Veronica Hardy

Hardy beat J. J. Aldrich by unanimous decision in St.

Key moments

• Won a unanimous decision over three rounds at UFC St. Louis.
• Moved her post-return stretch to three straight UFC wins.
• Added a veteran flyweight name after the split decision over Horth.

Hardy's pre-layoff UFC stretch ended with a unanimous decision loss to Bea Malecki in Brasilia.

Key moments

• Lost a unanimous decision over three rounds in Brasilia, Brazil.
• The bout was contested at bantamweight on the UFC Fight Night 170 prelims.
• It became her final appearance before the long gap that ended with the Juliana Miller return in 2023.

The Polyana Viana fight is still Hardy's cleanest UFC finish, a first-round armbar in Montevideo that earned a Performance of the Night bonus.

Key moments

• Submitted Viana by armbar at 1:09 of round one.
• The finish came on the UFC Montevideo preliminary card at flyweight.
• Earned a Performance of the Night bonus for the stoppage.
• Marked her first UFC victory after the Andrea Lee and Gillian Robertson defeats.

Hardy's bout with Andrea Lee was a competitive three-round loss in Santiago and still stands out because the fight earned Fight of the Night honors. Even in defeat it showed the pace and willingness to trade that made Hardy more than a pure grappler when the matchup stayed standing for long stretches.

Key moments

• Dropped a unanimous decision after three rounds at UFC Fight Night 129.
• The bout in Santiago, Chile earned Fight of the Night honors.
• It was her first UFC appearance at flyweight after debuting up at bantamweight.

Hardy's UFC debut came on short notice in Hamburg and ended in a third-round TKO loss to Ashlee Evans-Smith after absorbing elbows late. The result mattered less as a knock on her upside than as a difficult first assignment, because she jumped from a tiny European regional sample straight into the UFC within months of turning pro.

Key moments

• Lost by TKO from elbows at 2:46 of round three.
• The fight happened on the UFC Fight Night 93 preliminary card in Hamburg, Germany.
• Hardy entered as a bantamweight underdog after being pulled from a TFC booking to sign with the UFC.