Corey Anderson: ‘I Have No Interest In Fighting Anthony Smith’

Corey Anderson doesn’t even want to entertain possibly sharing the Octagon with Anthony Smith. Anderson is coming off a first-round TKO victory over Johnny Walker, but it doesn’t appear he’ll be getting the next UFC light heavyweight …

Corey Anderson doesn’t even want to entertain possibly sharing the Octagon with Anthony Smith. Anderson is coming off a first-round TKO victory over Johnny Walker, but it doesn’t appear he’ll be getting the next UFC light heavyweight title shot. Following UFC 244, UFC president Dana White told TMZ Sports that he’s looking at booking champion […]

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Corey Anderson Responds To Jon Jones Choosing Dominick Reyes Next

Much has been made about who UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones will be fighting next. The two standout candidates are Dominick Reyes and Corey Anderson. Earlier today (Thurs. November 7, 2019), Jones took to Twitter to announce he chooses to fight Reyes next, calling him the more “dangerous” of the pair. “Just finished a […]

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Much has been made about who UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones will be fighting next.

The two standout candidates are Dominick Reyes and Corey Anderson. Earlier today (Thurs. November 7, 2019), Jones took to Twitter to announce he chooses to fight Reyes next, calling him the more “dangerous” of the pair.

“Just finished a coaches meeting studying Dominick and Cory‘s careers. Established Dominicks definitely the more dangerous fighter. Beating his ass next”

It didn’t take too long for Anderson to respond to Jones’ comments. He Tweeted the following:

Ha. Okay bones. I wouldn’t wanna fight me either. @JonnyBones

Anderson comes off of a big first-round TKO victory over Johnny Walker in the featured UFC 244 preliminary bout over the weekend. As for Reyes, he knocked out former UFC middleweight kingpin Chris Weidman in the first round of their UFC Boston headliner last month.

Both men would certainly present interesting challenges for “Bones,” but it’s sounding like Reyes will get the nod first. Even UFC president Dana White recently noted that Jones vs. Reyes is the fight to make next.

“I mean, the fight that makes sense right now for Jon Jones is Dominick Reyes,” White said. “Just came off an impressive win over Weidman, and a lot of people saw it. Pulled good ratings on TV. It’s the fight to make.”

What do you think about Jones opting to face Reyes next instead of Anderson?

 

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Corey Anderson Willing To Wait & Fight Jones vs. Reyes Winner

UFC light heavyweight contender Corey Anderson has seemed a bit disgruntled with his current position within the promotion. Anderson comes off an upset TKO win over promising contender Johnny Walker. After the win, Anderson was quoted as saying that he wants a title shot against Jon Jones next, or he wants to be released. However, […]

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UFC light heavyweight contender Corey Anderson has seemed a bit disgruntled with his current position within the promotion.

Anderson comes off an upset TKO win over promising contender Johnny Walker. After the win, Anderson was quoted as saying that he wants a title shot against Jon Jones next, or he wants to be released.

However, speaking to MMA Fighting recently, Anderson decided to clear those reports up. Anderson said he’s more than willing to wait and fight the winner of a potential fight between Jones and Dominick Reyes.

“I have to clear that up,” Anderson said. “Media’s known for click-baiting and I think I know what reporter said that but he didn’t say the whole interview. The interview in the back they said ‘what do you want next?’ and I said I want a title fight. I want Jon Jones my next fight.

“Then they mentioned Dominick Reyes and I said 100 percent, Dominick Reyes has been doing his work, he’s put in his time. I wanted to fight him but he’s earned this fight, too. I’m in no rush to fight for the title right now. If Jon Jones wants to fight Dominick Reyes in December or January, that’s completely fine. I will take the winner of that.

“Then it went onto ‘but what if they try to take one of these new guys and bump them up in the rankings and put them in front of you — what if after Dominick Reyes, they push you to the back of the line again, what would you do?’. That’s when I said, if they’re going to do that to me, then release me.”

Anderson, 30, is currently on a four-fight win streak. Those wins include three decision victories over the likes of Patrick Cummins, Glover Teixeira, and Ilir Latifi. Following his victory over Latifi, Anderson put Walker away at UFC 244 this past Saturday.

What do you think about Anderson willing to wait and fight the winner of Jones vs. Reyes?

 

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Corey Anderson Responds to Dana White’s Stern Advice

Corey Anderson is willing to take Dana White’s advice and take the fights offered to him, but his caveat for doing so has not changed. Following his first-round TKO of highly-touted prospect Johnny Walker at UFC 244, Corey Anderson danced his way to th…

Corey Anderson is willing to take Dana White’s advice and take the fights offered to him, but his caveat for doing so has not changed. Following his first-round TKO of highly-touted prospect Johnny Walker at UFC 244, Corey Anderson danced his way to the front of the contender line to challenge Jon Jones next, or […]

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UFC Rankings Update: Darren Till & Corey Anderson Enter Top Five

With UFC 244 in the books this past weekend, we have a UFC rankings update to pass along. After Darren Till made a successful debut at 185 pounds by edging out a decision win over Kelvin Gastelum, “The Gorilla” has entered the top five. Also, Corey Anderson took out rising prospect Johnny Walker at 205 […]

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With UFC 244 in the books this past weekend, we have a UFC rankings update to pass along. After Darren Till made a successful debut at 185 pounds by edging out a decision win over Kelvin Gastelum, “The Gorilla” has entered the top five.

Also, Corey Anderson took out rising prospect Johnny Walker at 205 pounds on the featured preliminary bout of the evening. With the win, Anderson now finds himself in the top five as well. You can check out the full UFC rankings update following UFC 244 below, courtesy of MMA Mania.

UFC Rankings Update

POUND-FOR-POUND

1. Jon Jones
2. Khabib Nurmagomedov
3. Henry Cejudo
4. Stipe Miocic
5. Amanda Nunes
6. Daniel Cormier
7. Max Holloway
8. Israel Adesanya
9. Tony Ferguson
10. Kamaru Usman
11. Valentina Shevchenko
12. (T) Conor McGregor
12. (T) Dustin Poirier +1
14. Robert Whittaker
15. Tyron Woodley

FLYWEIGHT

Champion: HENRY CEJUDO

1. Joseph Benavidez
2. Jussier Formiga
3. Deiveson Figueiredo
4. Alexandre Pantoja
5. Brandon Moreno
6. Kai Kara France
7. Rogerio Bontorin
8. Tim Elliott
9. Matt Schnell
10. Jordan Espinosa
11. Alex Perez
12. Askar Askarov
13. Ryan Benoit
14. Mark De La Rosa
15. Raulian Paiva

BANTAMWEIGHT

Champion: HENRY CEJUDO

1. Marlon Moraes
2. Aljamain Sterling
3. Cory Sandhagen
4. Petr Yan
5. Raphael Assuncao
6. Pedro Munhoz
7. Jimmie Rivera
8. Cody Garbrandt
9. Cody Stamann
10. Rob Font
11. John Dodson
12. Urijah Faber
13. Song Yadong
14. Marlon Vera
15. Casey Kenney

FEATHERWEIGHT

Champion: MAX HOLLOWAY

1. Alexander Volkanovski
2. Brian Ortega
3. Jose Aldo
4. Frankie Edgar
5. Zabit Magomedsharipov
6. Yair Rodriguez
7. Chan Sung Jung
8. Renato Moicano
9. Jeremy Stephens
10. Josh Emmett
11. Calvin Kattar
12. Shane Burgos
13. Mirsad Bektic
14. Arnold Allen +1
15. Ryan Hall -1

LIGHTWEIGHT

Champion: KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV

1. Tony Ferguson
2. Dustin Poirier
3. Conor McGregor
4. Justin Gaethje
5. Donald Cerrone
6. Paul Felder
7. Dan Hooker
8. Kevin Lee +2
9. Al Iaquinta -1
10. Edson Barboza -1
11. Anthony Pettis +1
12. Gregor Gillespie -1
13. Charles Oliveira
14. Alexander Hernandez
15. Islam Makhachev

WELTERWEIGHT

Champion: KAMARU USMAN

1. Tyron Woodley
2. Colby Covington
3. Jorge Masvidal
4. Leon Edwards
5. Rafael dos Anjos
6. Demian Maia
7. Santiago Ponzinibbio +1
8. Stephen Thompson +1
9. Nate Diaz -2
10. Anthony Pettis +1
11. Robbie Lawler +1
12. Ben Askren +1
13. Vicente Luque +1
14. Gilbert Burns +1
15. Geoff Neal *NR

MIDDLEWEIGHT

Champion: ISRAEL ADESANYA

1. Robert Whittaker
2. Paulo Costa
3. Yoel Romero
4. Jared Cannonier +1
5. Darren Till *NR
6. Jack Hermansson
7. Kelvin Gastelum -3
8. Ronaldo Souza -1
9. Derek Brunson -1
10. Edmen Shahbazyan +3
11. Ian Heinisch -2
12. Uriah Hall -2
13. Brad Tavares -2
14. Antonio Carlos Junior -2
15. Omari Akhmedov -1

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Champion: JON JONES

1. Daniel Cormier
2. Thiago Santos
3. Anthony Smith
4. Dominick Reyes
5. Corey Anderson +2
6. Jan Blachowicz -1
7. Alexander Gustafsson -1
8. Volkan Oezdemir
9. Glover Teixeira
10. Aleksandar Rakic
11. Johnny Walker
12. Ilir Latifi
13. Misha Cirkunov
14. Mauricio Rua
15. Nikita Krylov

HEAVYWEIGHT

Champion: STIPE MIOCIC

1. Daniel Cormier
2. Francis Ngannou
3. Curtis Blaydes
4. Junior dos Santos
5. Derrick Lewis
6. Alistair Overeem
7. Alexander Volkov
8. Shamil Abdurakhimov +2
9. Walt Harris +1
10. Blagoy Ivanov -2
11. Aleksei Oleinik
12. Augusto Sakai -1
13. Sergei Pavlovich +1
14. Jairzinho Rozenstruik *NR
15. Maurice Greene -1

WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT

Champion: WEILI ZHANG

1. Jessica Andrade
2. Rose Namajunas
3. Tatiana Suarez
4. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
5. Nina Ansaroff
6. Claudia Gadelha
7. Carla Esparza
8. Michelle Waterson
9. Marina Rodriguez
10. Cynthia Calvillo
11. Alexa Grasso
12. Felice Herrig
13. Tecia Torres
14. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
15. Amanda Ribas

WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT

Champion: VALENTINA SHEVCHENKO

1. Katlyn Chookagian
2. Jessica Eye
3. Joanne Calderwood
4. Liz Carmouche
5. Jennifer Maia
6. Viviane Araujo
7. Andrea Lee
8. Lauren Murphy +1
9. Roxanne Modafferi -1
10. Maycee Barber
11. Alexis Davis
12. Montana De La Rosa
13. Antonina Shevchenko
14. Mara Romero Borella
15. Paige VanZant

WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT

Champion: AMANDA NUNES

1. Germaine de Randamie
2. Ketlen Vieira
3. Holly Holm
4. Julianna Pena
5. Aspen Ladd
6. Raquel Pennington
7. Yana Kunitskaya
8. Irene Aldana
9. Marion Reneau
10. Sara McMann
11. Lina Lansberg
12. Macy Chiasson
13. Nicco Montano
14. Sijara Eubanks
15. Bethe Correia

What do you think of the new UFC rankings update?

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Anthony Smith Calls On Corey Anderson To Sign Fight Contract

Corey Anderson made a statement on Saturday night and he certainly got one UFC light heavyweight contender’s attention. Anderson faced the red-hot Johnny Walker at UFC 244 and entered the contest as a big betting underdog. However, he would upset the odds by dropping Walker early en route to a first-round TKO victory. In the […]

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Corey Anderson made a statement on Saturday night and he certainly got one UFC light heavyweight contender’s attention.

Anderson faced the red-hot Johnny Walker at UFC 244 and entered the contest as a big betting underdog. However, he would upset the odds by dropping Walker early en route to a first-round TKO victory.

In the process, “Overtime” announced himself as a potential next challenger for light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. However, Anthony Smith wants to have a go at Anderson next and called on him to sign a potential fight contract:

“@CoreyA_MMA look at you now tough guy,” Smith tweeted after the fight. “You finally put someone away and now you talk shit to a barely ranked dude after you finish him?

“I hear my name is coming across your desk…sign it this time and I’ll do the @ufc a favor… or sit down, be humble and shut your mouth. ?????

Smith and Anderson have gone back-and-forth in the past as well. Anderson was not a fan of “Lionheart” receiving a title shot earlier this year at Jones. Smith would respond that his finishing was a reason why and mocked Anderson for turning down fights.

But with Anderson now coming off a huge win just as Smith did following his submission win over Alexander Gustafsson earlier this summer, it would make sense for them to compete against each other next.

The winner might even stake a guarantee claim for the next title shot.

Do you want to see them throw down?

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