{"id":104080,"date":"2026-06-03T06:22:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T06:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/greg-hardy\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T22:18:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:18:48","slug":"greg-hardy","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/greg-hardy\/","title":{"rendered":"Greg Hardy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Greg Hardy : du NFL \u00e0 l&rsquo;octogone, le \u00ab\u00a0Prince of War\u00a0\u00bb hors cat\u00e9gorie<\/h2>\n<p>Il a encha\u00een\u00e9 40 sacks en six saisons de NFL, \u00e9t\u00e9 s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9 All-Pro en 2013 avec les Carolina Panthers, puis a tout plaqu\u00e9 pour l&rsquo;octogone. Greg Hardy, n\u00e9 le 28 juillet 1988 \u00e0 Millington (Tennessee), est l&rsquo;un des rares athl\u00e8tes \u00e0 avoir atteint le sommet du football am\u00e9ricain avant de basculer dans le MMA professionnel. Un choix d\u00e9routant, un gabarit impressionnant \u2014 1,96 m, 120 kg, 204 cm d&rsquo;envergure \u2014 et une carri\u00e8re en dents de scie qui aura rarement laiss\u00e9 indiff\u00e9rent.<\/p>\n<h3>Du vestiaire NFL \u00e0 la cage<\/h3>\n<p>Apr\u00e8s ses saisons avec les Panthers puis les Cowboys de Dallas, Hardy entame sa reconversion \u00e0 partir de 2016. Il encha\u00eene trois combats amateurs avant de signer avec la Dana White&rsquo;s Contender Series en 2018, o\u00f9 il exp\u00e9die l&rsquo;ancien joueur NFL Austen Lane en moins d&rsquo;un round (7 ao\u00fbt 2018). R\u00e9sultat : contrat UFC dans la foul\u00e9e. Son entr\u00e9e dans la grande ligue se transforme pourtant en couac d\u00e8s le premier soir : le 19 janvier 2019 contre Allen Crowder, Hardy est disqualifi\u00e9 au deuxi\u00e8me round pour un genou ill\u00e9gal alors qu&rsquo;il dominait largement l&rsquo;\u00e9change \u2014 le match est transform\u00e9 en no contest, puis officiellement en d\u00e9faite par DQ.<\/p>\n<h3>Ascension et limites \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC<\/h3>\n<p>Rebondir, il sait faire. Hardy aligne ensuite deux KO au premier round : Dmitry Smolyakov (27 avril 2019) puis Juan Adams (20 juillet 2019). Contre Alexander Volkov, le 9 novembre 2019, il tient la distance trois rounds mais perd aux points \u2014 preuve que face \u00e0 un puncheur technique, la puissance brute ne suffit pas. Son bilan UFC se stabilisera autour de 4 victoires pour 5 d\u00e9faites (1 NC), avec des KO retentissants au tableau : Tai Tuivasa le d\u00e9truit en 1:07 \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 264 (juillet 2021), et Serghei Spivak conclut l&rsquo;aventure UFC \u00e0 2:16 du premier round \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 272 (5 mars 2022). Hardy quitte l&rsquo;organisation sur une s\u00e9rie noire de trois d\u00e9faites cons\u00e9cutives.<\/p>\n<h3>Style et physique hors norme<\/h3>\n<p>Hardy frappe fort \u2014 tr\u00e8s fort. Ses six victoires par KO\/TKO sur sept en MMA pro r\u00e9sument l&rsquo;essentiel : il vient pour finir, debout, avec des mains qui ont d\u00e9j\u00e0 cass\u00e9 des carri\u00e8res en NFL. Mais sa d\u00e9fense aux frappes (56% selon les stats UFC) et son manque de volume \u00e0 haut niveau l&rsquo;ont souvent expos\u00e9 aux contre-attaqueurs pr\u00e9cis. 76% de ses frappes port\u00e9es sont lanc\u00e9es en position debout : Hardy est un striker, pas un lutteur.<\/p>\n<h3>Apr\u00e8s l&rsquo;UFC : boxe et retour agit\u00e9<\/h3>\n<p>Lib\u00e9r\u00e9 par l&rsquo;UFC d\u00e9but 2022, Hardy s&rsquo;essaie \u00e0 la boxe avec un bilan pro de 3-0, mais encaisse des KO dans des combats exhibitions. Il revient au MMA en 2026, remporte une d\u00e9cision contre Phillip Latu en janvier, avant de s&rsquo;incliner face \u00e0 l&rsquo;ancien combattant UFC Darko Stosic au troisi\u00e8me round lors du Fight Nation Championship 31 \u00e0 Belgrade (30 mai 2026) \u2014 apr\u00e8s avoir manqu\u00e9 la limite des poids lourds de 26 livres \u00e0 la pes\u00e9e, une anecdote qui r\u00e9sume bien la trajectoire chaotique de la fin de carri\u00e8re du \u00ab\u00a0Prince of War\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/greg-hardy\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/theallstar.io\/ufc-fighter-record\/greg-the-prince-of-war-hardy\/\">The AllStar<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cagesidepress.com\/2026\/05\/29\/greg-hardy-blows-heavyweight-limit-by-whopping-25lbs-for-fnc-31\/\">CageSidePress<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greg Hardy, ex-d\u00e9fenseur All-Pro NFL, a tent\u00e9 sa chance \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC en poids lourd (4-5 UFC, 1 NC). Surnom : \u00ab\u00a0Prince of War\u00a0\u00bb. Record MMA : 8-6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":103238,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69980],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-104080","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-heavyweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Greg Hardy - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Greg Hardy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/greg-hardy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Greg Hardy - 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