Maurice Greene would be a decent step up.
They'll probably match Hardy with Jeff Hughes though.
Pessoa looked like absolute garbage in his debut. I'm not super impressed with Hughes, but I think he handles Pessoa with relative ease.You think this regardless of how he does vs. Pessoa?
If that's your argument they should have let him fight cans in the regional circuits, or at least on the prelims.None.
Greg Hardy only trained mma for like 3 years. With no martial arts background whatsoever.
They should keep feeding him cans or low ranked HWs to let him grow. Otherwise he will become another Aaron pico or sage Northcutt
They should put him in prelims against cans on big card. He can't just fight top ranked heavyweight with such little experience.If that's your argument they should have let him fight cans in the regional circuits, or at least on the prelims.
If yuo keep giving him spots on the main card / co-main event then you better make sure he's fighting some decent guys. I understand the build-up plan, but you can't have it both ways.
Fight at the main cards = fight legit opponents
Fight at the prelims = fight cans
Brett Rogers, HMC, Matt Lindland, AA, Tim Sylvia, Mark Coleman 2x, Zulu, Dan Henderson