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Former NFL player Greg Hardy will return to MMA cage before the end of the year

Greg Hardy is getting one more fight in before the end of 2018.

The controversial former NFL player will compete Dec. 21 under the Island Fights banner at an event in Pensacola, Fla., MMA Fighting confirmed Wednesday with sources. ESPN was the first to report the news.

The card will air live on UFC Fight Pass. Hardy does not yet have an opponent named and there is no venue set yet.

Hardy (3-0) has won all three of his pro MMA fights — all this year — by first-round knockout or TKO. The Tennessee native is coming off a 53-second KO of Rasheem Jones at Xtreme Fight 352 in September.