Where has T-Wood gone? Dan Hardy has been trying to fight former UFC welterweight champ for months now, even offering a boxing match, but to no avail. Hardy told The MMA Hour that it’s as if, following his knockout loss to Jake Paul, Tyron Woodley had “fallen off the face of the planet”.
“I just don’t know where he’s gone. I literally don’t know where he’s gone. He’s kind of fallen off the face of the planet. I’ve got a couple of different organizations put offers towards him, and I know they’re good offers.
Dan Hardy Accuses Tyron Woodley of Ducking Him, “Fallen Off The Face of the Planet”
They’re comparable with what he was getting because I’ve spoken to the team on the other side who have already paid him his paycheck. So I don’t know. I don’t know what the hesitation is to be honest. It makes no sense to me.
It’s a good chunk of money, it would be a bit of fun, he could punch me in the face. I know he hates me, I don’t really care either way to be honest, but I like it when people don’t like me and they’re trying to hit me because it makes me giggle.
I just think it would be a lot of fun and he just doesn’t seem to want any part of it. I don’t know whether his brand’s taken too much of a hit over the last couple of years to take a loss against me as well. Maybe that makes sense.”
Now that Tyron Woodley has pulled a disappearing act – whether thanks to a hit to his personal brand or for other reasons – Dan Hardy is looking elsewhere for opportunities, like with ONE Championship.
We’ll see. I have a very encouraging and youthful relationship with ONE Championship. I think there are a lot of options on the table. I’m gonna be watching this [Shinya] Aoki- [Yoshihiro] Akiyama fight closely this weekend because two old guys like me are fighting, that might be a potential opponent for the future. Who knows?”
Hardy wants to capitalize on the expansion of MMA outside the USA in Asia and Europe, hoping to ride the wave of successful MMA events in those territories.
“I would like to get out and travel and be in front of a bigger audience, a different audience, maybe in Asia or somewhere in Europe. But we’ll see. There’s a few options on the table and MMA is exploding behind the scenes. I think within the next few months, there’s gonna be a lot of shifts and changes and organizations emerging and strengthening. Exciting times to be a part of.”
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