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UFC light heavyweight contender Anthony Smith has given his take on the state of judging in mixed martial arts. The debate surrounding perceived shortcomings in judging and the scoring criteria by which they go by has reached fever-pitch this year foll…
UFC light heavyweight contender Anthony Smith has given his take on the state of judging in mixed martial arts. The debate surrounding perceived shortcomings in judging and the scoring criteria by which they go by has reached fever-pitch this year following a number of results that split opinion across the fanbase. While many have criticized…
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Chris Weidman is looking to make his return to fighting this year. Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman has remained out of action since his last outing against Uriah Hall at UFC 261. Weidman snapped his shin just 17 seconds into the opening round. The horrific leg injury kept him on the sidelines for over […]
Chris Weidman is looking to make his return to fighting this year.
Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman has remained out of action since his last outing against Uriah Hall at UFC 261. Weidman snapped his shin just 17 seconds into the opening round. The horrific leg injury kept him on the sidelines for over a year following the incident in April 2021.
Now, a return seems closer than ever.
In an interview with MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Chris Weidman talked about how the last 15 months were for him in recovery. He expanded on the ESPN documentary that will come out later to show what he went through to make his comeback.
“Pretty damn sucky, it’s been very hard,” Weidman said. “Lots of ups and downs, a lot of issues and it just sucks I can’t put too much out there because I’m doing a documentary with ESPN, they’re doing an E60.
“So, they have the rights to everything, I can’t put out like me training or if I had really low spots where I had to get additional surgeries. I can’t put anything out there because they have the rights to it but it’s going to help them be able to tell the story in a great way.
“They’re going to market it as the worst injury of all time and coming back from that because once you guys all find out what I’ve had to go through over these last 15 months, it’s been a lot. I’m excited for them to be able to tell that story finally, and I’m excited to come back and shock the world.
“I’m hoping this year, yeah.”
“The All-American” revealed that he will corner Anthony Smith in his upcoming bout with Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 277 on July 30 at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
“July 30th, I’m actually cornering Anthony Smith. I don’t think I told anybody that yet. He’s been coming down to South Carolina to train with me and help him get ready. He’s got that title eliminator fight with Ankalaev so I’m excited to try to get him ready for that.”
UFC light heavyweight Anthony Smith has given his take after middleweight titleholder Israel Adesanya delivered another comfortable defense this past weekend. In Saturday’s UFC 276 main event, Adesanya maintained his unchallenged dominance at 185…
UFC light heavyweight Anthony Smith has given his take after middleweight titleholder Israel Adesanya delivered another comfortable defense this past weekend. In Saturday’s UFC 276 main event, Adesanya maintained his unchallenged dominance at 185 pounds, cruising to a unanimous decision victory over Jared Cannonier. With the loss, “The Killa Gorilla” was added as the fifth…
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Anthony Smith has responded to Dominick Reyes’ callout. Smith appeared on a recent episode of The MMA Hour, responding to Reyes calling him out for a fight inside the Octagon. However, Reyes did note he didn’t think Smith would be interested due to his current losing skid. It appears Reyes was right. Smith confirmed that…
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Anthony Smith has responded to Dominick Reyes’ callout.
Smith appeared on a recent episode of The MMA Hour, responding to Reyes calling him out for a fight inside the Octagon. However, Reyes did note he didn’t think Smith would be interested due to his current losing skid.
It appears Reyes was right. Smith confirmed that a fight with Reyes would be far more appealing to him if his fellow former title challenger put together a win streak.
“I’ve always said that I would love to fight Dominick Reyes. And I think a long time ago, he kind of took offense to that… Then we had this weird little heat. It wasn’t super serious but it was definitely weird. But, to his point, I’m not getting any younger.
“So, if I’m setting my targets on somebody, as impressive as a win over Dominick Reyes is to me and what it means to the boys in the back, and the other guys in the division, it means nothing to the UFC because he is on a losing streak.
“He can fight in the time that I have a fight… I’m absolutely open to fighting Dominick Reyes, but he’s got a get a winning streak, he’s gotta get a win, and he’s gotta come back and show that he is the Dominick Reyes that we remember him being on his way to fighting Jon Jones. I don’t think the Dominick Reyes we’ve been getting is the real Dominick Reyes.”
Reyes is currently on a three-fight losing streak. His first defeat came in February of 2020 when he suffered the first loss of his mixed martial arts (MMA) career against Jon Jones, challenging for the title.
His performance was one of the best anyone has ever had against Jones, with some believing he should’ve won the fight. However, he followed that performance up with back-to-back second round knockout losses.
As for Smith, he finds himself on a three-fight win streak. He’s currently the No. 5-ranked light heavyweight in the UFC.
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UFC light heavyweight Anthony Smith has a bone to pick with the oddsmakers having seen the line for his upcoming fight against Magomed Ankalaev. At UFC 277 late next month, two top-five contenders will look to their stake their claim to the next title shot. Following Ji?í Procházka’s memorable crowning in Singapore, two options for…
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UFC light heavyweight Anthony Smith has a bone to pick with the oddsmakers having seen the line for his upcoming fight against Magomed Ankalaev.
At UFC 277 late next month, two top-five contenders will look to their stake their claim to the next title shot. Following Ji?í Procházka’s memorable crowning in Singapore, two options for his first defense have been heavily discussed: an immediate rematch with Glover Teixeira or an all-European collision with Jan Blachowicz.
In Dallas on July 30, one of Ankalaev or Smith will likely insert themselves in that discussion, and with an impressive display, perhaps surpass the Brazilian and the Pole in the eyes of the UFC.
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The man heavily favored to do so is Ankalaev. The Dagestani has torn through his competition so far in the UFC, amassing an 8-1 record inside the Octagon. The only blemish on that slate came on debut when Ankalaev suffered a submission loss to Paul Craig with just one second left of a fight he was winning.
Having breezed past Nikita Krylov and Volkan Oezdemir, as well as emerged victorious over Thiago Santos in his first main event appearance earlier this year, Ankalaev is tipped for big things, which is reflected in the odds for his fight with Smith.
Per BetOnline.ag, Ankalaev currently sits as a -450 favorite, with “Lionheart” carrying underdog status at +350. Reacting to those odds during an interview with The Schmo, Smith, a former title challenger, branded them as “criminal.”
“+350? Go get your money. +350? That’s crazy,” said Smith. “That’s criminal. Goddamn. You hear that? [gestures behind camera] +350. That is crazy. If I was fighting goddamn Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou at the same time, I (still) shouldn’t be f*cking +350, that’s crazy.”
52-fight veteran Smith has experienced the highs and lows in MMA and has shared the cage with the best during his time under the UFC banner.
Following a failed title bid against Jon Jones and quick rebound victory over Alexander Gustafsson in 2019, “Lionheart” went through one of the rougher patches of his career, losing back-to-back fights in the UFC for the very first time.
But since tough setbacks to former champ Glover Teixeira and top-five contender Aleksandar Raki?, Smith has returned to contention by halting the surge of Jimmy Crute and picking up a pair of main event victories over Devin Clark and Ryan Spann.
With that in mind, Smith is a difficult man to count out, something he’ll hope to prove by spoiling the plans of Ankalaev at UFC 277.
Do you agree with Anthony Smith? Is he being regarded as too big of an underdog for his fight against Magomed Ankalaev?
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Anthony Smith says he wasn’t trying to attack Donald Cerrone with his recent comments about his mom’s seats getting taken. Smith, a commentator, fighter, and former UFC title challenger, revealed that Cerrone and social media influencer Dan Bilzerian forced his mom and other relatives out of their seats during his fight with Jon Jones at…
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Anthony Smith says he wasn’t trying to attack Donald Cerrone with his recent comments about his mom’s seats getting taken.
Smith, a commentator, fighter, and former UFC title challenger, revealed that Cerrone and social media influencer Dan Bilzerian forced his mom and other relatives out of their seats during his fight with Jon Jones at UFC 235. Smith went on to lose via a unanimous decision to Jones for the light heavyweight belt.
Smith and Cerrone haven’t spoken one-on-one regarding the alleged incident, but Cerrone hit back at Smith’s accusations in the leadup to his previously scheduled fight with Joe Lauzon at UFC Austin.
“For one, I saw Anthony a couple times and he never said anything, so why did he wait for three years to go by?” Cerrone responded to Smith. “I just don’t know if he’s trying to stay relevant. (I don’t know) why he would bring that up. For one, you know because you go to the fights, your name is literally on your chair in Dana’s section… So, nobody was sitting in my seat when we showed up there.
“If they were there and we kicked them out, how did they find another seat? The whole story doesn’t make any sense to me. I don’t get it. I’m not sure where he even came up with or fabricated this story from… It upset me, more the people that don’t know what’s going on… I don’t get why Anthony didn’t just come to me or call me. If he was there and witnessed it, why wasn’t something said right there on the spot?”
Smith has said that Cerrone and Bilzerian were highly intoxicated at the time of the altercation. Bilzerian also denied any wrongdoing and accused Smith of fabrication.
In a recent interview with The Schmo, Smith responded to Cerrone and cleared the air regarding his previous remarks.
“I haven’t said anything about it because I wasn’t intentionally trying to s**t on ‘Cowboy’. That wasn’t the purpose. I think it was collateral damage,” Smith shared. “I was really trying to s**t on Dan Bilzerian so, I stand with everything that I said but I wasn’t trying to s**t on ‘Cowboy’. Initially, I wasn’t even gonna say his name. So, I’m fairly confident that ‘Cowboy’ and I can sit down and have a five-minute conversation or less and we can hash it out… I don’t have any beef with ‘Cowboy’… it wasn’t meant for ‘Cowboy’.” (h/t SportsKeeda)
Cerrone’s fight with Lauzon was called off after Lauzon suffered a knee injury shortly after weigh-ins. UFC President Dana White has already confirmed that the promotion will not attempt to re-book the matchup and will hand Cerrone a different opponent.
Smith is slated to face Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 277 on July 30. He’s won three in a row including recent finishes against Ryan Spann and Jimmy Crute.
Smith and Cerrone are bound to cross paths in the near future, and it seems that Smith is open to having a conversation with Cerrone to clear the air and move forward.
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