A heavyweight grudge match – at least for one half of the contest – is heading to the Lone Star State.
After months of tweeting and trashing Greg Hardy, Juan Adams has a fight with the controversial heavyweight. MMA Junkie confirmed with a person close to the booking that bout agreements are in the process of being finalized for a showdown at UFC on ESPN 4, which which takes place July 20 at AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.
ESPN.com first reported UFC officials are in the process of booking the grudge match. It’s not yet known whether Hardy vs. Adams will serve on the main or preliminary card, though Hardy’s previous two fights were the former.
Adams stumbled for the first time in his professional career when he took on Arjan Singh Bhullar and lost a decision earlier this month at UFC on ESPN+9. But that didn’t stop him from using an expletive-based hashtag for Hardy, who railroaded Dmitry Smolyakov this past month to pick up his first octagon win after a stumble out of the gate.
Naturally, Adams wasn’t impressed by Hardy’s first octagon win and let the world know.
“Pathetic,” Adams called Hardy’s performance. “It was just ridiculous. It looked like the guy was scared to do anything. I’m not going to say much, but I think it’s ridiculous how they’re trying to push such a poor product on people. The people have spoken like, ‘We don’t want to see that crap. It’s not a good fight, he’s not a good fighter.’ He’s had cans his entire career. The most legit opponent he’s fought was Allen Crowder. Like, c’mon. He’s no world beater.”
Juan Adams vs. Greg Hardy heading to July's UFC on ESPN 4 in Texas
