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Jimmy Smith Explains Why Signing With WWE Over UFC Is More Beneficial

Former UFC and Bellator commentator, and current WWE commentator, Jimmy Smith, believes there are way more benefits to signing with WWE over the UFC. Smith recently took to his podcast, “Unlocking The Cage,” and touched on the potential decision between choosing between WWE and the UFC. The former mixed martial arts (MMA) commentator explained why…

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Former UFC and Bellator commentator, and current WWE commentator, Jimmy Smith, believes there are way more benefits to signing with WWE over the UFC.

Smith recently took to his podcast, “Unlocking The Cage,” and touched on the potential decision between choosing between WWE and the UFC.

The former mixed martial arts (MMA) commentator explained why WWE is a much better avenue for talents to pursue.

“The UFC can only go, ‘Here’s three fights.’ If you lose, that’s all over. Once Vince says, ‘You’re our guy. Here you go.’

“First of all, that first contract is going to be worth a lot more money than the UFC’s contract,” Smith said (via SEScoops). “Number two, Vince McMahon, because of his faith in you or whatever it is, can give you all the opportunity in the world to fulfill that destiny.

“Dana White in UFC, because of the nature of it not being predetermined, can’t do that. I would sign with WWE.”

Smith served as a staple in the Bellator MMA commentary team from 2010 to 2017. He then signed with the UFC in January of 2018. His contract with the promotion was not renewed the following year.

In May of 2021, Smith made the jump to professional wrestling, inking a deal with WWE. He currently serves as one-third of the Monday Night RAW commentary team doing play-by-play announcing.

Do you agree with Jimmy Smith and his stance on WWE providing more of an opportunity for talents over the UFC? Sound off in the comments!

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Former UFC, Bellator Commentator Jimmy Smith To Debut As Play-By-Play Voice For WWE Raw

SmithJimmy Smith will be the new play-by-play voice for WWE Monday Night RAW. The news was recently announced by the pro wrestling promotion as Smith will replace Adnan Virk and will work alongside Corey Graves and Byron Saxton starting May 31. “WWE today announced that Jimmy Smith will debut as the play-by-play voice for Monday […]

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Jimmy Smith will be the new play-by-play voice for WWE Monday Night RAW.

The news was recently announced by the pro wrestling promotion as Smith will replace Adnan Virk and will work alongside Corey Graves and Byron Saxton starting May 31.

“WWE today announced that Jimmy Smith will debut as the play-by-play voice for Monday Night Raw starting this Monday, May 31 at 8/7c on USA Network,” a statement read (via Middle Easy). “Recently, Smith served as an analyst for NXT, where he hosted NXT TakeOver pre-show panels and worked on special projects for the black-and-gold brand. He is also the daily host of SiriusXM’s ‘Unlocking the Cage’ and was the host of ‘American Ninja Warrior’ on G4.

“Smith will be joined at ringside for every Monday Night Raw by analysts Corey Graves and Byron Saxton.”

Although it’s no longer mixed martial arts, it’s a big gig for the former Bellator and UFC commentator. Smith notably departed the UFC as a free agent after completing a one-year deal in late 2018.

It surprised many as Smith did a great job during his time with the UFC and was very well-liked. However, the Las Vegas-based promotion had other plans going forward from 2019.

“Very simply, it was, ‘you’re great, fantastic, we love everything you did but we’re going with UFC fighters for 2019,’” Smith said in early 2019. “So, that’s it. I don’t think I’m leaving out any syllables. It was literally that was the conversation. It was, ‘love everything you did, fewer shows, we’re going with UFC fighters for those shows.’

“That was it. Other than Joe [Rogan] it’s all UFC fighters, that’s it. ‘We had no issue with your performance, everybody loved you, but you didn’t fight in the UFC,’ so that’s it.”

Things have clearly worked out for Smith since, however.

Jimmy Smith Reveals Why He Didn’t Sign With ONE Championship

Mixed martial arts color commentator Jimmy Smith has explained why a move to ONE Championship couldn’t come to fruition. Smith has been a free agent since the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) decided not to renew his contract. Smith has serve…

Mixed martial arts color commentator Jimmy Smith has explained why a move to ONE Championship couldn’t come to fruition. Smith has been a free agent since the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) decided not to renew his contract. Smith has served as an analyst for SiriusXM Radio. Many are surprised that Smith hasn’t linked up with […]

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Jimmy Smith Finds 13 Full-Sized Staples Inside Chipotle Burrito

Former Bellator & UFC commentator Jimmy Smith claims to have found 13 full-sized staples inside his Chipotle burrito. Smith, 41, stopped at the McDonald’s-owned Mexican restaurant in Delray Beach, Florida, for a bite to eat. Little did Smith know what his Chipotle burrito would contain. “Look what I just pulled out of my @ChipotleTweets burrito!! […]

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Former Bellator & UFC commentator Jimmy Smith claims to have found 13 full-sized staples inside his Chipotle burrito.

Smith, 41, stopped at the McDonald’s-owned Mexican restaurant in Delray Beach, Florida, for a bite to eat. Little did Smith know what his Chipotle burrito would contain.

“Look what I just pulled out of my @ChipotleTweets burrito!! 9 FULL-SIZED STAPLES!!!!! Are you kidding me!?! Had to yank one out of my teeth!! Didn’t even search the rest of the burrito but I’m sure not eating it,” Smith tweeted alongside a close-up photo of the staples.

It got worse from there, as Smith would post another picture on Twitter. This time showing his partially eaten burrito next to his receipt. Oh yeah, he found four more staples too.

“Found 4 more!! That’s 13 FULL-SIZED STAPLES IN A SINGLE BITE OF @ChipotleTweets BURRITO!!” he wrote.

Smith spoke to TMZ regarding the alleged incident and said the reason why he took this issue to social media is so something like this never happens again.

“I took one bite and there was something hard in there, and I pulled it out of my tooth and it was 14 staples — like a brick of staples,” he told the outlet. “It split up in my mouth and I pulled it out and looked at it and went… there are actual staples in my burrito.”

Smith said he “freaked out” on the manager when he called him over to complain and the manager suggested that they make his food order again.

“I went, ‘No! I don’t want you to touch any of my food,” Smith said, adding that “Staples shouldn’t be anywhere near the food!”

When asked if he was going to take legal action over the incident, Smith said “he’s not that guy,” he just hopes the restaurant changes things up.

According to Smith, who is very optimistic considering the circumstances, “It wasn’t that bad. If I had swallowed those things, yes, then we got a problem. But… this can’t happen to somebody else.”

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Invicta FC Nabs Color Commentator Jimmy Smith For ‘Phoenix Rising’ Series

Jimmy Smith is back on the horse as a color commentator for a mixed martial arts promotion. For many years, Smith had been known as the voice of Bellator. When his contract was up, he decided to sign with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on a o…

Jimmy Smith is back on the horse as a color commentator for a mixed martial arts promotion. For many years, Smith had been known as the voice of Bellator. When his contract was up, he decided to sign with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on a one-year deal. Smith was told by the promotion that […]

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