Ex-NFL star knocked out in MMA fight after coming into bout with weight advantage

Former NFL prima Greg Hardy has faced his trials and tribulations successful the cage arsenic a combatant successful mixed martial arts and helium was connected the receiving extremity of a knockout stroke erstwhile again Saturday.

Hardy contended with Darko Stosic astatine Fight Nation Championship 31. It was expected to beryllium a heavyweight bout but Hardy reportedly missed value by 25 pounds. He had a 52-pound value vantage implicit Stosic, though it didn’t look to substance arsenic much.

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Greg Hardy fights Ben Sosoli successful a heavyweight bout during UFC Fight Night astatine TD Garden successful Boston, Mass., connected Oct. 18, 2019. (Bob DeChiara/USA TODAY Sports)

Stosic started the 3rd circular with a brutal near hook that knocked Hardy backward. The erstwhile Dallas Cowboys and Carolina Panthers antiaircraft extremity didn’t spot Stosic’s windmill punch and it sent him to the mat. Stosic delivered 1 elephantine hammer fist to Hardy’s jaw and the referee came successful and stopped the bout.

Stosic was fixed the knockout win.

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Greg Hardy celebrates his method knockout triumph implicit Juan Adams during UFC Fight Night astatine AT&T Center successful San Antonio, Texas, connected July 20, 2019. (Adam Hagy/USA TODAY Sports)

It was Hardy’s 4th MMA nonaccomplishment successful his past 5 bouts. Each of those losses came via method knockout oregon knockout. He mislaid his past 2 fights successful UFC successful the archetypal circular – 1 connected July 10, 2021, against Tai Tuivasa and the different to Serghei Spivac connected March 5, 2022.

He appeared connected the Peak Fighting 50 paper successful January and defeated Philip Latu via unanimous decision. However, helium had nary answers for Stosic.

Greg Hardy walks successful the octagon pursuing his nonaccomplishment against Tai Tuivasa during UFC 264 astatine T-Mobile Arena successful Las Vegas, Nevada, connected July 10, 2021. (Gary A. Vasquez/USA TODAY Sports)

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The Serbian prima improved to 23-8 each clip with 17 knockouts. He’s won six retired of his past 8 fights and is connected a two-bout winning streak. He past defeated Oli Thompson astatine Fight Nation Championship 27.