{"id":444033,"date":"2022-04-23T04:28:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T11:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=444033"},"modified":"2022-04-23T04:28:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T11:28:59","slug":"michael-bisping-reacts-to-newly-announced-dan-hardy-vs-diego-sanchez-boxing-match-why-thats-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/michael-bisping-reacts-to-newly-announced-dan-hardy-vs-diego-sanchez-boxing-match-why-thats-crazy\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bisping reacts to newly announced Dan Hardy vs Diego Sanchez boxing match: \u201cWhy? That\u2019s crazy!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MMA analyst Michael Bisping has reacted to the news that Dan Hardy will face Diego Sanchez in an exhibition boxing match.<\/p>\n<p>When it was announced that Ricky Hatton would be returning to the ring for an exhibition bout, many fans were equally intrigued and a bit put off by the idea. Still, at the very least, it gives them the chance to see &#8220;The Hitman&#8221; in the ring one more time before he hangs them up for good.<\/p>\n<p>The most confusing part of the card was hidden away on the official website before being officially announced &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dan-hardy-explains-why-hes-boxing-diego-sanchez-confident-he-will-ko-him\/\">Dan Hardy vs Diego Sanchez<\/a> in an exhibition boxing showdown.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Bisping, who knows Hardy quite well, had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AmQ5kKQOGGM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some thoughts<\/a> on the situation in a recent episode of his podcast.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Batman Of Clitheroe - Believe You Me #392\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AmQ5kKQOGGM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cDan Hardy and Diego Sanchez, I mean, for f*** sake. Listen, if you\u2019re gonna fight, just f***ing fight. Stop talking about it, no offence to the guy, you know what I mean? Listen, Dan had a great career back in the day but he hasn\u2019t fought since 2012. He has talked about coming back consistently for the last 10 years. Diego Sanchez, is this a kickboxing fight?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">After discovering it was a standard exhibition boxing match, Bisping couldn\u2019t quite get his head around it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWhy? That\u2019s crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt\u2019s gonna favour Dan Hardy. Diego is tough as f***, he\u2019s been around forever. Dan, whilst he hasn\u2019t been active, he\u2019s one of those guys who isn\u2019t a drinker, he still works out, and he hasn\u2019t had any impact to the head for the last 10 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Who do you think will win &#8211; Diego Sanchez or Dan Hardy?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MMA analyst Michael Bisping has reacted to the news that Dan Hardy will face Diego Sanchez in an exhibition boxing match. When it was announced that Ricky Hatton would be returning to the ring for an exhibition bout, many fans were equally intrigued and a bit put off by the idea. Still, at the very [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54478,"featured_media":385216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10276,10174,10128,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Michael Bisping reacts to newly announced Dan Hardy vs Diego Sanchez<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"MMA analyst Michael Bisping has reacted to the news that Dan Hardy will face Diego Sanchez in an exhibition boxing match.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/michael-bisping-reacts-to-newly-announced-dan-hardy-vs-diego-sanchez-boxing-match-why-thats-crazy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Michael Bisping reacts to newly announced Dan Hardy vs Diego Sanchez\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"MMA analyst Michael Bisping has reacted to the news that Dan Hardy will face Diego Sanchez in an exhibition boxing match.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/michael-bisping-reacts-to-newly-announced-dan-hardy-vs-diego-sanchez-boxing-match-why-thats-crazy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"| BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-23T11:28:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dan-Hardy-4.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"399\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Harry Kettle\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Harry Kettle\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/michael-bisping-reacts-to-newly-announced-dan-hardy-vs-diego-sanchez-boxing-match-why-thats-crazy\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/michael-bisping-reacts-to-newly-announced-dan-hardy-vs-diego-sanchez-boxing-match-why-thats-crazy\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Harry Kettle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/2b63d73ee27460b473ff175d1d273460\"},\"headline\":\"Michael Bisping reacts to newly announced Dan Hardy vs Diego Sanchez boxing match: \u201cWhy? 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