With back-to-back losses and coming off the first knockout defeat of his career, Dan Hardy finds himself in a must-win situation.
Although a crowd-pleaser whose only UFC losses have come to welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre and top-10-ranked Carlos Condit, Hardy knows roster spots are limited.
But as he wraps up his preparations for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 24 co-headliner with Anthony Johnson, he’s confident the pressure to perform is a good thing.