Tag: Anthony Smith vs. Jon Jones

Anthony Smith amazed by the reaction and assumption by fight fans around the world once his next fight was officially announced. Earlier this week it was revealed by the UFC that he would challenge Jon Jones for the UFC light heavyweight title. This fight is slated to go down at the UFC 235 PPV event.

The rising title contender believes that most of the title defenses that Jones has done are decided before he steps into the Octagon. Thus, he’s amazed by people thinking Jones would finish him in the first round.

“I would imagine every fight that he’s had since (Lyoto) Machida,” Smith told MMAjunkie. “I think it’s goddamn amazing that all these people are assuming that if me and Jon Jones fight. He’s going to get me out of there in one round.”

The UFC 235 pay-per-view event is set to take place on Saturday, March 2, 2019 in at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main card will air on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET. The preliminary card will air on ESPN at 8 p.m. ET and the TV network’s streaming service, ESPN +.

His Belief

Smith believes that he can find the chin of the UFC light heavyweight champ. The reason behind his belief comes down to the fact that he doesn’t put Jones on a pedestal. This is a difference between him and other fighters.

“I just don’t care,” he said. “Throw whatever you want. If I’m up, I’m moving forward and we’re fighting. No one thinks they have the answer for Jon Jones. I don’t think that I really need the answer. I just think I need to do what I always do. I don’t have a style, or gameplan. I just go in there and fight.

“Jon is one of those guys that thrives in danger. I think that’s going to work against him at some point in time. “Eventually, someone’s going to catch up to Jon. His game is too crazy. You can’t be reckless forever, and I think I’m the guy.”

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Anthony Smith claims to have his manager in talks with the UFC for a potential showdown against UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. With Jones reclaiming the title, Smith is the next obvious opponent for him outside of the likes of Daniel Cormier and Brock Lesnar.

For this rising contender, he claimed in a recent interview that his management team is currently talking with the promotion. It’s all about figuring out a time and location for a bout with Jones.

“It sounds like he’s in,” Smith told TMZSports (H/T to MMaFighting). “Of course, [my manager] has already been talking to the UFC. I think that they’re working that out and seeing what that looks like as far as timelines. But I’m in.”

“It’s what the fans want to see,” said Smith. “They don’t want to see Jon go in there and beat up on Corey Anderson or whoever else. They don’t want to see that sh*t. There’s nothing there.”

Journey

Smith was put in this spot once he beat former title contender Volkan Oezdemir by third-round rear-naked choke. This fight went down in the headliner of UFC Moncton at Moncton Coliseum in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Now, Smith thinks that his record speaks for himself and wants a shot at Jones, who some think is the greatest fighter in MMA history.

“Anytime you take out Alexander Gustafsson with a finish, that’s a huge accomplishment,” Smith said. “So hats off to Jon, that was obviously a great performance. But I’ve seen him look better. I saw a beatable man. I saw a guy that I can compete with and a guy that I can beat. I’m not wowed by Jon Jones.

That’s not saying that I don’t think he’s a phenomenal fighter. I’m not afraid of him. I think that Jon has a lot of people beat before they even get in there. I think people look at Jon like he’s an uphill battle. This unreachable task and I don’t see him like that. I’m not wowed by him. I see a man that I can beat and a person with holes, like any other human, that can be exploited.”

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Anthony Smith blasts Jon Jones in a recent interview as the war of words between the two light heavyweight fighters continue. The belief is that he’ll fight the winner of the upcoming vacant light heavyweight title bout. This fight will be between Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson in the main event of UFC 232.

Since then, Smith and Jones have exchanged words. This leads us to Smith talking about it in an interview where he pointed out the differences between them.

”I think that Jon is in a weird place now,” he said (H/T to MMAMania. I’ve won three fights in five months. Jon Jones has won three fights in five years. Like, what more do I have to do, you know?”

Smith continued by stating that he has been working hard while Jones hasn’t fought because he wasn’t eligible.

“I’m busting my ass, I’m in great entertaining fights, three finishes. Part of me is like ‘What are you even talking about? You don’t even really fight.’ Until just now, Jon Jones wasn’t even eligible!”

Anthony Smith Knows What Bothers Jones

The rising prospect believes the things that Jones gets bothered with is people asking him if he cheats.

”I think the things that bother Jon is when people ask me do I think he cheats? Yeah, I do. It’s failed drug tests,. How can you argue with that. He’s been suspended twice for PEDs. I’m not the only one talking about Jon Jones. It’s like I don’t know what his deal is but I don’t give a s**t.”

Smith was put in this spot once he beat former title contender Volkan Oezdemir by third-round rear-naked choke. This fight went down in the headliner of UFC Moncton at Moncton Coliseum in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Smith made it known that he doesn’t have a problem with Jones. However, he’s not going to back down.

”I’m not out here to start s**t with anybody and I don’t have a problem with Jon Jones. I don’t know Jon Jones. But I can only speak to what we all know. I’ve never talked about him personally. That’s the route people go a lot with Jon.”

Finally, Smith says that he just wants to fight Jones even if the former UFC champion cheats for the fight.

“They want to talk about his personal life and all the trouble he’s been in. Again, I don’t give a s**t about that either. I just want to fight him and I think he cheats. Like, that’s it.”

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Anthony Smith offers advice to former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones as they could be fighting sooner rather than later. Following his latest win inside of the Octagon under the UFC banner, he called for a title shot at whoever is crowned the new UFC light heavyweight champion.

The belief is that he’ll fight the winner of the vacant light heavyweight title bout between Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson in the main event of UFC 232. This led to Jones giving his opinion on the performance of Smith’s latest fight on Twitter. Well, now, Smith has responded.

“If he ain’t worried about it, what’s he watching for?” Smith told MMAjunkie. “Jon Jones should worry about Alexander Gustafsson first. I think that performance was exactly one Jon Jones would hate to see.”

As seen in the headliner of UFC Moncton at Moncton Coliseum in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, Smith scored a big win. He beat former title contender Volkan Oezdemir by third round rear-naked choke. Smith continued by stating that Jones should worry about Gustafsson more than him right now.

“You’re not going to get me out of there with a little bit of flash and some hard punches. That ain’t going to happen. But if I was Jon Jones, I would probably be a little bit more worried about Alexander Gustafsson than Anthony Smith right now.”

Anthony Smith Offers Some Advice

If it was up to him then he would like to fight Jones. The reason for that is due to him wanting to hand Jones his first win.

“(He’s not going to win) if he’s more focused about what me and Volkan Oezdemir are doing, that’s for damn sure,” Smith said. “The best Jon Jones has to show up to win that fight. I’d imagine with all the time off that Jon is going to train his ass off. He claims that he didn’t train at all for the first one, so the real Jon Jones shows up.”

Make no mistake about it though, Smith understands the difficult challenge that Gustafsson brings against Jones.

“I’d imagine he gets it done. I hope he does because that’s who I want. That’s no disrespect to Gustafsson. I want to be the man to take out Jon Jones, but he’s got to get through Gus first.”

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