Veronica Hardy Explains Lengthy Absence From Octagon | The MMA Hour

Veronica Hardy discusses why she’s been out so long, learning MMA from her coach and husband Dan Hardy, her past concussion issues, the multiple countries she has lived in, rooting for Nottingham Forest, and more.
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[@robertwalker9133]

i like Veronica she's so humble and cool dans a lucky dude

[@williamandres1042]

Agreed! And a beauty too, obviously.

[@SNAFU..]

Hahahe! You two? Don't worry lads...you will find girlfriends one day.....

[@williamandres1042]

@@SNAFU.. ?

[@gettingoverit3080]

@@SNAFU.. pray for me too

[@SNAFU..]

@@gettingoverit3080 If you look like your thumbnail I don't think prayer would work brotha.....

[@thewraithize]

Having a Dan and a coach is an absolute asset with his technical knowledge of MMA, he doesn’t leave anything untouched

[@Fang_Astro]

You obviously haven’t seen her fight before..she tends to throw punches chin up like Derek Brunson and also somehow always manages to be on bottom when going for a takedown. If she fights like that Saturday night Dan doesn’t love her 😭

[@Fang_Astro]

UPDATE: Dan Hardy loves her and found a great matchup for her

[@JakeAllen3]

@@Fang_Astro 😂😂

[@VeronicaHardyMMA]

@@Fang_Astro 😂 I never get to choose my matchups .. I just get told

[@Fang_Astro]

@@VeronicaHardyMMA You definitely improved with Dan being by your side 😂

[@s.x4644]

Really enjoy her on the Full Reptile picks show, really cool person. Hope the comeback's a good one!

[@jstcknuout]

Very genuine person !

[@edavila0823]

As a fellow Venezuelan, it is not often one of us breaks through to the other side. I feel inspired seeing people who come from where I come from reach success.

[@GSthe3rd]

you had a champ in Pena

[@pokemonovice9758]

You know she has never trained in Venezuela, she hasn't lived in Venezuela in 24 years, and neither of her grandparents are Venezuelan so she has zero Venezuelan roots (they are from Portugal and Spain)?

[@pokemonovice9758]

Pena is half Mexican. She wasn't champion cause she has venezuelan bIod, she was champ despite that fact; and was added up to the long list of champions of direct Mexican descent in the history of MMA, which have hundreds of world championships in major organizations (UFC, Strikeforce, WEC)@@GSthe3rd

[@Gvcardoso83]

I hope you win Veronica! You seem to be an amazing person

[@reddevil211287]

Cutest laugh ever.

[@japanunfound]

Sheesh. So used to seeing her on the podcast looking really healthy. This brings home the reality of weight cutting. What a nutty sport.

[@2stepsforward4stepsback]

I hope Veronica takes the WIN 100% 👊👏🙌👍🙏

[@peterting1505]

The collab we didn't know we needed!! MMA HOUR x FULL REPTILE 🔥🔥

[@CLOUD316]

Veronica was a +300 on Sportsbook glad she got the W and her skills have improved 10 folds since being with Dan, awesome couple.... Look forward to watching her next mma match

[@Bmorefan]

Damn I been waiting to see her fight again forever...she's a badass

[@binzy698]

what a legend. well happy for her

[@slumberwall]

Great win, and one of the best fights of the night, along with Justin and Leon.

[@The_Isaiahnator]

I hope she gets her health in order. Your brain health ain't nothing to play with. And for what it's worth, she's always been in fun fights, but maybe that recklessness caught up with her.

[@mmarco8787]

Getting punched in the brain can't help. But then again, her brain is what is telling her to do it which speaks to how damaged it already is.

[@kubrenh8976]

Oh yes boys, Dan is one lucky bastard

[@theguvnor3880]

I wish her luck. The concussion stuff sounds worrying though.

[@mrtibbz10]

Most fighters suffer from it though good on her for having the space in between because most of them just carry on man

[@spencer9488]

Ariel said she had a “GURU” living with her. Ariel really exposing the MMA Guru love triangle.

[@waterhot80]

Ariel truly is a big🐶big🐻he's a🦁

[@spencer9488]

@@waterhot80 🐶🐻🦁

[@BowlOfLifeNutrition]

Dan Hardy did not get Veronica out of Luck, you get a girl like Veronica out of hard work and great skills

[@cornell833]

So she a Gold Digger?

[@lyricallyricist]

@@cornell833 Dan hardy ain’t rich

[@stevo3938]

He’s punching

[@karlhorrigan8201]

​@@stevo3938stop simping fella 😂

[@schism6976]

Let's go ✊

[@skichy4793]

Congrats on your UFC London win!!! Well deserved & being married to the British legend Dan Hardy definitely paid off!!! 👏 Good luck k for the future Mrs Hardy. Bows 🇬🇧

[@karlmccullough287]

Let’s go V 🏴‍☠️👊🏽🔥👊🏽🏴‍☠️

[@Kaaashhhhhhh]

Rough skid, 1-4 in the UFC and her husband is the enemy of the UFC. Unfortunate! Keep fighting the good fight!

[@Gratefulfellow]

But I think the UFC won't hold it against her. As long as she is professional she's fine.

[@Subfightr]

Beautiful person in every way. So it seems at least.

[@ayo30s]

Good Luck Veronica, 👊🏾🇳🇬🇺🇸

[@mujeracero2495]

Bellaaa Dios te bendiga pelea por tu futuro por tu familia 🇻🇪🇻🇪🇻🇪🇻🇪

[@nawa240]

She really loves her husband and adores him.

[@dkmma3312]

Everyone loves hardy

[@thurstonbell1692]

V's one coolass human. This couple is bad as Hell 👊🏾

[@vincentvandervelden3554]

The Dutch Hardy army will be rooting for ya Veronica Reptiles Rule 🫸🏻🤛🏻Ushh

[@back2workofficial]

Zeker weten!!!!!!

[@Outlawx19]

shes going to win

[@nickmoran1]

Good luck to her.

[@genkice6247]

All the best

[@cornell833]

Time off She just got more Smart in the The Octagon You live and learn #She will win Saturday ✨ let's goooo 💰🇺🇸

[@fredackley309]

Really hope she wins. V needs a w

[@Kelgee3]

Good for you Dan. WINNING!! LOL!

[@Fredhamnewey]

Something he didn't do in his career

[@cornell833]

​​@@Fredhamnewey 🤣 so true 💯 his girlfriend can fight but he was a Journey man 😔

[@Kelgee3]

@@Fredhamnewey Really? I assume u joking as he did make it to the title fight (nobody beat GSP) with the most limited resources any fighter had in the UFC. Plus a pioneer in taking on the "heel" role. Respect!

[@romanovkazdavicovich3996]

Good fighter, very smart person too. Veronica Hardy-Macedo is a beautiful person.

[@Fang_Astro]

Stop simping she’s 1-4 in the UFC

[@waterhot80]

@@Fang_Astro 💀💀💀

[@Fang_Astro]

@@waterhot80 Of course she won after I said that 😭 that girl she fought somehow is even worse, spamming submission attempts but doing them completely wrong every time 💀

[@pushplayj661]

you rock veronica

[@WMC.]

He called Dan ‘a Guru’ 😂

[@jonathanmoore7582]

Good catch. As in "MMA Guru". LOL

[@WMC.]

@@jonathanmoore7582 yeah, you get it 👍

[@carlbeaumont4276]

What about the Venezuelan Vixen??

[@Skammee]

Vero had several concussions in one month ! ? ! ? that ain't good . I 'd like to see her stay retired and do things less traumatic . Wish her the best however she chooses ;)

[@dolphinwithahandgun7094]

yeah and wild enough her last opponent is suffering from the same problem rn

[@ABC-dw7pe]

Yeah it’s really not worth having a Swiss cheesed brain so young. Hope she can see sense and call it a day soon.

[@mrtibbz10]

​@@ABC-dw7pe All these fighters suffer with the same things they just carry on its sad at least she took a long long layoff.

[@Theincognoah]

I think she will win

[@lillystew]

4:36 Did he forget about the Venezuelan Vixen? lol

[@chettybangbang6897]

well done to the hitman! bravo mate

[@DylanKingMMA]

I’m sorry but Juju is taking that W

[@therelentlessman1811]

W wife

[@rodtad7210]

that's a perfect moniker for her, Veronica "nomad" Hardy

[@tyrocyr]

👍🏼☺️

[@jonesdan85]

Queen V

[@crawJ24]

I love that she forgot to mention the UK in the countries she lived in 😂

[@VeronicaHardyMMA]

🤦🏻‍♀️😂😂😂 I know and Brazil .. literally the two places the last 4 years.

[@crawJ24]

@Veronica Hardy MMA 😂 Congrats on the victory, looking forward to the next one!

[@kaltkalt2083]

Imagine this story if she weren’t really cute and purty. Then it’s totally stalking. When an attractive person stalks people, even celebrities, it’s cute and romantic.

[@TheFifapro44]

WOULD

[@justinlyle7831]

Dan Dan the lucky man. She's cool. Killer Miller is tough tho. Letsssgooo.

[@Fredhamnewey]

Biggest usman hater along with her husband fighting on usmans undercard the irony🤣🤣

[@T33K4Y96]

Had no idea she was an Usman hater, what's the story behind that?

[@Fredhamnewey]

@TKL KGB they were especially dan has a dislike for usman, it was so evident when they were watching the fights live and reacting, when usman sent jorge to shadow realm

[@T33K4Y96]

@fazzy You're right. Now that I think about it, he got KOTY and they were just like "😐" doubt they reacted the same when Leon caught him w the kick. Their picks for Leon had very biased reasoning too.

[@leedscity6881]

He picked Usman last time

[@Kev80ification]

Stay retired. Mind your health. God bless to you and Dan 🙏

[@mmarco8787]

She seems interesting. I wish I spoke whatever language she was speaking so I could've understood the interview.

[@pinkacademy5232]

Cant lie I listen to full reptile and all but I think Veronica takes an L the other girls a little bigger and she’s very scrappy we will see tho should be a good one regardless

[@SNAFU..]

Notts Forest doesn't want Ariel......but County would love him...

[@afgunlion]

Veronica didn't even know how to fight vs Bea malecki. She was one of the worst female fighters on the roster. Her last performance was a huge improvement all thanks to Dan apparently.

[@josecastellanos9713]

She is a talented fighter, but she needs to go 115 division in order to win. She is too small.

[@tanxilhanif]

Julianna Peña .. isn't she Venezuelan ? Her nick Venezuelan vixen ?

[@closinginonclosure]

This interview felt like more of an obligation. Like Ariel would have never done it and wasn't really interested in doing it, but it was part of the deal if he was going to have Dan on so he had to.

[@jawee6144]

What motivated your stellar comment ? 😂

[@thesatisfiedcustomer4869]

thats a nice positive comment!

[@closinginonclosure]

@@jawee6144 Making an observation based on watching the show every Monday and Wednesday. The guest seemed out of place and awkward. Someone he would never have on out of the blue without a good reason. Also during the Dan Hardy video Ariel said "Don't worry Dan, we'll get to your wife".

[@closinginonclosure]

@@thesatisfiedcustomer4869 It's a nice honest comment. The truth isn't always pretty.

[@boosterkidrg]

But...she's fighting this week? So it's not just a random interview out of nowhere...

[@MilkyWayGalaxyy]

She should be with me, not him! 😒

[@karlhorrigan8201]

You supposed to support Everton fc Ariel what's gone on there 😂

[@Charlieandersali]

Veronica sounds like a a Dutch person talking English

[@VeronicaHardyMMA]

I did live in Holland for a while 😅

[@baggerjanus]

​@@VeronicaHardyMMA where did you stay in Belgium if I may ask?

[@VeronicaHardyMMA]

@@baggerjanus Brussels

[@baggerjanus]

@@VeronicaHardyMMA Cool. My girlfriend lives there so I divide my weeks between Gent and Brussels. Congrats on the win!

[@DotcomDisco]

I think it’s beautiful that Veronica married her father while he was still married to another woman 🙌

[@cantbendknee]

?

[@drimud5218]

welll now that your health is in order you can go dye on the scale!!!!

[@superskunk6629]

#JewruArmy 🇮🇱

[@ableton909]

Married after 3 years? Divorce waiting to happen

[@VeronicaHardyMMA]

I’ll just say no.

[@Takkforkniven]

She looks tired and sad.

[@kanthony9154]

Stockholm syndrome with Dan

[@fengshuimma9160]

Weight cut will do that to you

[@FlaminggMoe]

What are you talking about 😂

[@icomment7715]

She is probably already sick of his "advice"

[@bojanglespoonan8419]

All those countries I bet her body count is triple digits I love it

[@jonesdan85]

And your an incel

[@ABC-dw7pe]

?

[@bingusman69]

She gonna pull out before Saturday unlike Dan the Man

[@cantbendknee]

Wrong.

[@jromerohoustone1024]

Dan hardy is the most overrated character I've ever seen and the most unlikable

[@ABC-dw7pe]

Really? Based on what?