{"id":117924,"date":"2014-11-05T13:39:45","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T21:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=117924"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:12:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:12:19","slug":"dan-hardy-pearson-is-the-u-k-s-best-chance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/dan-hardy-pearson-is-the-u-k-s-best-chance\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Hardy: ‘Pearson Is The U.K.’s Best Chance’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ross<\/a><\/p>\n

“Pearson for my money is the best chance the UK has right now of clinching a UFC title. His career has been a great learning experience for him thus far and at only 30 years old the Sunderland, England native has plenty of time.”
\n<\/em>
\n“He is improving from fight to fight and over the next year or two I hope we will see him really start to create waves and force his way into the top ten.”<\/em><\/p>\n

taking to his weekly column for “The Independent<\/a>“, former UFC welterweight title challenger, Dan Hardy, gave his take on the U.K.’s title picture, based on the current landscape.<\/p>\n

Do you agree?<\/p>\n

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(Image via – The Internet)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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