Ex-UFC fighter Greg Hardy arrested on charges for assaulting family member
Ex-UFC fighter Greg Hardy is currently in jail and awaiting arraignment after he was arrested on charges related to assaulting a family member in Richardson, Texas.
Jail officials confirmed to MMA Fighting on Thursday that Hardy was arrested and remains in custody. Hardy was arrested around 2:29 p.m. local time on Wednesday and he’s expected to stand before a judge on Thursday where bond is expected to be set.
TMZ was first to report.
According to an arrest report obtained by MMA Fighting, Hardy was arrested following an alleged physical altercation with his girlfriend. Police state that Hardy and his girlfriend “got in a fight and he took her car and left.”
The incident allegedly took place after Hardy’s girlfriend accused him of cheating on her after finding messages with another woman on his phone. Hardy’s girlfriend told police that she confronted him and he allegedly told her to get out of his face.
Hardy’s girlfriend then claimed that he “pushed her, with both of his hands on her chest, and she fell onto the bed.” She claims Hardy then allegedly held her down with one of his hands on her neck but her “breathing was not restricted nor did she lose consciousness.”
As the altercation escalated, Hardy’s girlfriend claims she pushed him away by kicking at him and he allegedly grabbed her feet and spun her away from him before taking the keys to the vehicle where he left the scene. Police state they observed “scratches and redness” on her arms consistent with a physical altercation.
Police got in contact with Hardy, who confirmed with authorities that he did get into an argument with his girlfriend over messages found on his phone and he claims she was “poking him in his forehead with her index finger” but she caused no physical damage to him. Hardy then told police he “moved her out of the way and placed her on the bed by grabbing her arms” but he was “adamant nothing else had happened.”
Based on the report, police opted to arrest Hardy and took him to jail under the previously disclosed charges.
Hardy, 36, last fought in the UFC in 2022 where he suffered a third loss in a row in the promotion before he was released from his contract.
Of course, Hardy is best known for his football career where he played defense for a number of teams including the Dallas Cowboys.
His signing with the UFC was met with immediate blowback after Hardy was arrested back in 2014 on domestic violence charges after he allegedly assaulted his then girlfriend while he was still in the NFL. Hardy was initially convicted but the charges were eventually dismissed after his girlfriend did not show up for the trial.
Hardy was also arrested on a separate charge for felony possession of a controlled substance in 2016 after police discovered cocaine in his vehicle during a traffic stop.
Mike Heck contributed to this report