The UFC’s final show for the month of April is a Fight Night card in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Originally scheduled for ESPN, the main card is now on ESPN+ after Jack Hermansson was slotted into headliner status to face longtime middleweight contender Ronaldo Souza. Yoel Romero was Jacare’s original opponent, but withdrew due to illness.
In the co-main event, we are subjected to Greg Hardy’s second UFC fight, as Dimitrii Smoliakov returns to the Octagon to take on the disgraced former NFL player who was once convicted of assaulting his girlfriend (the charges were later expunged). This is Hardy’s second straight co-main appearance, and he’s in search of his first UFC win.