This is the UFC Fort Lauderdale live blog for Greg Hardy vs. Dmitrii Smoliakov, a heavyweight bout at Saturday’s UFC event at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Fla.
Hardy, a former NFL Pro Bowler, is looking to erase the memory of his disastrous debut against Allen Crowder at UFC Brooklyn in January. During the scrap, fans saw Hardy connect with an illegal knee to a downed Crowder, giving him the disqualification loss.
For Smoliakov, this marks his return to the UFC after winning his most recent bout at a show in Russia in January.