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Video: UFC, NFL veteran Greg Hardy brutally knocked out at Russian boxing event

UFC, NFL veteran Greg Hardy ended up on the wrong end of a highlight at a boxing event in Russia.

Former UFC fighter and ex-NFL star [autotag]Greg Hardy[/autotag] 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:

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 was knocked out by Josh Watson at BKFC KnuckleMania 3.

Shortly after the fight, Hardy posted a statement on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DDiMsYbv6Z7/

“I came to Russia Alone on short notice to fight a monster with 18 wins and tested my metal. Got two knock downs and went toe toe. I don’t take easy fights, I don’t fight fake fights I fight real killers and sometimes the price is high but I will pay it to become the best no ? Thank you to everyone that helped me get to this point.”

Check out a full replay of the fight in the video above.

Former Panthers DE Greg Hardy viciously KO’d by (much smaller) Russian boxer

Greg Hardy got knocked out by Russian boxer Alexey Papin, who may be around 100 pounds lighter than the former Panthers pass rusher.

Let’s check back in with former Carolina Panthers defensive end Greg Hardy, shall we?

Our latest update brings us to the Megasport Sport Palace in Moscow, Russia—where the pass rusher-turned-combat athlete stepped into the boxing ring to face the 18-1 Alexey Papin as part of Friday’s REN TV Fight Club event.

This was the result:

If @ParamPam1990 is correct, 146 kilograms would put the 6-foot-5 heavyweight Hardy at a shade under 322 pounds. The 6-foot-1 Papin, who’s billed as a cruiserweight, is listed at around 200 pounds.

Hardy posted the following to his Instagram account after the vicious knockout:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DDiMsYbv6Z7/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

The former Pro Bowler, who played for the Panthers from 2010 to 2014, entered the bout with a professional boxing record of 3-0.

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Global Fight League announces launch, roster includes giant list of former UFC fighters

GFL has arrived – and it’s bringing fairly massive names from UFC yesteryears with it.

A new player has entered the MMA landscape, and it has arrived with some big names.

Wednesday, Global Fight League (GFL) announced its official launch will come in the opening weeks of 2025. The GFL concept differs from that of UFC and PFL.

While it has a league format and playoffs, it is also team-based and has a draft. There will be six franchises (names and cities to follow). The draft is scheduled for Jan. 24, with an inaugural event to follow in April.

Who’s fighting?

Co-founder Darren Owen revealed on “The Ariel Helwani Show” on Wednesday that the promotion has over 300 fighters under contract. Not all fighters will be drafted.

Of the 92 fighters posted to the promotion’s official website, 45 of them are former UFC fighters. Names include Tyron Woodley, Anthony Pettis, Benson Henderson, Gegard Mousasi, Wanderlei Silva, Frank Mir, Andrei Arlovski, Kevin Lee, Fabricio Werdum, and Junior Dos Santos among others.

Scroll below to see the released names:

  • [autotag]Marcel Adur[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Amirkhon Alikhuzhaev[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Andrei Arlovski[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Omar Arteaga[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Stuart Austin[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Renan Barao[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Deberson Batista[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Raimundo Batista[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Stephen Beaumont[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Alan Belcher[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Tanner Boser[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Claudeci Brito[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Will Brooks[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Yan Cabral[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Alexsandro Cangaty[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Pedro Carvalho[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Rafael Carvalho[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Alexa Conners[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Kyle Daukaus[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Ayton de Paepe[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Patrizio de Souza[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Robelis Despaigne[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Marcelo Dias[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Miao Ding[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Junior Dos Santos[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Cameron Else[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Tonya Evinger[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Kalindra Faria[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Marciano Ferreira[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Chauncey Foxworth[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Glaico Franca[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Alexander Gustafsson[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Greg Hardy[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Andre Harrison[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Benson Henderson[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Phil Hawes[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Guto Inocente[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Michael Irizarry[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Bubba Jenkins[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Pannie Kianzad[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Ilir Latifi[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Kevin Lee[/autotag]
  • [autotag]William Lima[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Philipe Lins[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Hector Lombard[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Ruan Machado[/autotag]
  • [autotag]John Makdessi[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Lucas Martins[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Aleksandr Maslov[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Jordan Mein[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Dominick Meriweather[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Frank Mir[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Silvania Monteiro[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Marlon Moraes[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Killys Motta[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Gegard Mousasi[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Bi Nguyen[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Abubakar Nurmagomedov[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Ayinda Octave[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Aleksei Oleinik[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Renan Oliveira[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Sidney Outlaw[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Karolina Owczarz[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Oscar Ownsworth[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Denis Palancica[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Rousimar Palharaes[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Lance Palmer[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Chiara Penco[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Markus Perez[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Anthony Pettis[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Jefferson Pontes[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Jimmie Rivera[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Luke Rockhold[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Charles Rosa[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Thiago Santos[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Cleiton Silva[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Wanderlei Silva[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Emiliano Sordi[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Julio Spadaccini[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Andre Soukhamthath[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Roggers Souza[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Gabriel Souza Galindo[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Jeremy Stephens[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Mohamed Tarek Mohey[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Diego Teixeira[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Oli Thompson[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Francisco Trinaldo[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Austin Tweedy[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Feruz Usmonov[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Fabricio Werdum[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Jozef Wittner[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Tyron Woodley[/autotag]

What does GFL provide athletes that other promotions don’t?

According to Owen, GFL offers fighters a 50-50 split in revenue sharing. Additionally, the promotion provides comprehensive support for training and medical bills, retirement benefits, insurance coverage, and more.

Who is behind GFL and where is the money coming from?

Owen is listed as the co-founder and commissioner for GFL and serves essentially as the public face for the promotion. He served as COO of PFL vs. October 2015 to May 2020 and was the founder and CEO of World Series of Fighting Canada, according to his LinkedIn page.

Also listed on the promotion’s website are Arun Parimi (co-founder and COO), Scott Parker (CMO), and Jeffrey Pollack (senior advisor).

Owen declined to identify the source of the funds behind the operation, but did say it’s a silicon valley investor.

How does the regular season work?

Similarly to PFL, GFL has a point system for regular season fights.

A finish victory notches a fighter’s team four points. A decision win earns three points. A draw earns two points. A decision loss earns one point. If a fighter loses by finish, he or she walks away with zero points.

UFC veterans Greg Hardy, Chase Sherman to clash at Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA

A pair of UFC veterans will clash without gloves under the Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA banner in November.

Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA’s next event is taking shape with a few familiar UFC veterans on the card.

On Nov. 15 at Mississippi Coast Colosseum in Biloxi, Miss., [autotag]Greg Hardy[/autotag] will make his bareknuckle MMA debut in a heavyweight bout against [autotag]Chase Sherman[/autotag]. The promotion announced the fight between the UFC vets on social media Friday.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C_3m3vip96c/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

The controversial Hardy (7-5 MMA) returns to MMA, although the gloveless variety, for the first time since his UFC exit in 2022. During his time with the promotion, Hardy put together a 4-5 record with one no contest. His final UFC bout was a TKO loss to Serghei Spivac at UFC 272, and has been dabbling in boxing with mixed results, including one bareknuckle boxing appearance.

Hardy now enters his bareknuckle MMA debut against Sherman (16-12 MMA), who has competed under the ruleset twice.

Following his UFC exit in May 2023 after a unanimous decision loss to Karl Williams, Sherman has fought in Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA twice. His debut was a first-round TKO of Carl Seumanutafa in November 2023, and he followed that up with another opening-frame finish of Alex Nicholson in March.

The promotion has announced a number of bouts for the card over recent days, including a bantamweight title fight between UFC veterans Randy Costa and Brandon Davis.

The current Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA lineup includes:

  • Randy Costa vs. Brandon Davis – for bantamweight title
  • Greg Hardy vs. Chase Sherman
  • Peter Barrett vs. Charles Rosa
  • Jason Knight vs. Josh Weems

No, Panthers great Steve Smith Sr. did not get knocked out at UFC event

No, Steve Smith Sr. was not involved in a fight at a recent UFC event.

Carolina Panthers legend Steve Smith Sr. was certainly no stranger to confrontation during his fiery 16-year NFL career. From breaking his own teammate’s nose during a heated training camp session to famously (or infamously) icing up former rival Aqib Talib on Monday Night Football, 89 has never been afraid to engage in a bit of fisticuffs.

But we’re not about to add a random fight from a UFC event to that lore.

An NFL insider parody account recently tried to get a rise out of Smith Sr., perhaps trolling the former wideout by claiming he got knocked out at a UFC event. The account provided the following video clip:

Well, in case common sense or that community note from Twitter/X didn’t give it away, that wasn’t Smith Sr.

Smitty would eventually debunk the tweet himself.

He also refused to accept the account’s apology for the “mix-up.”

So, no, it wasn’t him.

Besides, we’ve already seen a former Panther get knocked out a time or two in that arena. No need for another.

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UFC free fight: Serghei Spivac ends Greg Hardy’s UFC career with TKO finish

Watch Serghei Spivac put an end to former NFL star Greg Hardy’s UFC career with a TKO finish back in 2022.

[autotag]Serghei Spivac[/autotag] sent former NFL star [autotag]Greg Hardy[/autotag] packing in dominant fashion.

Back at UFC 272 in 2022, Spivac quickly stopped Hardy after taking him down and hammering him out with ground-and-pound to secure a first-round TKO win. This ended as Hardy’s final fight in the UFC, as his contract was not renewed. Spivac stopped Augusto Sakai and Derrick Lewis before losing to Ciryl Gane in his most recent outing in September 2023.

You can watch Spivac’s dominant win over Hardy in the video above.

Spivac (16-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) returns to the cage in the main event of UFC on ESPN 61, which takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. He takes on Marcin Tybura (25-8 MMA, 12-7 UFC) in a rematch that stems from 2020.

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For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 61.

Former Panthers DE Greg Hardy suffers another brutal KO loss in team boxing match

Former Carolina Panthers DE Greg Hardy has picked up another tough KO loss.

The “Prince of War” has suffered yet another brutal defeat.

Former Carolina Panthers defensive end Greg Hardy participated in Thursday night’s event for the Team Combat League, “the nation’s first and only boxing league with a team-based ownership model.” And the pass rusher-turned-mixed martial artist/boxer, who is currently a member of the league’s Dallas Enforcers, didn’t do much enforcing of his own . . .

This is Hardy’s second knockout loss in his past three fights for TCL. The first of the two came back on June 23 of last year, when Alexander Flores of LA Tengoose delivered these devastating blows . . .

A sixth-round pick in the 2010 NFL draft, Hardy played five seasons for the Panthers. He recorded 34.0 sacks over 63 games in Carolina, a stint that ended on the commissioner’s exempt list as a result of his 2014 domestic violence case.

He finished out his pro football tenure with the Dallas Cowboys in 2015.

Hardy, who has been knocked out in four of his last 10 professional bouts, is now 3-2 in the TCL.

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Video: Ex-UFC heavyweight Greg Hardy goes limp into ropes in KO loss

For those in the anti-Greg Hardy camp, Thursday’s news and highlight might feel a little like an early birthday gift.

For those in the anti-[autotag]Greg Hardy[/autotag] camp, Thursday’s news and highlight might feel a little like an early birthday gift or something.

Hardy, a former UFC heavyweight and ex-NFL All-Pro defensive end, was knocked out and fell limp into the ropes against Patrick Mailata from Samoa at a Team Combat League event.

Check out the footage (via X) below:

Hardy, who entered the UFC in January 2019 after a developmental deal through Dana White’s Contender Series, had his final UFC fight in March 2022. A first-round TKO loss to Serghei Spivac capped a three-fight skid, and Hardy wasn’t re-signed after finishing his contract.

Since departing the UFC, Hardy has continued to compete in combat sports. Not counting his Team Combat League appearances, which are considered exhibitions, Hardy is 3-0 as a boxer. He also tried his hand at bareknuckle boxing this in February 2023, when he was finished by Josh Watson in the second round at BKFC: Knucklemania 3.

Hardy’s time in the NFL before he moved into the combat sports world was marked with controversy, including domestic violence charges and a subsequent suspension.

Every franchise tag recipient in Panthers history

With a new recipient likely on the way, let’s look back at the Panthers’ history with the franchise tag.

With no new deal seemingly in sight for two-time Pro Bowl pass rusher Brian Burns, the Carolina Panthers are destined to use the franchise tag for the eighth time in their history.

But how did the first seven play out?

Let’s take a look at Carolina’s history with the tag.

UFC veterans in MMA, boxing, and bareknuckle MMA action Nov. 8-12

Check out which veterans of the UFC are competing in combat sports across the globe this weekend.

This week, the UFC returns to New York for a big pay-per-view event at Madison Square Garden.

UFC 295 features a pair of title fights in the light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions. In the co-feature, [autotag]Sergei Pavlovich[/autotag] takes on [autotag]Tom Aspinall[/autotag] for the interim heavyweight title, while [autotag]Jiri Prochazka[/autotag] meets [autotag]Alex Pereira[/autotag] for the vacant light heavyweight crown in the main event.

Elsewhere, many other combat sports events are taking place that feature a number of familiar names that have competed under the UFC banner.

Check out which veterans of the global MMA leader are competing in MMA, bareknuckle MMA and boxing Nov. 8-12.

Scroll below to see how the UFC veterans fared last week, and see the names and details of this weekend’s competitors.

Upcoming event information from Tapology.