{"id":278619,"date":"2018-06-15T08:35:34","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T15:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=278619"},"modified":"2018-06-15T08:35:34","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T15:35:34","slug":"dana-white-shares-his-plans-for-greg-hardys-next-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/greg-hardy\/dana-white-shares-his-plans-for-greg-hardys-next-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White shares his plans for Greg Hardy’s next fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greg Hardy’s first-round knockout of Austen Lane, which occurred on this week’s episode of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series, earned him a “development” contract<\/a> with the UFC. Speaking to TMZ this week, Dana White himself shed some light on what this development deal will actually look like, and when we might see Hardy again.<\/p>\n

Apparently, White is hoping to have Hardy compete on another episode of the Contender Series in July. In other words, we can expect the UFC to build Hardy up via other avenues before he debuts in the Octagon proper.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, he\u2019s got a lot of raw talent, and he\u2019s very powerful, and he looked damn good in his showing at the Dana White Tuesday Night Contender Series,\u201d White said (transcribed by Milan Ordo\u00f1ez for BloodyElbow<\/a>). \u201cSo, we signed him to a different type of deal, deals we\u2019ve done with other people where you see some promise, and you give the athletes the opportunity to build themselves up, get better.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a perfect world, what I\u2019d love to do is turn him around and [have him fight] again in the last fight of the Contender Series, the last fight of the season [in July],\u201d White clarified, sharing plans for Hardy’s second pro fight.<\/p>\n