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“I’ve done tests, I’ve got results back. It looks very positive,” Hardy said. “I’m not sure exactly what I’m going to do with the knowledge and information yet. But I feel confident I have paperwork to prove that I can fight again.”
Hardy’s last outing saw him outpoint Amir Sadollah in his hometown of Nottingham at UFC on Fuel TV 5 back in September 2012, before a previously undetected heart abnormality — Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome — put him on the shelf indefinitely.
But now the former UFC welterweight title challenger-turned UFC analyst said he has all the medical information he needs to approach the UFC with a serious case to allow him to compete again.
“I suppose you could say that, yeah, The UFC’s changed a lot since I was fighting. (U.S. Anti-Doping Agency) has come in now, and there’s a lot more restrictions and stipulations on stepping back into competition.
“So I need to cross all those bridges, as well, if I think about it, and if I think it’s right for me. It’s been four years since I’ve done a training camp so I have to see how my body feels. I’m walking at 185 (pounds), I feel strong, I feel lean. I feel better psychologically than I ever have in my career.”
Hardy’s enthusiasm was clear as he expanded on his thoughts of a potential comeback, but he said he’d only jump back into the octagon against the right opponent.
“I’ll reiterate: I’m not interested in belts or rankings,” he said. “If I’m stepping back in it’s gonna be a big fight. I’ll step in and have a good war, and then I’ll step away and back into commentary.
“Honestly I think I’m more valuable to the sport in the role that I’m doing now. There aren’t many people that can really explain mixed martial arts in my opinion, and I’m trying my best. And I think we need more people like me in the sport to educate the new fans that are joining us.
“Just the other day I had a kid come up to me and he said, ‘You’re the UFC analyst’. (He’d) never seen me fight before. Times have changed since I was fighting, and I’ve got to take that into account. If I do fight again I’ve got to make sure it’s the right opponent. I don’t want to fight some up-and-coming kid like Mickey Gall; it makes no sense. So if an opportunity arises to fight somebody who whets my appetite, then that’s what I’ll do.”
http://mmajunkie.com/2017/02/dan-ha...ar-confident-i-have-paperwork-that-clears-me/
Hardy’s last outing saw him outpoint Amir Sadollah in his hometown of Nottingham at UFC on Fuel TV 5 back in September 2012, before a previously undetected heart abnormality — Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome — put him on the shelf indefinitely.
But now the former UFC welterweight title challenger-turned UFC analyst said he has all the medical information he needs to approach the UFC with a serious case to allow him to compete again.
“I suppose you could say that, yeah, The UFC’s changed a lot since I was fighting. (U.S. Anti-Doping Agency) has come in now, and there’s a lot more restrictions and stipulations on stepping back into competition.
“So I need to cross all those bridges, as well, if I think about it, and if I think it’s right for me. It’s been four years since I’ve done a training camp so I have to see how my body feels. I’m walking at 185 (pounds), I feel strong, I feel lean. I feel better psychologically than I ever have in my career.”
Hardy’s enthusiasm was clear as he expanded on his thoughts of a potential comeback, but he said he’d only jump back into the octagon against the right opponent.
“I’ll reiterate: I’m not interested in belts or rankings,” he said. “If I’m stepping back in it’s gonna be a big fight. I’ll step in and have a good war, and then I’ll step away and back into commentary.
“Honestly I think I’m more valuable to the sport in the role that I’m doing now. There aren’t many people that can really explain mixed martial arts in my opinion, and I’m trying my best. And I think we need more people like me in the sport to educate the new fans that are joining us.
“Just the other day I had a kid come up to me and he said, ‘You’re the UFC analyst’. (He’d) never seen me fight before. Times have changed since I was fighting, and I’ve got to take that into account. If I do fight again I’ve got to make sure it’s the right opponent. I don’t want to fight some up-and-coming kid like Mickey Gall; it makes no sense. So if an opportunity arises to fight somebody who whets my appetite, then that’s what I’ll do.”
http://mmajunkie.com/2017/02/dan-ha...ar-confident-i-have-paperwork-that-clears-me/
