It wasn’t a good day for Greg Hardy at all in his UFC pro-debut as he was disqualified for striking his opponent Allen Crowder with illegal knees.
The fight was co-main event for UFC Fight Night Brooklyn. Hardy was disqualified at the 2:28 mark of Round 2. The event took place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
After Crowder was unable to continue, the bout was called off. He has already taken a lot of heat from MMA media and fans for his earlier cases of domestic abuse.
Check out the Twitter reactions to Greg Hardy’s illegal knee:
So Greg Hardy did Greg Hardy things, huh? pic.twitter.com/iVyXWgnAWI
— Patrick Wyman (@Patrick_Wyman) January 20, 2019
Wow, I can't believe that Greg Hardy would inflict illegal and catastrophic damage on someone.
No way the UFC could have known. Hurts to see such an unfortunate circumstance stain the co-main event of the UFC's ESPN debut.
— The Naked Gambler (@NakedGambling) January 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/JESnowden/status/1086853690605125633
Former NFL DE Greg Hardy was disqualified from his UFC debut tonight for delivering an illegal knee to the face. pic.twitter.com/wweVKGbJUf
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) January 20, 2019
I think Crowder just called Greg Hardy a woman beating piece of shit and then Hardy promptly throws a blatant illegal knee living up to his rep #UFCBrooklyn
— Tony (@BigToneTrader) January 20, 2019
Greg Hardy just leveled Allen Crowder with an illegal knee then tried to follow up with another punch as ref pulled him off. If he gets disqualified in his UFC debut, it couldn't possibly be more fitting. #UFCBrooklyn
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohnMMA) January 20, 2019
If Greg Hardy wasn't the most hated man coming into this fight card, he certainly is now. Done himself no favours with the MMA community with that performance.
Allen Crowder wins via DQ and the crowd love it.#UFCBrooklyn— Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) January 20, 2019
Oh man. Greg Hardy lands a monster illegal knee. Allen Crowder's knee was on the canvas. It was a hard hard shot. And a follow up right hand landed. I don't see any way they can restart that.
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) January 20, 2019
Greg Hardy got disqualified and he is also–and don't lose sight of this part–not good at mixed martial arts.
— Kevin Clark (@bykevinclark) January 20, 2019
Greg Hardy was so close to being both mentally and physically broken by Some Guy Whose Name You Don't Know that he threw one of the most blatant illegal knees ever in order to avoid a clean loss.
Dana White will do anything to defend to Hardy. https://t.co/e3HrHe3Tii
— The Naked Gambler (@NakedGambling) January 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/SecretMovesMMA/status/1086853074268897280
I literally said "here comes an illegal knee" to @SugaRashadEvans seconds before it happened. Greg Hardy needs more time to mature and learn the game. #UFCBrooklyn
— Karyn Bryant (@KarynBryant) January 20, 2019
Stephen A. Smith said Greg Hardy “tarnished his reputation in the UFC” tonight. What reputation did he have coming in to tonight? pic.twitter.com/6IcQe1mS3z
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) January 20, 2019
Greg Hardy hit his opponent with an illegal knee and gets DQ'd pic.twitter.com/zGpasiat5m
— Robert Littal BSO (@BSO) January 20, 2019
Greg Hardy is more sad and more contrite about his DQ in the post-fight presser than about his domestic abuse case. #UFCBrooklyn
— (҂◡_◡) ᕤ Wear a damn mask (@yellowpwerrngr) January 20, 2019
Allen Crowder def. Greg Hardy via DQ. Crowd erupts.
Co-main.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) January 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/tBrCast/status/1086864215628017664
WOW. Illegal knee by Greg Hardy knocks Crowder down. Wow. What a crazy turn of events. Big Dan says the fight will end via DQ is Crowder can't continue. WOW!!!
— Adam Martin (@MMAdamMartin) January 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/MichaelFiedel/status/1086854126011629568
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