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It didn’t take long for former UFC light heavyweight title challenger Anthony Smith to respond to Nikita Krylov’s recent callout. Krylov defeated former title challenger Volkan Oezdemir at UFC 280 on Saturday in Abu Dhabi. He’s won ba…
It didn’t take long for former UFC light heavyweight title challenger Anthony Smith to respond to Nikita Krylov’s recent callout. Krylov defeated former title challenger Volkan Oezdemir at UFC 280 on Saturday in Abu Dhabi. He’s won back-to-back fights after losing matchups against Paul Craig and Magomed Ankalaev. Krylov didn’t waste an opportunity to call…
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UFC light heavyweight contender Anthony Smith has gone into detail about the serious health issues he’s been combatting alongside his recovery from injury. Smith, the #5-ranked 205lber on MMA’s biggest stage, entered 2022 on a three-fight w…
UFC light heavyweight contender Anthony Smith has gone into detail about the serious health issues he’s been combatting alongside his recovery from injury. Smith, the #5-ranked 205lber on MMA’s biggest stage, entered 2022 on a three-fight win streak after rebounding from crushing setbacks against Glover Teixeira and Aleksandar Raki?. Having stopped Devin Clark, Jimmy Crute,…
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Anthony Smith, alongside many within the community, has heaped praise onto Luke Rockhold following his fierce performance against Paulo Costa in the co-main event of UFC 278. Despite dropping a unanimous decision to Costa, it was clear to see that Rockhold had gained the respect of all of those watching for his display of toughness […]
Anthony Smith, alongside many within the community, has heaped praise onto Luke Rockhold following his fierce performance against Paulo Costa in the co-main event of UFC 278.
Despite dropping a unanimous decision to Costa, it was clear to see that Rockhold had gained the respect of all of those watching for his display of toughness in his first return to the octagon since 2019. This matchup called a curtain on what has been a fantastic career for the American who had to overcome adversity on more than one occasion to make his way through the full 15 minutes.
His performance was tipped by an emotional post-fight interview something not necessarily associated with himself which won over the respect of all spectators even further.
Speaking on the ‘Believe You Me’ Podcast, Smith had nothing but respect and admiration for the toughness put on display by the former champion who deserves to leave competing behind with his held head high following his final outing.
“It was raw. It was so raw. Where was this f—king guy 10 years ago? He’d be a f—king superstar. I can get behind that guy. That guy who’s like, ‘I’m f—king old,’ I’m with you. I can get behind that guy.”
At times it appeared Luke Rockhold was ready to call it a day inside the octagon after showing extreme signs of fatigue after returning from an extended layoff whilst also having to compete at a high altitude. However, in every moment this occurred Rockhold dug deep to surprise his opponent with his sheer willingness to continue coming forward and unwillingness to quit on himself.
Despite Smith not having the best personal relationship with Luke Rockhold that did not stop him from giving him the respect he so rightly deserved following on from UFC 278.
“I see Luke Rockhold quitting, I’m watching him look for the door,” Smith said. “He’s looking for a way out and then decided not to take it, and that happened more than twice. It happened more than three times where he decided I don’t f—king want to be here anymore and on his way to quitting, turned around before he got there and battled his way back into it. Personally, Luke and I don’t like each other.”
“But I can respect being exhausted, being in a really hard fight with a really heavy hitter, with a guy who’s walking you down, and you’re so f—king tired you can’t even breathe, and you got your nose splashed all the way across your face, you can barely stand up but still mustering the ability to battle back and stay in there and kind of give the fans a treat they didn’t deserve, because you should have been finished a long time ago.” (Transcribed by MMAMania)
Despite not gaining the competitive victory in his final outing that Rockhold may have wanted he undoubtedly secured himself a moral one gaining even more respect from the thousands watching him compete one final time.
What did you make of Luke Rockhold’s performance at UFC 278?
UFC fighter Anthony Smith recalls a time when he did not feel welcome at a hospital. A UFC fighter’s life is filled with injuries. That is a big part of the job. It takes a special kind of person to get beat up for a living and keep coming back f…
UFC fighter Anthony Smith recalls a time when he did not feel welcome at a hospital. A UFC fighter’s life is filled with injuries. That is a big part of the job. It takes a special kind of person to get beat up for a living and keep coming back for more. With fighting and…
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UFC light heavyweight contender Anthony Smith has claimed that Magomed Ankalaev wasn’t on the level he was expecting at UFC 277. At the Dallas-held pay-per-view on July 30, Smith looked to break the lengthy win streak and fast charge of Ankalaev….
UFC light heavyweight contender Anthony Smith has claimed that Magomed Ankalaev wasn’t on the level he was expecting at UFC 277. At the Dallas-held pay-per-view on July 30, Smith looked to break the lengthy win streak and fast charge of Ankalaev. Ahead of the fight, the Dagestani had dismissed “Lionheart” as a threat to his…
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One-time UFC light heavyweight title challenger, Anthony Smith is set for an extended period on the sidelines following his second round ground strikes loss to the surging, Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 277 last weekend, with the Texas native suffering a fracture of his left ankle. As per an initial report from Ariel Helwani, Smith, who […]
One-time UFC light heavyweight title challenger, Anthony Smith is set for an extended period on the sidelines following his second round ground strikes loss to the surging, Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 277 last weekend, with the Texas native suffering a fracture of his left ankle.
As per an initial report from Ariel Helwani, Smith, who opened the main card of the Dallas, Texas event against Ankalaev, suffered a fracture of his left ankle in his three round affair with the streaking Russian contender. And will require a surgical procedure in order to address the injury.
“Anthony Smith suffered a broken left ankle Saturday night in his fight against Magomed Ankalaev, Smith tells me this evening,” Helwani tweeted. “It will require surgery.”
Smith, 34, previously challenged for undisputed UFC light heavyweight gold back in March 2019, headlining a pay-per-view event against former two-time champion, Jon Jones, suffering a unanimous decision loss.
Entering Saturday’s potential title-eliminator against Ankalaev off the back of an impressive run of three consecutive victories, Anthony Smith, a former middleweight, had landed back-to-back victories over Devin Clark, Jimmy Crute, and most recently, stopped Ryan Spann with a dominant first round rear-naked choke in the main event of UFC Vegas 37 in September of last year.
With his second round ground strikes win over Smith, Ankalaev, who now improves to 18-1, landed his ninth consecutive triumph, adding to prior notable successes against common-foe, Thiago Santos, as well as Volkan Oezdemir, Nikita Krylov, and Ion Cutelaba.
With current undisputed light heavyweight champion, Jiri Prochazka weighing up a slew of outings for his first attempted defense of his throne, Smith had billed his matchup with Ankalaev as a likely title-eliminator, however, the Czech Republic talent has also been tied to a potential rematch with Glover Teixeira, as well as a tangle with former champion, Jan Blachowicz.