Greg Hardy has been knocked out again.
The former NFL star, who has launched a career in combat sports since leaving the league in 2016, took part in a Texas Combat League boxing match on Thursday.
Hardy, a former UFC heavyweight, has since tried his hand at boxing and has a 3-0 record with two knockouts since making his pro debut in October 2022.
In the TCL bout, he faced fellow heavyweight Patrick Mailata and won 6-2, scoring three knockouts.
Mailata brutally knocked out Hardy, who had been stopped in his previous MMA bouts.
Hardy is Stopped At another TCL match last year.
Hardy starred with the Panthers and Cowboys during his six-year NFL career, earning All-Pro and Pro Bowl selection in 2013 and recording 15 sacks.
His footballing career took a disturbing turn following a domestic violence incident with an ex-girlfriend, with photographs made public after the incident.
Hardy began training and competing in mixed martial arts in 2016 after his NFL career ended.
Hardy showed early potential in the Octagon, building a 3-0 record as an amateur and then getting off to a 3-0 start in MMA as a pro, impressing UFC Commissioner Dana White enough to earn him a contract with the organization.
Hardy made his UFC debut in January 2019 on the undercard of the Henry Cejudo vs. TJ Dillashaw fight at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Hardy lost the match by disqualification after delivering an illegal knee to Allen Crowder.
Hardy spent the next three years with UFC, going 4-2 before suffering three consecutive knockout losses.
The former Pro Bowl player was also knocked out in a bare-knuckle boxing match against Josh Watson in February 2023 as part of BKFC’s Knucklemania 3.
