There’s a lot of confusion surrounding next month’s headlining bout between Alexander Volkov and Greg Hardy at UFC on ESPN+ 21.
Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos was originally set to face Volkov but the Brazilian was forced to pull out due to staph infection.
That’s when heavy-hitting knockout artist Francis Ngannou offered to step in as a replacement, but the UFC went ahead and gave Hardy the opportunity instead.
The reason why Hardy was selected over Ngannou is because ‘The Predator’ wanted the fight pushed back to a later date, which defeats the whole purpose of a short-notice replacement fight.