December 13, 2024 6:15 pm ET
Former UFC fighter and ex-NFL star Greg Hardy ended up on the fallacious aspect of a boxing spotlight reel once more.
At Battle Membership REN TV Tremendous Collection in Moscow, Russia, Hardy took on Aleksei Papin. The battle was scheduled for six three-minute rounds, but it surely didn’t final that lengthy.
With about 90 seconds remaining within the third spherical, Hardy was rocked badly with clear punches, and finally despatched crashing to the canvas. Take a look at video of the spotlight second under:
💣HUGE KO
World Ranked Cruiserweight Aleksei Papin scores a brutal Spherical 3 KO over former UFC fighter Greg Hardy in Moscow pic.twitter.com/jOsQoTnMmw
— Tokkerū (@ATokkers5) December 13, 2024
Since exiting the UFC after a TKO loss to Serghei Spivac at UFC 272 in March 2022, Hardy has been competing in exhibition {and professional} boxing bouts. He has picked up some wins, however has additionally been on the wrong end of some devastating knockouts.
Hardy additionally tried bareknuckle boxing as soon as, however was knocked out by Josh Watson at BKFC KnuckleMania 3.
Shortly after the battle, Hardy posted an announcement on Instagram:
“I got here to Russia Alone on quick discover to battle a monster with 18 wins and examined my steel. Received two knock downs and went toe toe. I don’t take straightforward fights, I don’t battle faux fights I battle actual killers and typically the value is excessive however I’ll pay it to turn out to be the most effective no ? Thanks to everybody that helped me get so far.”
Take a look at a full replay of the battle within the video above.
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