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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 19: Greg Hardy waits as officials decide whether to disqualify him after an illegal move in heavyweights fight against Allen Crowder at UFC Fight Night at Barclays Center on January 19, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
There was plenty of controversy before Greg Hardy’s first official UFC fight and there will be plenty of controversy after it.
During tonight’s UFC Brooklyn event Hardy was DQed after he delivered an illegal knee to a downed opponent when he kneed Allen Crowder in the head while he still had a knee on the ground.
https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1086852878029987841
Welp, Greg Hardy leaves the octagon to a course of boos after being DQ’d for an illegal strike in his UFC debut #UFCBrooklyn pic.twitter.com/G8PLUVkbiF
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) January 20, 2019
The Internet of course blasted Hardy, the UFC and ESPN after the fight.
https://twitter.com/SecretMovesMMA/status/1086853074268897280
https://twitter.com/JasonNawara/status/1086852508885180416
the ufc just made Greg Hardy the story of the fight night… why was Hardy on this card??? Who was watching this card just because of Greg Hardy?
— E. Casey Leydon (@ekc) January 20, 2019
So Greg Hardy did Greg Hardy things, huh? pic.twitter.com/iVyXWgnAWI
— Patrick Wyman (@Patrick_Wyman) January 20, 2019