Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICTION OF PRINCPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER

I Barry J. Gordon, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, certify that:

|1. | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB of Ardent Acquisition Corporation;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
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|2. | Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;                                         
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|3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial conditions, results of operations and cash flows of the small
business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report.                                                          
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|4. | The small business issuers other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the small business issuer and have:
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|5. | The small business issuers other certifying officer(s)
and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control
over financial reporting, to the small business issuers auditors and the
audit committee of the small business issuers board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent functions):                          
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|/s/ Barry J. Gordon                  |  | Dated:   August 14, 2006
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|Barry J. Gordon                      |  |                         
|Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |  |                         
|(Principal Executive Officer)        |  |                         

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