10 Awesome UFC Fighters Who Went On Terrible Runs

10. Dan Hardy

As he currently plies his trade as one of the top pundits under UFC employment, it may have slipped your memory just how good Dan Hardy actually was in the Octagon.

Before his career was rudely interrupted by Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome, Hardy had put together a 25-10 record.

Yet - after he'd enjoyed a near perfect 4-0 start to life in UFC - Hardy soon found himself slipping down that losing slope.

His first defeat in the company came to Georges St-Pierre for the Welterweight Championship, but losing to an icon like GSP could happen to anyone. It was his following three fights that led to some cause for concern.

Hardy would be knocked out cold by Carlos Condit, lose a decision to Anthony Johnson and be submitted - via guillotine - by Chris Lytle.

In the space of 17 months, Hardy had gone from title contender to whipping boy and his time on the payroll looked to be coming to an end.

Then - after nearly a year away - Hardy returned to fight Duane Ludwig and knocked out his opponent in the first round.

Another win followed before he was devastatingly forced onto the shelf by his illness. Hardy looked to have crawled back out of the pit of defeat and, had he kept this momentum up, he surely would have been considered a title contender again before long.