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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight attraction, Greg Hardy, has just four fights inside the Octagon and yet has somehow managed to register one disqualification and one “no contest” within a span of 10 months.
That’s what happens when you take an athlete with heavy hands and try to pass him off as a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, which is why Allen Crowder ate an illegal knee and why “The Prince of War” was sucking on his asthma inhaler against Ben Sosoli.
Not that he needed it to beat the “Combat Wombat” at UFC Boston.
“I didn’t need it at all,” Greg Hardy told Ariel Helwani (transcribed by BJPenn.com). “I wanted to take the inhaler because I have asthma and I was at a breathing disadvantage. I’m in the middle of figuring it all out. This is all new to me. As shocking as it may be, Greg Hardy does not know all. I think it’s something that we’re gonna have to fight out in court and figure it out. The long and short of it is I had no idea.”
Neither did anyone else that night, apparently.
Hardy’s inhaler, previously cleared by United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), was not approved by Massachusetts State Athletic Commission (MSAC), despite a member of the governing body giving the former gridiron goon a green light to let it rip.
That’s a matter that can be dealt with at a later date. For now, Hardy (5-1, 1 NC) has to prepare for his short-notice fight against Alexander Volkov at the upcoming UFC Fight Night 163 event next month in Moscow, Russia.