The UFC could hardly look more hypocritical with their courting of former NFL pass rusher Greg Hardy. Hardy is set to make his pro debut against fellow former football player Austen Lane on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series. And if he can perform well enough there, chances are high that a UFC contract would follow.
Hardy’s NFL career came to a somewhat abrupt end after the 2015 season – just his 6th in the league – and a year after he was convicted of domestic violence charges for the alleged assault of ex-girlfriend Nicole Holder.