{"id":193144,"date":"2016-05-02T03:15:56","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T10:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=193144"},"modified":"2016-05-02T03:15:56","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T10:15:56","slug":"dan-hardy-conor-mcgregor-hes-bought-hype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/dan-hardy-conor-mcgregor-hes-bought-hype\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Hardy on Conor McGregor: &#8216;He\u2019s bought into that hype himself&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dan-hardy\/dan-hardy-looking-to-return-to-the-ufc-for-big-fights\/\">Dan Hardy<\/a>, former UFC welterweight title challenger and current color commentator and analyst for the UFC knows a thing or two about fight promotion.<\/p>\n<p>In just his fifth fight in the UFC, &#8220;The Outlaw&#8221; fought for the UFC welterweight title against <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/firas-zahabi-confirms-admirable-story-georges-st-pierre\/\">Georges St-Pierre<\/a> and the veteran spoke about how he sees things happening with the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-dana-white-says-it-is-now-too-late-for-conor-mcgregor-to-get-back-on-ufc-200-card\/\">UFC&#8217;s situation with Conor McGregor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s about respect more than anything,\u201d Hardy told <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2016\/04\/ufc-fight-pass-analyst-dan-hardy-recent-rift-between-ufc-conor-mcgregor-about-respect\" target=\"_blank\">MMAjunkie<\/a>. \u201cI think that both parties are feeling disrespected \u2013 Conor, by not being given the leeway that he wants on his training, and Dana and the UFC feeling like he\u2019s not holding up his end of the bargain by not coming in and filming the commercial. A part of that is him digging his heels in and saying he needs to be more focused on training than the PR stuff. I get it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think his statement was very well written, and I think he stated his case very well. When he spoke about that a time comes when you need to stop handing out fliers, I think he\u2019s feeling the pressure of that loss and the pressure of the fight that\u2019s coming up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut, at the same time, the UFC are trying to make this the biggest event in their history. It\u2019s UFC 200. They\u2019re doing three events in one week, and they know how important it is for people to know that McGregor is on the card. He really is key to the pay-per-view sales. As important as it is for Nate to be there, really it\u2019s the fight with Conor that people want to see. Nate wants that as well, so it\u2019s a really awkward situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the balance of media, promotion and training, Hardy had some interesting things to say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe more time he spent doing PR, eight to 12 hours a day, with cameras and people around him asking the questions, the more that part of himself is going to take over,\u201d Hardy said. \u201cAnd I think that\u2019s what happened and this is ultimately ego. His brashness, the way he presents himself, the way he dresses, the way he sells these fights, it\u2019s ego out of control. But that\u2019s why people love it, it\u2019s fascinating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the result is that it eventually does take over, and I think that\u2019s what happened in the Nate Diaz fight. He kept throwing that big left hand because he expected him to go down, because he\u2019s bought into that hype himself. 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