Greg Hardy's professional MMA debut will come against another former NFL player.
Hardy will face former defensive end Austen Lane on June 12 in a heavyweight bout on the Dana White Tuesday Night Contender Series, it was announced during the UFC 224 broadcast.
Lane, who played for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears from 2010-2014, is 4-0 as a professional MMA fighter.
"At the end of the day, when we go in the cage, we're just going to be two fighers. Obviously we'll both have some athleticism that has carried over from the NFL but I don't consider him former NFL player Greg Hardy, I consider him MMA fighter Greg Hardy and that's how I'm going to approach what he's bringing to the table," he said in an interview with FloCombat.