Dan Hardy still thinks about returning to competition, but explains how it won’t be as difficult as many think. Though he never officially hung up his gloves, Hardy (25-10 MMA, 7-4 UFC) hasn’t competed since September 2012, when he defeated Amir Sadollah in his hometown of Nottingham, England. The 38-year-old former UFC welterweight title challenger was then scheduled to face Matt Brown in April 2013, but was diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (also known as “Wolf Heart”) and forced to withdraw. He decided against surgery and has been teasing a comeback for a while, but seems closer than ever to actually making it a reality. On an episode of the Joe Rogan Experience MMA Show in August 2019, Hardy, who’s been serving as an analyst and UFC commentator since 2014, said he had intentions of reentering the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency testing pool with the hopes of making a comeback
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Feeling fresh at 38, Dan Hardy says ‘someone’s gonna get it’ if he returns to MMA – MMA Junkie