Dan Hardy on Matt Hughes: 'That Man Is a Real Piece of S--t'

The personal beef that started in 2012 between Dan Hardy and UFC Hall of Famer Matt Hughes was reignited—at least on one side—by another series of jabs from the Englishman on Twitter.

The most recent occurrence in the feud began when Hardy, a vegan and self-professed animal lover, saw this tweet from Bloody Elbow on Saturday regarding the longtime former UFC welterweight champ:  

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Matt Hughes gets TV mini series "Uncaged" for African hunting safari http://t.co/1VvwjOZ0gy

— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) October 11, 2014"

Less than six hours later, an obviously irked Hardy took to Twitter to respond to Bloody Elbow's post (warning: NSFW), saying, "that man is a real piece of s--t. And I never swear on social networks."

While Hughes has yet to respond to Hardy's comment, he fired back on several occasions to jabs from former UFC lightweight Mark Bocek via Twitter.

In this response, Hughes essentially said his hunting trips to Africa have served as altruistic endeavors:

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@MarkBocek @NickUFC @BestUFCTweeter @ufc without legal hunting Africa would take a huge economic blow.

— Matt Hughes (@matthughes9x) October 12, 2014"

"The Outlaw," on the contrary, has continued to vehemently defend his beliefs on animal rights via Twitter. 

After losing four straight scraps between March 2010 and Aug 2011, Hardy won back-to-back bouts in 2012, including a first-round KO of Duane Ludwig at UFC 146.

Hardy (25-10-1) was slated to face Matt Brown at UFC on Fox 7 in April 2013 but withdrew from the bout when doctors discovered that he suffered from a heart condition called Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.

Although he's teased the notion of a possible comeback, Hardy has yet to fight since being diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.

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Hughes (45-9) lost the welterweight strap in November 2006 by being TKO'd in the first of two career losses to Georges St-Pierre (head kick and punches) at UFC 65.

Hughes retired after an illustrious 14-year career in January 2013. On the day of his retirement, the UFC announced that Hughes accepted the role of the company's vice president of athlete development and government relations.