For those who thought it would be in Dan Hardy’s best interest to seek out and train with arguably the best wrestler in the sport in Georges St-Pierre, it turns out it is the other way around.
The welterweight champion has called in the fighter from the United Kingdom to help prepare him for his UFC 137 title defense versus Carlos Condit.
St-Pierre confirmed the news via his twitter account on Wednesday:
Guess who landed in town yesterday night to come train with me?for sure he’ll bring the much needed intensity to get prepared…Dan Hardy!!!
Hardy fought the top three pound-for-pound fighter at UFC 111, making it the distance but losing a decision after five rounds. It would be the first of four losses in a row for the former welterweight contender. The others came against Chris Lytle, Anthony Johnson and Condit.
St-Pierre will defend his title for the seventh time on Oct. 29.
Condit comes into the fight with a 27-5 record and having stopped 26 of his opponents. He is currently riding a four-fight win streak with victories over Hardy, Rory MacDonald, Jake Ellenberger and Dong-hyun Kim.
“The Natural Born Killer” accepted the bout after St-Pierre’s former opponent, Nick Diaz, was pulled out of the fight for missing two pre-fight press conferences. Diaz is still scheduled to fight on the card, now against B.J. Penn.
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