"Everyone’s been down on the U.K. for a little while, and I think that’s partly due to the fact that the British fans are so vocal about the British fighters because it’s such a new thing for us. We haven’t had any fighters that can compete at that level.

"I think the American fans have been waiting for something like (Bisping getting KO'd by Henderson) to happen to say, ‘There you go, we told you that you weren’t as good as you thought you were. Everyone’s waiting for me to fall as well. As soon as I lose my first fight in the UFC, they’re going to be dancing around the room and that’s just part of the sport."

Dan Hardy talking to Sherdog about his countryman Micheal Bisping's KO loss to Dan Henderson at UFC 100.