Alexander Volkov returned to the win column at UFC Moscow on Saturday. Facing Greg Hardy on short notice, Volkov largely dominated the fight by controlling the range and slowly picking the former NFL star apart. In the end, “Drago” emerged victorious with all three judges unanimously giving him 30-27 scorecards. Hardy had a good display […]
Alexander Volkov returned to the win column at UFC Moscow on Saturday.
Facing Greg Hardy on short notice, Volkov largely dominated the fight by controlling the range and slowly picking the former NFL star apart.
In the end, “Drago” emerged victorious with all three judges unanimously giving him 30-27 scorecards. Hardy had a good display overall, however. He seemed to have hurt his right hand early on but managed to last the full 15 minutes against arguably his toughest task yet.
The experience will no doubt help him in his progress as a mixed martial artist.
Alexander Volkov vs. Greg Hardy went on for the long haul at UFC Moscow. The two fighters met in a heavyweight bout at the UFC Moscow event from the CSKA Arena in Moscow, Russia that aired on ESPN+. Hardy injured his right hand in the first round, whic…
Alexander Volkov vs. Greg Hardy went on for the long haul at UFC Moscow. The two fighters met in a heavyweight bout at the UFC Moscow event from the CSKA Arena in Moscow, Russia that aired on ESPN+. Hardy injured his right hand in the first round, which hurt his performance in this fight. Hardy […]
Tomorrow (Sat. November 9, 2019) UFC Moscow will go down from the CSKA Arena in Moscow, Russia. In the main event of the night, featherweights Zabit Magomedsharipov and Calvin Kattar go head-to-head. The winner could very well take a big step up in competition moving forward, propelling themselves into the upper echelon of the division. […]
Tomorrow (Sat. November 9, 2019) UFC Moscow will go down from the CSKA Arena in Moscow, Russia.
In the main event of the night, featherweights Zabit Magomedsharipov and Calvin Kattar go head-to-head. The winner could very well take a big step up in competition moving forward, propelling themselves into the upper echelon of the division.
Tomorrow (Sat. November 9, 2019) UFC Moscow will go down from the CSKA Arena in Moscow, Russia. In the main event of the night, featherweights Zabit Magomedsharipov and Calvin Kattar go head-to-head. The winner could very well take a big step up in competition moving forward, propelling themselves into the upper echelon of the division. […]
Tomorrow (Sat. November 9, 2019) UFC Moscow will go down from the CSKA Arena in Moscow, Russia.
In the main event of the night, featherweights Zabit Magomedsharipov and Calvin Kattar go head-to-head. The winner could very well take a big step up in competition moving forward, propelling themselves into the upper echelon of the division.
It sounds like Greg Hardy is getting fed up with the criticism coming his way from fellow UFC heavyweight Derrick Lewis. Since joining the UFC, Hardy has been subject to criticism due to his history of domestic violence. However, Lewis has been the more vocal of the MMA community, making it clear he’d like to […]
However, Lewis has been the more vocal of the MMA community, making it clear he’d like to fight Hardy if the opportunity ever presented itself. Speaking to Russian media outlet RT Sport over the weekend, Hardy responded to Lewis’ criticisms, bringing up Lewis’ own history with the law, calling “The Black Beast” a “felon.” (H/T MMA Fighting)
“I think he’s like a felon,” Hardy said. “He’s been to prison. I just don’t think somebody that’s been to prison is allowed to say what the standard is… We don’t listen to people that contradict themselves.”
Lewis did, in fact, serve time in jail from an aggravated assault charge when he was in high school. He allegedly beat down a Ku Klux Klan member who insulted him. Since coming out of jail, Lewis has been very open about his past struggles, and how MMA has helped him move past them.
Hardy has stepped in on short-notice to co-main event UFC Moscow tomorrow against the top-ranked Alexander Volkov. If Hardy picks up the upset win, a fight against Lewis wouldn’t be completely out of the realm of possibilities.
What do you think about Hardy’s response to Lewis’ recent criticisms?
UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya believes heavyweight prospect Greg Hardy is getting better and better. Hardy most recently fought Ben Sosoli at UFC Boston last month, initially winning a unanimous decision. However, it was later overturned to a no contest after the former NFL star used an inhaler during the second and third round. Despite […]
UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya believes heavyweight prospect Greg Hardy is getting better and better.
Hardy most recently fought Ben Sosoli at UFC Boston last month, initially winning a unanimous decision. However, it was later overturned to a no contest after the former NFL star used an inhaler during the second and third round.
Despite the amateur mistake, Hardy’s all-round performance was impressive as he was much more composed and picked his shots. He now gets to show if he’s ready for the elite when he meets Alexander Volkov at UFC Moscow this Saturday.
And when asked if Hardy was underrated, this was what Adesanya had to say:
“He’s new to the game, so he makes a lot of mistakes, like the asthma thing,” Adesanya said (via ESPN). “If he was more experienced, he would have known. But he’s very talented. And one thing is he’s getting better every single fight. I see it. The last guy he fought, he’s not the greatest, world-class opponent like his next test is a world-class opponent, but Hardy’s lead rear hand was really snappy. That was the first thing I noticed, and his foot placement I was really impressed with.
“So yeah, he’s getting better, and I think even the fact that he picked to fight Volkov on such short notice, I’m impressed. I saw him fight a few months ago and saw this and thought he has gotten better.”
“Damn, when the video game him self aka the created player aka the style bender is giving u a few props it feels like u do n some things right,” Hardy wrote. “Thanks champ. And no I didn’t tag him cause I don’t want you guys hate to blow up all in his comments but blessings man for sure that ish is motivation.”
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FROM MOSCOW, RUSSIA! 
that ish is motivation.”