{"id":106633,"date":"2014-07-28T15:47:34","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T22:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=106633"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:30:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:30:06","slug":"dan-hardy-wants-to-return-to-the-ufc-and-retire-diego-sanchez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/dan-hardy-wants-to-return-to-the-ufc-and-retire-diego-sanchez\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Hardy Wants To Return To The UFC And Retire Diego Sanchez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/dan-hardy-wants-to-return-to-the-ufc-and-retire-diego-sanchez\/dan-hardy-copy3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26749\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/dan-hardy-Copy31.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"dan-hardy-Copy3\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26749\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dan Hardy hasn&#8217;t seen action inside the Octagon since 2012 when he KO&#8217;d Duane Ludwig, and then picked up a unanimous decision win over Amir Sadollah.  After the bout it was discovered that Hardy suffers from Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, which is a heart condition that essentially means Hardy has an extra electrical conduction pathway in his heart, which can cause his heartrate to jump to abnormally high levels.  The condition is a more severe version of Supraventricular tachycardia.<\/p>\n<p>Hardy spoke with <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2014\/07\/dan-hardy-would-like-to-send-diego-sanchez-into-retirement-for-his-ufc-comeback-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie Radio<\/a> about his hopes for returning to the Octagon after getting good news from his doctors.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI spoke to the doctor that works for the UFC in the U.K., and he said he thinks it\u2019s not really much of an issue to get me cleared.  It\u2019s just a case of going through the right tests and seeing the right cardiologists, guys that aren\u2019t going to make a buck out of selling an operation to me. And that\u2019s really where I am at the moment, particularly with the U.S. doctors. They\u2019re trying to sell me a car, and I don\u2019t need it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would reconsider if all of a sudden [the syndrome] became a complication for my health,\u201d he said. \u201cBut as it is right now, it\u2019s just a complication for my career, and I really feel like I\u2019m caught in the health care system.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Who does Hardy want to smash if given the opportunity to return to the UFC? The man who robbed his teammate Ross Pearson of a victory at the hands of arguably one of the worst judging calls of all time&#8230;Diego Sanchez.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cRoss Pearson won that fight clearly, and Diego accepted the win like he does\u2026he\u2019s as crazy as he is,\u201d Hardy said. \u201cI\u2019m a huge Diego fan, but for me, he is what\u2019s wrong with mixed martial arts right now. He is the 20th century bullheaded martial artist that walks forward and fights with their face, and now we\u2019ve got guys like \u2026 Conor McGregor, we\u2019ve got Gunnar Nelson; they\u2019ve all got this very Machida-esque style where they\u2019re very mobile; they can switch stances, and they can hit with power from anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Diego represents the old school, where you just walk forward in a boxing stance and see who falls over first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to get in there and maybe push him toward retirement,\u201d he said. \u201cGet my comeback fight, give him his last fight, and see where we\u2019re at.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Hardy hasn&#8217;t seen action inside the Octagon since 2012 when he KO&#8217;d Duane Ludwig, and then picked up a unanimous decision win over Amir Sadollah. 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