What Dan Hardy has said about Weight cutting in mixed martial arts
1 quote · 1 episode · May 6, 2026
Dan Hardy, British former UFC welterweight, PFL commentator and former head of PFL Europe fighter operations, host of the Full Reptile podcast, has been quoted on Weight cutting in mixed martial arts once in 1 episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, most recently on May 6, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Hardy believes his poor weight cut in Japan cost him the power to stop Daizo Ishige, contributing to Ishige's brain injury.
“if I'd either not cut the weight or I'd cut the weight in a better way and rehydrated, I would have been able to stop him”
The Joe Rogan Experience: JRE MMA Show #178 with Dan Hardy (May 6, 2026) · Listen from 30:09
Episodes
JRE MMA Show #178 with Dan HardyThe Joe Rogan Experience · May 6, 2026 · 2 h 53 min
Joe Rogan and Dan Hardy discuss Hardy's UFC exit over a Herb Dean stoppage, weight cutting, MMA commentary, fight analysis, scoring rules and the PFL.
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