4 Reasons why Greg Hardy possibly threw the illegal knee

#4 Frustration

Allen Crowder did not shrink away from Greg Hardy

Greg Hardy is not used to not knocking out his opponents in a matter of seconds. It even looked like he might achieve that in this fight as well when he took on Allen Crowder, but it was not to be. Crowder survived and made it to the second round.

Crowder then proceeded to taunt Greg Hardy in front of the crowd with his hands down and came out swinging in the second round. This would be enough to make anyone angry, and Hardy seemed no different. He was looking to take out Crowder in the second round, even catching him with an elbow.

When Crowder was on his knees, perhaps Hardy just saw red. He is not known for being the most level headed individual in the world, and maybe his temper got the best of him. He went to take out Crowder with the knee because he wanted to knock him out, and only later realised that this would mean he would lose the fight.

There is a huge chance this happened, although this is just speculation. Given that Hardy had been taunted by Crowder, this might just have happened.

Of course, what he said about it being an accident could also be perfectly true, and it could be a mistake in his judgment.

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