With help from ‘Sin City Cartel,’ Dan Hardy looks to end skid at UFC 146

It’s been seven fights and four years since Dan Hardy fought on the preliminary card of a UFC event. He was the co-main event in his second appearance.

This time out, a lot of seats will be empty when he fights on the prelims portion of UFC 146. But …

It’s been seven fights and four years since Dan Hardy fought on the preliminary card of a UFC event. He was the co-main event in his second appearance.

This time out, a lot of seats will be empty when he fights on the prelims portion of UFC 146. But that’s a welcome change.

“There is a little less attention on me, so I can focus a little better,” Hardy told MMAjunkie.com Radio of his fight with Duane “Bang” Ludwig. “It was kind of a real quick rise up to the main card, but I’m the warm-up act on this one.”