Greg Hardy’s UFC debut at UFC Brooklyn last weekend wasn’t as smooth-sailing as he wanted it to be. The former NFL defensive end was slapped with a second-round disqualification loss after throwing a knee strike at opponent Allen Crowder, who at the time had one of his knees on the mat.
Hardy was rueful about what happened, baring his sentiments in a rather emotional post-fight interview. But after the seemingly constant backlash he had been getting, the 30-year-old fighter recently admitted that it had been affecting him.
“I was in a bad place, bro. It kind of hurt me,” Hardy told TMZ Sports (transcript via MMA Mania).