finish over in entertaining words but he has got that kind of unorthodox stuff he can throw elbows and back fists and awkward submissions out of nowhere so it's dangerous but a really good chance to put on a showcase and tell us this George because obviously there's been you some huge cards this year like you fought on some you've been some you know uh there's obviously the the fight nights at cage whereas before UFC London and UFC Belfast was a big one uh used was a big one but this was the UFC or this one's in the BT Sports Studios and uh obviously UFC have a massive contract with BT Sports I know there might might be maybe a memorized on some of the other ones but do you reckon this one might have the right eyes on it more so than the mouse does see I've always been aware there's probably been UFC people at the past few events because my last two fights this year there's been the UFC London's happening in the fall or two the next day so I've always been aware of that to be honest around fight time it's hard to hard to visualize that it's all just the certain shots I want to land and certain things I'm aware of it'll sink in after the fight as I'm going around the venue you know it'll be a different venue I've been either York hall or to Indigo for past year now this was gonna be like fighting in the gym I'd say there's going to be about 200 people there Max yeah you're probably similar to the uh covert fights like the pandemic era fights yeah imagine someone imagine it's the UK's answer to the Apex the factory battles would you say that yeah yeah that's that's exactly what we're thinking uh you were mentioning that each photo gets like 10 tickets each yeah it's like 10 invites each there you have friends reaching out the Woodworks to try and become more popular than ever uh George um well I've just sent them off to the sponsors yeah this sounds like a Mark Zuckerberg fortnite that he had those doors uh George obviously uh Harry was out two weeks ago uh uh Katy Warriors 145 he beat Steve aimable tell us how impressed were you with Harry and is he the next man up for that featherweight belt because we seem to think so I think definitely 100 because no one's done that to aimable aimable even Champions will be aimable I've gone on to be Champions like vicenic didn't beat him in that way it was a close fight anyone's beat aimable for a long time like I think Perry was a lot Perry Goodwin was the last guy I've been before that it's been close no one's just blew him out the water attenuated him just put on a clinic like that against Steve Engel I think throughout his whole career it's it's just not happened really especially in his cage Warrior's career so that's so for me 100 number one Contender for Harry I think and in terms of just the whole fight and everything I've noticed this with my past few fights and Harry's fights now where it used to be such a pressure bubble the whole fight experience from going on the bus to getting in the venue and you know managing nerves and what have you but whether I'm fighting or Harry's fighting I feel like there's no urge we want this fight to happen because we're nervous for it it's just the whole experience is fun it's almost like a really really hard training session either of us is fighting it's a and then after the fight it wasn't like yeah he's won it was just I know it was it if it was a back and forth fight there'd be more of those like emotions in it like when he fought and died but I think we've just got the got the process so be it down now yeah from the outside looking in it looks like you guys are just against uh Kyle Drisco we did the Face-Off for and then watching it there at the event you just seem like you stepped up another level Harry even competing that cage Warriors Belfast to their competing at uh one four five it looked like you've improved again it just seems like you Lads are just getting better and better and better and like who knows where you're going to be in um for Harry like obviously we're talking about the Federal Way division Paul Hughes got that win against Jordan fuchanich and probably one of the like like that fight was up there we won the fights of the year with yourself against Carl Driscoll and Reese McKee against Justin berlinson but you think if Paul goes to the UFC next which is looking very likely who do you think Harry could fight for the title or potential interim title um I'm not sure because in terms of the contenders are people who were champ you know it's just be aimable you know Chariot Sharia is there but he's off two losses and if he beats on your card yeah and even if he beats this guy it's like he's not some massive name in the division there could potentially be like some us fight you know uh some X UFC got like Wilson Hayes Force he fought featherweight in his last fight I don't know if that was like a compromise or if he's wanting to be a run at featherweight whatever but it could be someone like that there's a fellow we had on the show and I think he's two if not three-no on cage wires in the UF series called Damon wheels and he's got the Nomad he he lives in a in a I don't know I'm gonna call it Caravan but a mobile home and he travels around the state's training so that could be a an interesting one he's he's an interesting character you know I mean I don't know if I'd go as far as say he's interesting as Harry Potter he's definitely an interesting character um George was tell us about the performance a rematch against Pasquale again because uh he said he didn't want to fight any more hard people and then yeah looking for that total shot against um Margaret Tony there could be two titles in one night in Italy yeah it actually came up uh I would definitely gain bar for that on the Paramore over in Italy would be to the roof yeah geez imagine that Italian paramo George I thought Pasquale was interested in the palm oil I don't know how uh how that Besh and cheese would last on a flight and then sitting around in hot Italy but you know Pasquale was legitimately interested in the palm oil after his favorite Harry yeah I I can see it I can see the making that happen you know I mean like they could do like a Face-Off um like they could both be having Paramus but they could have be done well in advance of the fight you know what I mean or maybe half of caramel you know we still can't believe we haven't had a caramel yet demand to be talked about with me oh no no what's called we're waiting to hit the big time and go over to Middlesbrough on the interview both hard works for both belts in person at Central Park yeah that'd be sick yeah we can go to Fishburne I don't know but I don't know what the palm oils are like in Fishburn um sound a bit suss to me no you're gonna call the Fish burn for the rest of your life now George yeah George yeah obviously yeah Harry's performance well against him but you touched on it what what's changed because it was the same with your performance against Drisco like someone seems to have clicked for your recently like the boxes on point like seeing Harry stick his hands behind us back uh like as he was uh pinging away at aimball was a sorry to behold it was beautiful what what's changed uh with the hardware or is it just you're getting that bit better and the confidence has grown I think as well it's it's the process of you know competing on cage Warriors everything around the way cut rehydrating and the fight days all just coming more and more into into its own where we've got it set down there's no should we do that should we do this we know what to do but another thing is it's not really like one thing clicks because me and Harry are bouncing ideas off each other you know non-stop it's just a continual process of we're always having these brain waves and sharing them oh you know what if the circle in that way you can actually do this or this Fan's been really good we'll Spar and then we're just discussing stuff on the way home or anything like that and it's just a continual process of it it's not waiting for one big click and like oh yeah everything's good now it's just continual little things little things and obviously with our coaches Abdul and peace it's just constantly happening constantly little tiny things and it's more a culmination of little tiny details than it is one big thing changes and we're putting the performances on I thought you're going to tell us it was the tick tocks oh I've been lazy with the tick tocks a few days I'm sure there'll be uh a 280 worn breakdown on Tick Tock at some stage to do I'll have to do a breakdown of uh of Harry's work cut so it's hot as it's hot as hell in the room because Harry's cutting weight and we've ordered more towels Harry's like mummified feet using a towel wrapper popping out from around the corner um I'm just in a shirt me undies because it's hot as hell Leon's just there eating a full roast chicken because for some reason we decided let's just eat full roast chickens from Tesco and he sat at the desk with a full roast chicken I'm just there in my shirt my undies I answer the door for this guy you ordered more towels all right oh yeah yeah I only realized like five minutes after taking the towels how bizarre how some kind of Dharma scene that would have looked like yeah for anyone who hasn't seen someone could wait the amount that tells that you actually use for that process is absolutely Freud and um yeah also if he if he actually got a glimpse of uh Harry on the ground as well like that would definitely be a scary story especially as uh Leon's in the corner munching away on his full-size chicken well yeah I just had a full roast chicken so there was there was another chicken carcass somewhere in the uh in the vicinity it was a bit of a scene that was that was by Harry's feet probably um George we're gonna have to get back to you Defending Your belt this Sunday a cage Wars 147 unplugged London live and UC Fight Pass George what were you getting the job done against Chris bungardt um like this one is the main event this one the people are going to be tuned in for like Chris obviously has a big following you a big following what way do you get the job done this Sunday see I never plan like a full clean knockout because you never planned for The Knockout you always plant a land and then The Knockout happens I think you know sometimes you can guess sometimes you can struggle in really grinding fights like I remember this fight with Charlie Leary and bellatori struggled with Charlie because he was grinding and just had that piss you know Charlie Leary was giving him his hand helping him up between like round two and three which which is never a good sign uh but that being said he's a veteran veterans know how to survive you might be be able to make himself tricky to finish at points but I'm thinking around three you know I've got plenty round two finishes I've got that round four finish I'm thinking round three I'm not you know I'm not just swinging for the fences playing I never planned for The Knockout straight off it just happens well we see some vintage body work in this one again oh yeah body work all the time like uh when I watched the George Hardwick Floyd basil I'm sitting there and watching and when he lands those shots to the body like you can actually feel them sitting at home on the couch yeah it's just a hard week the Hardwick's cardios are just on another level as well you can tell they just live breed and eat like this 24 7. so like after the fight towards you you just couldn't but you're gonna probably do an interview with Eid it's after you're gonna just be like here look the UFC has to be next um well yeah or another defense it's just more on the competitive schedule I know there's gonna be a UF well when's Usman Edwards that's the rumors rumors of March so staying ready for that really because a lot of the times it's just they need someone it might be a three weeks not this might be a two weeks notice like when I was offered it was a week's notice last time it's just keeping that in mind and staying ready for it there we go we're having a semi-targeted date to be peeking towards yeah so I can get the palm oils and the festive bakes in to a good satisfactory standard there we are in December over December and then still have time to be a good word physically recovered you know I expect to finish Chris Bunga but I'm always ready for a hard fight I never plan anything after the fight straight away there we have a plasma we had a we have we had fish burn we had they have to have a kid towards fish bird next thing of course Danny cage Warriors of course Harry we discussed future aspirations the UFC I think we discussed it all George is there anything we haven't discourse that you wanted to get in there um uh we haven't discussed Resident Evil 4 that that's always I can always talk for eight hours about that yeah but like you know just because your last one talks to you about that doesn't mean you can borrow some stuff for eight hours right on UFC fully pass on UFC Fight Pass well we'll have to get a you'll have to get a twitch stream going hey you and Harry can uh twitch together around there I'm sure that would bring in the views yeah definitely yeah just rant at each other trying to play a Resident Evil 5 chord yeah I'd watch I'd watch you know I'm not a Resident Evil guy but I'd watch it George I'd watch it no no uh George is there any sponsors you want to give a shout out before we go J Mac J Max scaffolding uh Market me worst clearance Services T side Rev Gear uh canopy Northeast uh bespoke Finance and then unit 20 and obviously the gyms are trained at middle to fight Academy unit uh 29 Newcastle fight Center I think that's covered the base yeah we want to make sure what's called the if you don't know who those goals are they'll be the ones making all the noise uh at the BT Sports Studios when George Harbors get in his hand raised George thanks a million for coming on uh if you haven't watched this make sure to like share subscribe hit the Bell notifications don't miss any energies content if you're on UFC Fight Pass make sure to favorite this video and give George a follow-on on social medias because he's a great guy and his tick tock's blown up at the moment and as always guys of the Irish and so seeing you guys a couple of times I've seen a couple of Clips I think you don't show me the views with Dylan Moore and then I I saw so keep going keep up the good workers