The death and re-birth of Dan Hardy, Part 2
Despite being an eight fight veteran of the UFC, Hardy feels like a newborn about to step foot in the…
Despite being an eight fight veteran of the UFC, Hardy feels like a newborn about to step foot in the Octagon for the first time when he returns at UFC 146 in May to face Duane Bang Ludwig.
I feel like I’m in that stage where I just joined the UFC again, and I’ve kind of made it, and I can show people what I’m capable of, Hardy said. That slipped a little bit in the last few fights, and like I said, I stopped enjoying myself. You’re going to see improvements in this next fight, without a doubt. People are going to be like how has this guy improved this much between August and now? I really feel like people are going to see a massive difference.
Now just being happy doesn’t erase the fact that Hardy has lost four fights in a row, and his fight with Ludwig has to be viewed as do or die as far as his UFC career goes.
Hardy doesn’t brush off that notion, but he embraces the knowledge that any fight in the UFC can be your last. Losing one fight or losing five, the UFC can always decide to make a change and so he can’t approach the fight with impending doom hanging overhead.
Hardy just wants to go out and fight his fight, and if he’s having fun, the result will turn out the way it’s supposed to.
The thing I’ve realized about fighting in the UFC is it’s always a need to win basis. Even if you’re on a roll and you’ve won five fights in a row, you need to win the next fight because there’s so many things that come with a loss at this level that every fight’s a need to win, said Hardy.