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Dan Hardy says Conor McGregor vs. Diego Sanchez ‘would be an execution’

Count UFC commentator Dan Hardy as one of the many people out there who are not interested in seeing former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor take on The Ultimate Fighter 1 winner Diego Sanchez. The match-up was one put forward by McGregor himself in recently released private messages to UFC President Dana White.

In their back-and-forth, White brushed off the suggested booking. Meanwhile McGregor has maintained that a fight with Sanchez would be a worthwhile endeavor.

At a press event around the UFC’s ensuing run of shows in Abu Dhabi, ‘the Outlaw’ was asked directly about a potential McGregor vs.