{"id":261983,"date":"2017-10-19T17:43:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T00:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=261983"},"modified":"2017-10-19T17:55:02","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T00:55:02","slug":"video-former-opponent-runs-heather-hardy-bellator-staredown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-former-opponent-runs-heather-hardy-bellator-staredown\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Former Opponent Runs Up on Heather Hardy During Bellator Staredown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heather Hardy is an MMA promoters dream. She&#8217;s an undefeated champion boxer who wanted to jump ship and she&#8217;s down to scrap with anybody. Not only can she talk trash, but she also gives an insightful interview and has an incredible backstory. She won her Bellator debut and will look to continue her successful MMA journey tomorrow night at Bellator 185 against Kristina Williams, but she never expected to be outnumbered at the weigh-ins. Out of nowhere, a women ran up shouting at Hardy who just happened to be one of her former opponents.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An altercation between Heather Hardy and an ex-boxing opponent was by far the highlight of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bellator185?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bellator185<\/a> weigh-ins <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Mows1zAQyq\">https:\/\/t.co\/Mows1zAQyq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6nLuyIjiZv\">pic.twitter.com\/6nLuyIjiZv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MMAjunkie (@MMAjunkie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMAjunkie\/status\/921165971146072064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2017\/10\/bellator-185-weigh-in-video-highlights-with-ex-heather-hardy-boxing-opponents-heckling-and-removal\">MMA Junkie<\/a>, that woman was Shelly Vincent,She lost a decision to Heather Hardy in boxing last year, which awarded\u00a0 Hardy the vacant\u00a0WBC international female featherweight title. The loss and rivalry is evidently something that Vincent isn&#8217;t ready to let go. Was this just out of a genuine dislike of Hardy, or is Vincent thinking of using this as a springboard into MMA herself? Hardy as made a name for herself pretty quick and is gaining some hype around her, a rematch of their boxing match in Bellator&#8217;s cage could be great for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Check out Heather Hardy and Shelly Vincent&#8217;s entire boxing bout down below.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI feel like [Heather Hardy]\u2019s everything that\u2019s wrong with women\u2019s boxing.\u00a0She\u2019s a way better fighter than she was a few years ago but she\u2019s not what they say she is. They built her up. I watched people get robbed by her. I might bring some cops up to prepare for a robbery.\u201d\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringtv.com\/462830-shelly-vincent-hardys-everything-thats-wrong-womens-boxing\/\">Shelly Vincent on Heather Hardy back in August of 2016<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sB8bGzdrg68\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 10\/19\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heather Hardy is an MMA promoters dream. She&#8217;s an undefeated champion boxer who wanted to jump ship and she&#8217;s down to scrap with anybody. Not only can she talk trash, but she also gives an insightful interview and has an incredible backstory. She won her Bellator debut and will look to continue her successful MMA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54442,"featured_media":261985,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2682],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>VIDEO | Former Opponent Runs Up on Heather Hardy During Bellator Staredown | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-former-opponent-runs-heather-hardy-bellator-staredown\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VIDEO | Former Opponent Runs Up on Heather Hardy During Bellator Staredown | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Heather Hardy is an MMA promoters dream. 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