Heather Hardy is a New Yorker through and through, so it’s easy to understand why even a short trip up north could mess up her fight routine.
The undefeated boxer-turned-cagefighter competes for the second time under MMA rules when she meets Kristina Williams in a flyweight bout at Bellator 185 on Friday at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. It will be the first time Hardy is not competing in the state of New York, and a considerable departure from her Madison Square Garden debut this past June that saw her defeat Alice Yauger by third-round TKO.