Having an empty crowd has truly changed the game already.
Greg Hardy proved how coach-able he is during UFC 249 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida when he took on Yorgan De Castro in his preliminary fight.
Because of the empty crowd, Hardy was able to hear commentary going on around him, with the best advice coming from Daniel Cormier’s analysis as part of the event’s broadcast on ESPN+.
“Thank God for not having the crowd,” Hardy told Joe Rogan in his post-fight interview (via TMZ). “Shout out to D.C. I heard him tell me to check him, that I needed to figure out how to check it. So I started trying to check him. Game-changer.”