{"id":5004,"date":"2024-12-15T16:59:25","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T15:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=5004"},"modified":"2024-12-15T16:59:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T15:59:25","slug":"greg-hardy-knocked-out-in-moscow-former-ufc-heavyweight-faces-brutal-setback-in-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/greg-hardy-knocked-out-in-moscow-former-ufc-heavyweight-faces-brutal-setback-in-boxing\/","title":{"rendered":"Greg Hardy Knocked Out in Moscow: Former UFC Heavyweight Faces Brutal Setback in Boxing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Things didn\u2019t go as planned for Greg Hardy, the former UFC heavyweight fighter, as he suffered a crushing knockout loss against Aleksei Papin during an intense showdown in Moscow.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The former NFL player, renowned for his time with the <em>Dallas Cowboys<\/em> and <em>Carolina Panthers<\/em>, made a transition to mixed martial arts, joining the UFC in 2019. With his imposing physique, Dana White initially saw him as a rising star in the heavyweight division. However, Hardy\u2019s career quickly unraveled after suffering three consecutive KO losses to <em>Tai Tuivasa<\/em>, <em>Marcin Tybura<\/em>, and <em>Serghei Spivac<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following his UFC departure, Hardy ventured into professional boxing. Facing Russia\u2019s Aleksei Papin, a fighter with 18 victories to his name, Hardy was up against a formidable opponent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The fight ends with a brutal KO<\/strong><br \/>\nFrom the outset, Hardy appeared outmatched. Papin dominated the exchanges and finished the fight with a devastating knockout in the third round.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You\u2019re gonna wanna watch Greg Hardy get KOd again. <\/p>\n<p>This time it happened in Moscow.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ip1pjtLJl9\">pic.twitter.com\/ip1pjtLJl9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Spinnin Backfist (@SpinninBackfist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpinninBackfist\/status\/1867691856035033148?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Post-fight, Greg Hardy remained positive, stating:<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Thank you to everyone who helped me get here. I came to Russia to test myself against a monster with 18 wins. I\u2019m not done yet.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite the crushing defeat, Hardy seems determined to step back into the ring. But the lingering question remains: will this loss mark the end of his career, or will he rise again?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things didn\u2019t go as planned for Greg Hardy, the former UFC heavyweight fighter, as he suffered a crushing knockout loss against Aleksei Papin during an intense showdown in Moscow. The former NFL player, renowned for his time with the Dallas Cowboys and Carolina Panthers, made a transition to mixed martial arts, joining the UFC in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,29],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5004","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxe","8":"category-boxing-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5004"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5004"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5006,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5004\/revisions\/5006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}