First things first: You might dislike Greg Hardy, and have valid reasons for doing so, but it’s highly likely he didn’t throw that knee to a downed Allen Crowder on purpose.
You can’t fake the emotion Hardy showed at the UFC Brooklyn post-fight press conference, in which he appeared dumbfounded over the turn of events, apologized over and over to Crowder for what happened and offering to run the bout back, and expressing disappointment in letting his team down.
(Don’t believe me? Go watch the video below).
So while it might feel good to go ahead and say “Just what I thought, this guy with a domestic abuse history is also a cheater,” it appears the act which led to his second-round disqualification in the evening’s co-feature bout at Barclays Center was a matter of inexperience and poor timing, not one of malice, and the fact a lot of people don’t like Hardy as a person doesn’t change that.