Order Now with Main Event on Kayo Sports.<\/a><\/p>\nDan Hooker, Tai Tuivasa and Michael \u2018Venom\u2019 PageSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n
New Zealand\u2019s Hooker is another longtime favourite among UFC fans, although recently suffered his third straight loss against France\u2019s Salah-Dine Parnasse.<\/p>\n
MVP, meanwhile, has only just been cut by the UFC, and despite the Englishman being on a run of four straight wins.<\/p>\n
Signing Page would represent a coup for Australia\u2019s newest combat promotion, which is also being whispered for several international shows in 2027.<\/p>\n
While the UK fighter was on a streak of four straight \u2013 which included, most recently, a win over Nursulton Ruziboev at UFC Paris this month — the promotion opted not to re-sign him.<\/p>\n
Apart from the IBC now chasing signatures for both MVP and Hooker, Mac added his promotion would also do for Tuivasa what bareknuckle has done for Perry.<\/p>\n
\u201cTai Tuivasa not only becomes the face of a sport here, he continues competing for years to come if he wants,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Tai comes to the IBC, we\u2019d build him again.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd our sport is absolutely suited to athletes like him; fighters in their thirties who are starting to struggle with everything that comes with those strict routines of training.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got shorter rounds, and less damage on the body. So those guys can come here and still have careers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mac also revealed Camilleri isn\u2019t the only world ranked fighter he is speaking with.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now, I\u2019m having conversations with numerous boxers across Australia,\u201d he continued. \u201cI\u2019m talking about world ranked guys. There are some others too who are among the top ranked guys domestically.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd obviously there has been a lot of work to get to this point so quickly. But really for us, it\u2019s amazing.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThis is what we\u2019re doing within 12 months of getting started. Within five shows.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s phenomenal and shows the success the IBC is having.\u201d<\/p>\n
And as for next Wednesday\u2019s main event, which tops a card set to be shown live on both Main Event and Kayo Sports?<\/p>\n
\u201cDefinitely a 50\/50 fight,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s also exciting to see the IBC has got something done that the boxing community couldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd that isn\u2019t taking aim at anyone.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut this is a fight a lot of people have wanted to see. And we\u2019ve been able to put it together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hardman is looking to become the IBC\u2019s first ever \u2018Champ Champ\u2019, having also retained middleweight gold in July against Mikey Vaotuua.<\/p>\n
After rising up to become world ranked in boxing, the fighter dubbed \u2018Headsplitter\u2019 has most recently enjoyed immediate success in the brawling space.<\/p>\n
IBC fights are contested in a square cage \u2013 five metres, by five metres \u2013 with the combatants unable to wrestle or clinch, ensuring more action and almost every bout ending via KO.<\/p>\n
Asked previously about the Camilleri fight, Hardman replied: \u201cI\u2019m punching Joel Camilleri\u2019s nose straight \u2026 honestly, I\u2019m sleeping him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know the guy might still be a world ranked boxer and whatever.<\/p>\n
Joel Camilleri faces Issac Hardman for the IBC welterweight titleSource: Supplied<\/p>\n
\u201cBut his greatest asset has always been his footwork. And you can watch him in those big arse boxing rings, herking and jerking, ducking and diving.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut good luck doing that against me in a f***ing phone booth.<\/p>\n
\u201cI tip even one big right hand on his chin \u2026 he\u2019s sleeping.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Camilleri has recently called out fighters like Nikita Tszyu, Michael Zerafa and Ben Mahoney, Hardman added that he had no problem accepting the chance to become a two-division champion.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo one wants to fight him, apparently,\u201d Hardman shrugged of his latest rival.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo that\u2019s why he\u2019s switching it up and coming across to what all these boxers are calling the mug\u2019s game.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I can tell you what, he\u2019s coming to the IBC to get paid. And get paid really f***ing well.<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly though, I don\u2019t give a f*** about any of that.<\/p>\n
\u201cSame as I don\u2019t care who I defend titles against. So long as that cashola keeps arriving into my back pocket, I\u2019ll fight my brother if I need to.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He\u2019s been crowned the Australian version of Dana White \u2013 and now IBC boss Daniel Mac has unveiled…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":895823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-895822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=895822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/895823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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