UFC-contracted heavyweight Greg Hardy (1-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will not be able to call himself an American Arena League champion. Hardy played this year for the indoor football league’s Richmond Roughriders, though the team came up short on the season’s final day, losing 58-50 to the Atlanta Havoc in Saturday’s championship game. Hardy did not play in the championship game. According to his manager, Abe Kawa, Hardy was with the team during the game but decided earlier in the week he would sit out. The decision did not appear to be related to any concern of injury from an incident in the previous week’s semifinal matchup , with a UFC official telling MMAjunkie Hardy was “fine.” That echoes the sentiment of Roughriders owner Greg Fornario, who previously told MMAjunkie Hardy was “healthy as can be” after briefly leaving the field in the previous week’s contest. Greg Hardy At June’s Dana White’s Contender Series 9 event, Hardy picked up a spectacular knockout win over fellow NFL veteran Austen Lane.
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