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After Junior Dos Santos pulled out of his bout with Alexander Volkov, he will now be fighting Greg Hardy. The former NFL star got his most recent win overturned when he fought Ben Sosoli on October 18th at UFC Fight Night 161.

Breaking: “When is Greg Hardy going to take a step up in competition?” The answer is Nov. 9, as he’s agreed to replace Junior dos Santos against Alexander Volkov in Moscow. According to Hardy’s agent Malki Kawa, this was at his request. More soon at @espn. pic.twitter.com/pgb1wUMXL5 — Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) October 22, 2019

Volkov is coming off a KO loss to Derrick Lewis at UFC 229. A bout against Hardy would be huge for Volkov, as Hardy has yet to be officially defeated by stoppage or decision.

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