{"id":311544,"date":"2019-04-28T13:17:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T20:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=311544"},"modified":"2019-04-28T13:17:36","modified_gmt":"2019-04-28T20:17:36","slug":"dana-white-on-greg-hardys-opponent-id-like-to-see-the-nine-guys-he-beat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-on-greg-hardys-opponent-id-like-to-see-the-nine-guys-he-beat\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White on Greg Hardy&#8217;s opponent: &#8216;I\u2019d like to see the nine guys he beat&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Greg Hardy got his first UFC win last night when <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-fort-lauderdale-results-greg-hardy-kos-dmitrii-smoliakov-video\/\">he beat Dmitrii Smoliakov by first-round TKO<\/a>. For most of the fight, it seemed like Smoliakov was back peddling and as soon as the former NFL star hit him, it appeared the Russian wanted nothing to do with it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smoliakov struggled from the get-go, and UFC President Dana White is not sure how he has nine wins on his record. That being said, White refuted the claim it was a so-called &#8216;set up fight&#8217; for Hardy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not gonna say that I loved that fight,\u201d White said at the UFC Fort Lauderdale post-fight presser (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/4\/28\/18521059\/dana-white-critical-of-greg-hardys-opponent-dmitrii-smoliakov-that-was-weird\">MMAFighting<\/a>). \u201cYou guys know, I\u2019ve been doing this for 20 years, we don\u2019t do set-up fights for anybody. And if I was a fan and probably some of the media, the way some of the media acts, I would think that was\u2014I don\u2019t know who the f*ck that guy beat in nine fights, but I\u2019d like to see the nine guys he beat. That was weird.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Smoliakov struggled in the fight, Greg Hardy did come into the fight prepared. He looked much better in his second Octagon appearance, and White was complimentary of his handiwork. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNot to take anything away from Hardy,\u201d White said. \u201cHardy came in in great shape, Hardy doesn\u2019t make fights, me and my guys do, and Hardy came in and better shape and he did what he had to do. He treated that guy like he was supposed to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greg Hardy is now 1-1 in the UFC and showed he has legitimate knockout power. He&#8217;ll certainly get another shot in the UFC soon, though his opponent will probably not be so lucky. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo, I mean, that guy\u2019s record is 9-2,\u201d White said of Smoliakov. \u201cI want to see the nine guys he beat, they might be in this room right now, actually.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 4\/28\/2019.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greg Hardy got his first UFC win last night when he beat Dmitrii Smoliakov by first-round TKO. For most of the fight, it seemed like Smoliakov was back peddling and as soon as the former NFL star hit him, it appeared the Russian wanted nothing to do with it. Smoliakov struggled from the get-go, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":296065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10112,10550,39610,44618],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dana White on Greg Hardy&#039;s opponent: &#039;I\u2019d like to see the nine guys he beat&#039; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-on-greg-hardys-opponent-id-like-to-see-the-nine-guys-he-beat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dana White on Greg Hardy&#039;s opponent: &#039;I\u2019d like to see the nine guys he beat&#039; | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Greg Hardy got his first UFC win last night when he beat Dmitrii Smoliakov by first-round TKO. 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