Though he hasn’t fought in nearly three years, one-time welterweight contender Dan Hardy isn’t quite done yet. In fact, he’s planning on putting himself through a training camp again.
As reported on UFC Tonight, the 33-year old British fighter is scheduling a full training camp for the end of this year. Hardy told Ariel Helwani that after the training camp he is planning on going through a battery medical testing to get cleared again to fight.
In 2013, as Hardy was getting ready to fight Matt Brown at UFC on FOX 7, he was diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, a genetic condition that the Mayo Clinic defines as “the presence of an extra, abnormal electrical pathway in the heart that leads to periods of a very fast heartbeat.”
Upon being diagnosed, Hardy opted not to have any medical procedures done, saying that the condition has never presented itself as a problem. Hardy has since been hired by the UFC as a commentator for European and Asian events.
In most cases, says the Mayo Clinic also says about Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, “the episodes of fast heartbeats aren’t life-threatening, but serious heart problems can occur.”
Hardy said he wanted to do a camp first because he wants to be back in fighting shape, and if all goes well he’ll determine when the right time to fight again will be.
At the time of the diagnosis, Hardy was riding a two-fight win streak, having scored victories over Duane Ludwig and Amir Sadollah. Before then he had lost four fights in a row, beginning with his title shot against Georges St-Pierre at UFC 111 in 2010.