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

Count Dan Hardy among those who think a fight between Conor McGregor and Diego Sanchez makes no sense.

“It would be an execution to put Conor in there with Sanchez at this point,” he told reporters, including MMA Fighting, during a media scrum on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi. “And I don’t think Conor would really gain anything from it.”

The unlikely matchup has made the rounds a few times this year, first because Sanchez said that he would like to someday close out his storied career with a fight against “The Notorious.