“No one wants to watch you f*cking dry hump someone’s leg for 15 minutes, unless they’re a big Jiu Jitsu fan.”
“Do you want to be a f-cking fighter?”
That’s the question Anthony Smith has posed to Corey Anderson in response to Anderson’s recent diss on social media.
Run it back?! You got beat… on ALL 5 judges score cards. Wasn’t even close!! You was talking loud in an interview about me but still ain’t said shit TO me….I came at you on PPV, Twitter, and IG…RUN MY WAY! #comegetit #ufc https://t.co/1RZ7Z9JIAp
— Corey Anderson UFC (@CoreyA_MMA) July 10, 2019
Anderson may talk a big game on the Twitters and Instagrams but, according to ‘Lionheart’, the top-ten UFC light heavyweight contender shies away from confrontation in the real world.
Speaking to Submission Radio in a recent interview, Smith accused Anderson, who is on a three-fight win streak, of ducking fights in the past and having one of the most boring fighting styles in the light heavyweight division.
“They offered me a fight with Corey Anderson in Lincoln, Nebraska,” Smith said. “He turned it down because he wasn’t ready. Then not long after that, I took a fight with Shogun, who they offered to him first and he turned it down, so then I took it because he wouldn’t. Then Glover Teixeira needed an opponent like a week later, and he takes that fight. So, he turns down me, he turns down Shogun, and then takes Glover because that’s a fight that in his head he feels he can win. He won’t take a fight with anybody that he’s not 100 percent sure he can beat. So, he goes in against a guy who’s known to be taken down and held there, and wins the fight and wants to talk sh*t like he’s the best in the world.”
“Again, it’s another dude that I’ve never done anything to. Like, he’s just mad because you’ve been in the division for how many years, and haven’t even sniffed a title shot, and then guys like me and Thiago and have three fights and get one. There’s a reason. It’s not because we sell anymore tickets than you, it’s not because we’re ‘better than you’. We just go out there and we put it on the line and we take fights when they’re offered.
“Like, I’m not saying be a company guy and suck Dana’s d*ck or anything, but be a god damn fighter. And if you have a style that’s kind of dependent on winning decisions, then just count on winning a hell lot more of them, cause that’s just how the game goes. No one wants to watch you f*cking dry hump someone’s leg for 15 minutes, unless they’re a big Jiu Jitsu fan. No one wants to see it. And I’m a Jiu Jitsu guy at heart, so I just don’t know what it is about me that rubs some of these guys the wrong way.”
Anderson, 29, is on a three-fight win streak against Patrick Cummins, Glover Teixeira and Illir Latifi, winning all three bouts via unanimous decision. The No. 8-ranked light heavyweight hasn’t lost in the Octagon since 2017, when he was knocked out by former title challenger Ovince Saint Preux at UFC 217 in New York.
As for Smith, the 30-year-old rebounded from his championship loss to Jon Jones with his highest-profile win to date: a fourth-round submission victory over Anthony Gustafsson at last month’s UFC Fight Night event in Stockholm, Sweden. Expect Smith’s next opponent to be announced in the coming weeks.