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Greg Hardy’s UFC debut did not go according to plan. The former NFL star co-headlined the UFC’s broadcast debut on an ESPN platform. He and Allen Crowder fought in a heavyweight contest at UFC on ESPN+ 1. However, in the second round of the…
Greg Hardy’s UFC debut did not go according to plan. The former NFL star co-headlined the UFC’s broadcast debut on an ESPN platform. He and Allen Crowder fought in a heavyweight contest at UFC on ESPN+ 1. However, in the second round of the fight, Hardy nailed Crowder with an illegal knee to the face. The […]
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UFC color commentator Joe Rogan didn’t think much of former NFL player Greg Hardy’s debut inside the Octagon a couple of weeks ago. After earning a pair of devastating knockouts on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series, the controversial ex-footb…
UFC color commentator Joe Rogan didn’t think much of former NFL player Greg Hardy’s debut inside the Octagon a couple of weeks ago. After earning a pair of devastating knockouts on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series, the controversial ex-football player was given a UFC contract and a co-main event slot on the first ever […]
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It’s no secret that former NFL star Greg Hardy’s UFC debut didn’t go well. Hardy faced Allen Crowder in the co-main event of the UFC’s debut on ESPN. The pair fought on ESPN+ 1 from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Hardy saw early success in his mixed martial arts (MMA) career with several […]
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It’s no secret that former NFL star Greg Hardy’s UFC debut didn’t go well.
Hardy faced Allen Crowder in the co-main event of the UFC’s debut on ESPN. The pair fought on ESPN+ 1 from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Hardy saw early success in his mixed martial arts (MMA) career with several first-round knockout finishes. However, things went much differently once he stepped into the Octagon.
Crowder was able to get the fight to the ground and wear Hardy out. The ex-NFL Pro Bowler was fading and hit Crowder with an illegal knee in the second round. Hardy was handed his first defeat of his career via disqualification. Speaking on a recent episode of his “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, longtime UFC commentator Joe Rogan offered his thoughts on Hardy’s debut.
While discussing with former UFC heavyweight-turned-comedian Brendan Schaub, Rogan called Hardy’s debut a “joke” (via BJPenn.com):
“Well, how’d that go?” Rogan asked Schaub. “How’d that work out? Terrible. It was a joke. It was a joke. I knew that [Hardy] was fading quick. I was like, ‘he’s fading, I don’t like the way he’s stepping, he looks exhausted, he tired out quick,’ Then he hit that guy with the illegal knee.”
There was already a hefty amount of negative publicity surounding Hardy’s debut as it was. Hardy, who has a history of domestic abuse, fought on the same card as UFC flyweight Rachael Ostovich. Ostovich was recently assaulted by her husband, a fellow mixed martial artist. Many were outraged that the UFC booked Hardy on the same card as Ostovich.
However, Ostovich has said numerous times she was not troubled by the circumstances, and even wished Hardy well in his debut.
That debut ended up being a joke according to Rogan.
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Greg Hardy reacts to criticism from fight fans regarding his UFC debut at the UFC Brooklyn event. Hardy hit Allen Crowder with an illegal knee strike to the head that ended his promotional debut in the co-headliner. The UFC on ESPN+ 1 event down at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Up to this point, […]
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Greg Hardy reacts to criticism from fight fans regarding his UFC debut at the UFC Brooklyn event. Hardy hit Allen Crowder with an illegal knee strike to the head that ended his promotional debut in the co-headliner. The UFC on ESPN+ 1 event down at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Up to this point, he was under a rare developmental contract where the UFC is paying him to fight in the minor leagues. While doing a recent interview, Hardy opened up on the harsh comments from people getting to him. Thus, he admitted that it had been affecting him.
“I was in a bad place, bro. It kind of hurt me,” Hardy told TMZ Sports (transcript via MMA Mania). “You guys cover me for a long time, I hate losing, bro. I’m not a loser, for one. For two, I hate people thinking that I’m a cheater and just the way that it was all formed and shaped. It kind of hurt me, man.”
When it comes to the elephant in the room, the former NFL star claimed that it really was a timing issue and didn’t do it on purpose.
“Looking back and listening to the rule, I didn’t really understand the rule,” he said. “It was a different understanding. And the crazy thing is, in my mind, I wasn’t even gonna risk it, you know? I was literally waiting for him to get up. I saw the knee come up, and he grabbed the back of my other leg, so it feels like he’s standing up, man. And I was trying to time it.”
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Curtis Blaydes shows some empathy for Greg Hardy for accidentally blasting Allen Crowder with an illegal knee strike to the head that ended his promotional debut. In the second round, referee Dan Miragliotta called it immediately after Crowder went down from the illegal knee to end the heavyweight showdown in the co-headliner. The UFC on […]
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Curtis Blaydes shows some empathy for Greg Hardy for accidentally blasting Allen Crowder with an illegal knee strike to the head that ended his promotional debut.
In the second round, referee Dan Miragliotta called it immediately after Crowder went down from the illegal knee to end the heavyweight showdown in the co-headliner. The UFC on ESPN+ 1 event down at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
In the eyes of top contender, he thinks that the former NFL star was expecting his opponent to pop up and it be a legal shot. That wasn’t the case, though, and the result was what it was.
“I don’t think his past transgressions had anything to do with what happened out there in the cage,” Blaydes told the “UFC Unfiltered” podcast (H/T to MMAJunkie). “I think he was super
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Greg Hardy is not a fan of losing. Greg Hardy is a former All-Pro NFL defensive end who is accustomed to competing at the highest level of a sport. Part of what drew Hardy into MMA was that now, instead of being placed in a team environment, he could e…
Greg Hardy is not a fan of losing. Greg Hardy is a former All-Pro NFL defensive end who is accustomed to competing at the highest level of a sport. Part of what drew Hardy into MMA was that now, instead of being placed in a team environment, he could excel in an arena where it […]
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