December 13, 2024 6: 15 pm ET
Former UFC fighter and ex-NFL star Greg Hardy ended up on the wrong side of a boxing highlight reel again.
At Fight Club REN TV Super Series in Moscow, Russia, Hardy took on Aleksei Papin. The fight was scheduled for six three-minute rounds, but it didn’t last that long.
With about 90 seconds remaining in the third round, Hardy was rocked badly with clean punches, and ultimately sent crashing to the canvas.
Check out video of the highlight moment below:
💣HUGE KO
World Ranked Cruiserweight Aleksei Papin scores a brutal Round 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, but has also been on the wrong end of a few devastating knockouts.
Hardy also tried bareknuckle boxing once, but