Dan Hardy's MMA return is likely happening in 2015, as "The Outlaw" eyes to compete down at lightweight this time, against UFC veteran and The Ultimate Fighter Season 1 winner, Diego "The Dream" Sanchez.
Dan Hardy's MMA career has been halted in 2012, after the British fighter revealed to have been suffering Wolf-Parkinson-White Heart Disease, rendering him unable to train at a high level.
However, in an interview with Swedish news outlet MMAnytt, "The Outlaw" revealed that he is working on getting clearance from medical experts to resume training and possibly make another run at professional mixed martial arts.
"I'm looking at getting cleared the beginning of next year," Hardy said. "I've spoken to a few doctors and it's looking positive. I don't see a reason why I wouldn't get cleared to fight, so now, really, it's just about getting back into training camp. Getting back into the groove of preparing for a fight."
Dan Hardy's MMA career had been at the very least above average. He has won six out of his ten fights in the UFC, and has also fought for the world welterweight title in March 2010. Unfortunately, he lost to Georges St-Pierre via unanimous decision, as the fight marked the first of his four straight losses.
Hardy, however, revealed that his current physical state has been back to when he was as an active UFC fighter.
"I've been training every day. I'm still very active and I've changed a few things about my training," he said. "I'm a little lighter now, I'm a bit quicker. I'm much more in a similar physical state now to how I was when I was competing regularly before the UFC, and to be honest that's when I felt I was at my best."
Dan Hardy's MMA return may also be against the TUF Season 1 winner Diego Sanchez. When asked why he chose "The Dream" as his next opponent, Hardy notes that he would want to teach his prospect opponent a thing or two about martial arts.
"I just feel like, particularly with my fighting style and how it's developing the last couple of years, I think that I could really expose him and hopefully teach him something about the martial arts and where he's gone wrong," he said.
