Hardy vs Smolyakov

Who won Hardy vs Smolyakov?

Greg Hardy beat Dmitry Smolyakov by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of UFC on ESPN+ 8, on Saturday 27th April 2019 at BB&T Center in Sunrise.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Hardy vs Smolyakov stats

Greg Hardy stepped into the octagon with a record of 3 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Dmitry Smolyakov made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Greg Hardy's UFC record stood at 4-5-0, while Dmitry Smolyakov's came in at 0-3-0.

The stats suggested Hardy had a massive power advantage over Smolyakov, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Smolyakov's 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Smolyakov had a massive advantage over Hardy, boasting a 56% submission rate over Hardy's 0%.

Greg Hardy was the younger man by 4 years, at 36 years old.

Hardy had a height advantage of 3 inches over Smolyakov. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Hardy was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 7 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2018, 5 years and 4 months later than Smolyakov, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 6 more professional rounds, 22 to Smolyakov's 16.

Hardy vs Smolyakov form

Greg Hardy had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Alexander Volkov at UFC on ESPN+ 21 on 9th November 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at CSKA Arena, Moscow, Russia.

Previous to that, his fight against Ben Sosoli at UFC on ESPN 6 on 18th October 2019 ended in a no contest.

Going into that contest, he had won against Juan Adams at UFC on ESPN 4 on 20th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at AT&T Center, San Antonio.

Before that, he had beaten Dmitry Smolyakov at UFC on ESPN+ 8 on 27th April 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at BB&T Center, Sunrise.

He had been beaten by Allen Crowder at UFC on ESPN+ 1 on 19th January 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

Activity check

Hardy's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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