{"id":286936,"date":"2018-10-05T10:56:46","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T17:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=286936"},"modified":"2018-10-05T11:53:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T18:53:14","slug":"dan-hardy-announces-that-hes-been-medically-cleared-to-fight-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dan-hardy-announces-that-hes-been-medically-cleared-to-fight-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Hardy announces that he&#8217;s been medically cleared to fight again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC welterweight title challenger Dan Hardy has not fought since September of 2012, when he was pulled out of competition as the result of a rare heart disorder called\u00a0Wolff\u2013Parkinson\u2013White syndrome. The condition is not usually dangerous, but Hardy has been kept out of the cage ever since as a precaution.<\/p>\n<p>While Hardy has kept plenty busy in the years since, working as a commentator and analyst for the UFC, and even penning a book, it sounds like a return to the cage is in the cards. In an interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Dan-Hardy-Medically-Cleared-To-Compete-Considering-Return-To-Fighting-143447\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sherdog.com<\/a>, the 36-year-old Nottingham native announced that he&#8217;s been cleared to fight again, should he so choose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m all good,\u201d Dan Hardy said. \u201cI went back to the UK, took a bunch of tests with a cardio specialist and they compared past test results and told me \u2018You\u2019re all good. Whenever you choose to return, you\u2019ve got the paperwork to compete.\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It should come as no surprise that Dan Hardy is very excited at the prospect of fighting again. That being said, he won&#8217;t return for just any old scrap. The details will have to be just right.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s nothing like fighting,\u201d Hardy said.\u00a0\u201cYou can\u2019t replace fighting. But [analyst work] is a good close second for me, to remain in the fight game, push these fights and give my thoughts on them. I feel fortunate just to be in this position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m always thinking about fighting again,\u201d Hardy continued. \u201cIt\u2019s gotta be the right venue, the right opponent. No one in particular, and that\u2019s the thing, this sport changes so quickly that you don\u2019t know who\u2019s going to be available mid-to-late next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really depends on where the sport sits at the time,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>If Dan Hardy returns to the cage, who would you like to see him fight?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 10\/5\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC welterweight title challenger Dan Hardy has not fought since September of 2012, when he was pulled out of competition as the result of a rare heart disorder called\u00a0Wolff\u2013Parkinson\u2013White syndrome. The condition is not usually dangerous, but Hardy has been kept out of the cage ever since as a precaution. 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