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Sakara=Excitement · 12-14-2012, 11:27 AM

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GOLD COAST, Australia – By the end of a Q&A session with UFC fans, Dan "The Outlaw" Hardy decided he wants to fight Matt Brown.

Brown, nicknamed "The Immortal," recently called him out on Twitter.

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"I've been very impressed with him as of late," Hardy said. "He had a good run in 2012. Me and 'The Immortal' – we'll test that theory."

Hardy turned down an appearance at UFC on FUEL TV 7 in his native U.K. out of a desire to spend time with his family over the holidays. But a meeting with Brown in March or April suits him fine.

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"The Immortal vs The Outlaw?" Brown wrote earlier this week. "Apparently this is the fight the fans want. You down for Japan."

Brown was referring to UFC on FUEL TV 8, which takes place March 2 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

The other guy to call Hardy out on Twitter and in interviews still gets no love.

Matt Riddle called out Hardy in July following a win over Chris Clements at UFC 149 (the result was later changed to a no-contest when he tested positive for marijuana). Hardy shot the request down, and a second callout met the same response after Riddle beat John Maguire at UFC 154.

Hardy isn't feeling any more open to the fight now.

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"He's just a big, loud, annoying kid," he said. "And the problem is if I'm training for somebody, I'm spending three months dedicated to that person, and that would be three months of my life I wouldn't enjoy.

"I saw him at the gym. He showed up at Robert Drysdale's, which is where I train in Las Vegas a lot of the time. And he said, 'Look, if you want to go, I've got a piece for you.' And he was like, 'I'm just trying to make a name for myself.' And then he called me out again, so I'm going to hit him with a bar of soap and a sock or something."

Hardy then offered a solution to the problem, suggesting Brian Ebersole fight Riddle (7-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC). Ebersole (50-15-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC), who was sitting in the crowd, responded, "I'll take him off your hands."

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"There we go," Hardy said. "Brian's going to babysit for me while I deal with Matt Brown."

Hardy (25-10 MMA, 6-4 UFC), a onetime UFC title challenger, now enjoys back-to-back wins inside the octagon after nearly losing his job with a four-fight skid.

Brown (16-11 MMA, 6-5 UFC) most recently earned his fourth consecutive win with a knockout of Mike Swick at UFC on FOX 4.