Ex-UFC fighter Greg Hardy is at the moment in jail and awaiting arraignment after he was arrested on prices associated to assaulting a member of the family in Richardson, Texas.
Jail officers confirmed to MMA Preventing on Thursday that Hardy was arrested and stays in custody. Hardy was arrested round 2:29 p.m. native time on Wednesday and he’s anticipated to face earlier than a choose on Thursday the place bond is predicted to be set.
TMZ was first to report.
In response to an arrest report obtained by MMA Preventing, Hardy was arrested following an alleged bodily altercation together with his girlfriend. Police state that Hardy and his girlfriend “received in a battle and he took her automobile and left.”
The incident allegedly passed off after Hardy’s girlfriend accused him of dishonest on her after discovering messages with one other lady on his telephone. Hardy’s girlfriend advised police that she confronted him and he allegedly advised her to get out of his face.
Hardy’s girlfriend then claimed that he “pushed her, with each of his fingers on her chest, and he or she fell onto the mattress.” She claims Hardy then allegedly held her down with one in every of his fingers on her neck however her “respiratory was not restricted nor did she lose consciousness.”
Because the altercation escalated, Hardy’s girlfriend claims she pushed him away by kicking at him and he allegedly grabbed her ft and spun her away from him earlier than taking the keys to the automobile the place he left the scene. Police state they noticed “scratches and redness” on her arms according to a bodily altercation.
Police received involved with Hardy, who confirmed with authorities that he did get into an argument together with his girlfriend over messages discovered on his telephone and he claims she was “poking him in his brow together with her index finger” however she brought on no bodily harm to him. Hardy then advised police he “moved her out of the best way and positioned her on the mattress by grabbing her arms” however he was “adamant nothing else had occurred.”
Based mostly on the report, police opted to arrest Hardy and took him to jail underneath the beforehand disclosed prices.
Hardy, 36, final fought within the UFC in 2022 the place he suffered a 3rd loss in a row within the promotion earlier than he was launched from his contract.
In fact, Hardy is finest identified for his soccer profession the place he performed protection for various groups together with the Dallas Cowboys.
His signing with the UFC was met with fast blowback after Hardy was arrested again in 2014 on home violence prices after he allegedly assaulted his then girlfriend whereas he was nonetheless within the NFL. Hardy was initially convicted however the prices have been finally dismissed after his girlfriend didn’t present up for the trial.
Hardy was additionally arrested on a separate cost for felony possession of a managed substance in 2016 after police found cocaine in his automobile throughout a site visitors cease.
Mike Heck contributed to this report
