Dan Hardy (25-10-0-1) har inte tävlat sen september 2012 då han besegrade Amir Sadollah (6-5) via enhälligt domslut. Hardy är sugen på en comeback och har då några motståndare i åtanke.
Hardy hoppas kunna bli medicinskt godkänd att slåss i slutet av året då han gärna vill gå några fler matcher.
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”My plan is to get cleared at the end of the year to fight, but I wanna put myself through a full training camp first, so I know that I’m in good condition and can show the doctors that I’m in condition to fight as well. So I still have plans of getting cleared, I still would like to have a couple of more fights, but I’m taking my time and take it day by day at the moment.”
Hardy har några motståndare i åtanke och en av dom är Donald Cerrone (28-6-0-1), då Hardy tycker att Cerrone skulle vara en bra utmaning.
”There are a lot of good fighters out there, particularly at the moment, it seems to be a wealth of strikers. Difficult to pick, really. Who would I like to fight? Well, people I respect, people that will give me a good fight, a good challenge”, sa Hardy. ”Obviously ‚Cowboy’ (Donald Cerrone) is very active at the moment, he’s been looking really good, he’s a great kickboxer, he’s got good ground game, he would be a tough test for me. K.J. Noons, I never particularly vibed with that guy, but he’s an ex-pro boxer and he fancies himself as a better striker, so that’d be a fun fight. Diego Sanchez, he’s injured at the moment, but I know me and him go back and forth. He called me out from time to time.”
Hardy skulle kunna tänka sig att slåss i olika viktklasser, men helst möta lättare killar då han känner att han själv är mindre än förut.
”There’s a lot of good guys and I’m open to different weight classes as well”, förklarade han. ”I’d be happy to fight guys lighter as well, because I’m a little smaller that I used to be.”