Marcus Davis and Dan Hardy engaged in a long, drawn-out war of words prior to their fight at UFC 99 on Saturday, and Davis now says that verbal battle helped Hardy win their physical battle in the Octagon.
This is the UFC 99 live blog for the undercard fight between Dan Hardy and Marcus Davis.
The news that Kimbo Slice will appear on Season 10 of The Ultimate Fighter (which is filming now and airing in the fall) was met with approval from the four established UFC fighters who spoke to the media today on a conference call to promote UFC 99, all of whom said appearing on the reality show was an appropriate first step toward becoming a UFC fighter.
The June 13 UFC 99 fight between Marcus Davis and Dan Hardy was already expected to be a grudge match, with Hardy talking trash about Davis on various Internet MMA forums, and Davis responding by writing at UFC.com that he hates Hardy. But that grudge match got even more heated Tuesday on a conference call to promote UFC 99, with Davis and Hardy insulting each other over the phone while the media listened.



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