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EXCLUSIVE | Anthony Smith Questions Where Conor McGregor Gets His ‘Balls’ To Tweet Personal Attacks

Anthony SmithUFC light heavyweight contender and analyst, Anthony Smith has questioned where former lightweight and featherweight champion, Conor McGregor musters up the gall to tweet and deleted various personal attacks toward former fighters — amid a continued period of scathing remarks aimed at Khabib Nurmagomedov, as well as UFC colour commentators, Daniel Cormier and Michael Bisping. […]

Anthony Smith

UFC light heavyweight contender and analyst, Anthony Smith has questioned where former lightweight and featherweight champion, Conor McGregor musters up the gall to tweet and deleted various personal attacks toward former fighters — amid a continued period of scathing remarks aimed at Khabib Nurmagomedov, as well as UFC colour commentators, Daniel Cormier and Michael Bisping.

Smith, who clashes with the streaking knockout ace, Ryan Spann at UFC Vegas 37 on September 18. spoke with LowKick MMA reporter, James Lynch recently where he gave his thoughts on recent Twitter tirades from the former two-weight gold holder, McGregor.

“I can’t handle the tweeting stuff,” Anthony Smith said. “I didn’t like it when he was attacking Khabib (Nurmagomedov) and his family and his religion and the personal stuff. Me and Luke Rockhold have gone back-and-forth several times and neither one of us has ever attacked each other personally. Even Jon (Jones) and I — I mean, it’s got a little personal but it hasn’t really crossed ove to like, too much. He’s made some jokes and he thinks he’s funny and whatever. but it’s never gotten to that point where we were attacking each other’s families.“

“With Conor it’s just — it’s too far, it’s way too far,” Smith explained. “Take all this fighting bullsh*t out of the picture — like people get shot for a lot less than that just walking down the street, I dont know. Maybe I just grew up different. Maybe I’ve grew up different and I’ve seen some crazier sh*t.“

Last night, the 33-year-old Dubliner claimed that the aforenoted former middleweight champion, Bisping, fled to the United States after alluding to a group of people who he claims came knocking on his mother’s door. According to Smith, the fact McGregor employs numerous security personal makes him feel “untouchable” and free to speak in that manner.

“Like I’m just so shocked that he (McGregor) has the balls to — like I don’t understand why you feel so free to say things like that, like is he really that untouchable and really just feels like he’s just free to say what he wants?” Smith said. “Maybe, I guess he’s got a bunch of security around him. There’s some people that you can’t talk like that about. It’s just — it’s weird to me.“

“He seems to be spinning, he seems to be spiraling a little bit,” Smith explained. “And it’s just disappointing, you know, you have people ask you all the time, ‘What’s Conor really like?’ I don’t really know — I don’t know Conor, but I know people who have had lots of interactions with Conor and have had nothing but positive things to say about him. That he’s fantastic in private. That he tips well. That he takes care of the people who take care of him.“

“I can’t stick up for Conor anymore,” Anthony Smith continued. “It’s easy to say, oh, it’s just a show it’s just to sell fights, it’s an image, but it’s probably really is just who Conor is as a person and that’s kinda sad.“

In the midst of a two-fight winning run, renowned knockout, and submission ace, Smith has rebounded from a two-fight losing run to stop Devin Clark in a short-notice headliner last November before taking an opening round doctor’s stoppage victory over the uber-prospect, Jimmy Crute at UFC 261 in April after the Australian suffered from drop-foot. 

Kayla Harrison Defends Genah Fabian Following ‘Disrespectful’ Question From Reporter

Kayla HarrisonPFL (Professional Fighters League) lightweight standout, Kayla Harrison recently came to the defence of upcoming PFL 8 semi-finalist opponent, Genah Fabian, after disrespectful comments from a reporter, who labelled the New Zealand kickboxer as a “pretty woman“, before asking the latter if she intended to engage with Harrison or just stick on the outside. Clashing […]

Kayla Harrison

PFL (Professional Fighters League) lightweight standout, Kayla Harrison recently came to the defence of upcoming PFL 8 semi-finalist opponent, Genah Fabian, after disrespectful comments from a reporter, who labelled the New Zealand kickboxer as a “pretty woman“, before asking the latter if she intended to engage with Harrison or just stick on the outside.

Clashing in the lightweight tournament semi-final on August 19. at PFL9, the victor between two-time Olympic gold medalist, Harrison and striking ace, Fabian will meet with either Larissa Pacheco or Taylor Guardado in the tournament’s final — with a $1 million check on the line for the eventual tournament winner. 

Appearing during a media call on the Zoom platform, Harrison leaped to the defense of upcoming foe, Fabian, who was forced to inform the reporter of the correct pronunciation of her first name, questioning the reporter why he would mention the Kiwi native’s looks before then asking a completely unrelated, “disrespectful” question.

“Hey, I got a question for you,” Harrison asked the reporter before Fabian could reply to his question. “If you were interviewing a guy, would you say to him after pronouncing his name wrong, would you say, ‘Hey, by the way, you’re a really handsome guy, but oh, you can fight, too.’ Would you say that to a guy? No. You just base how you talk to them based off of their skill and based off of them as a human being. Not, ‘Oh, you’re a beautiful man.’ I mean that’s pretty disrespectful. She’s a professional.” (H/T MMA Junkie)

Taking to her official Twitter account following the incident, Harrison reached out to the reporter in question, informing him how she didn’t think he was a bad guy, and that she was sending him positive vibes off the back of the exchange.

“To the reporter I called out today, I just want to say, I know you’re not a bad guy,” Kayla Harrison tweeted. “It wasn’t personal and I hope you know that. Sending you good vibes.“

Boasting an undefeated professional record ahead of her bout with Fabian, Harrison enters the tie off the back of 10 consecutive victories. 

The 2019 PFL lightweight tournament victor is a two-time Olympic gold medalist at the summer Olympic Games in London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016, and has taken notable career wins over the likes of aforenoted, Pacheco (x2), Courtney King, Mariana Morais, and UFC alum, Cindy Dandois. 

Auckland standout, Fabian enters the bout with a 4-1 professional record, scoring victories in her last three outings under the PFL banner.

The 31-year-old City Kickboxing striker has bested Jo Jo Obolevics, Moriel Chameski, Laura Sanchez, and Julija Pajic in her professional career. 

VIDEO | Anderson Silva’s Son Wins Kickboxing Debut With First Strike Thrown

Anderson SilvaKalyl Silva, the son of former UFC middleweight champion and Brazilian icon, Anderson Silva could not have gotten off to a better start in his first amateur kickboxing bout — stopping his opponent mere seconds into the opening round with the first strike thrown of the fight.  Just 12-seconds into the opening round, Silva, a […]

Anderson Silva

Kalyl Silva, the son of former UFC middleweight champion and Brazilian icon, Anderson Silva could not have gotten off to a better start in his first amateur kickboxing bout — stopping his opponent mere seconds into the opening round with the first strike thrown of the fight. 

Just 12-seconds into the opening round, Silva, a former professional soccer player, backed to the ropes and then launched a left body kick which appears to have landed flush beneath his opponent’s right guard, immediately sending him to the canvas.

Reverting to a neutral corner as the count began, Silva emerged with the victory just 12-seconds into the opening round off the back of a sole significant strike, with his opponent turning away from the referee who had already initiated that count following the knockdown. 

Kalyl Silva’s finish follows in the footsteps of both his father, Anderson Silva as well as his elder brother, Gabriel Silva who has scored three professional kickboxing victories all by way of knockout — having enjoyed an undefeated amateur career.

Whilst the next generation of Silva talent emerged over the weekend, reports emerged last week detailing how the 22-year-old’s father, Anderson Silva was set for his fourth trip to the professional boxing ring in the form of a September 18. boxing match against former UFC light heavyweight champion, Tito ‘The Huntington Beach Bad Boy’ Ortiz.

Holding a 2-1 professional record inside the ring, Silva ended his UFC career back in October of last year, before returning to the boxing ring back in June at the Estadio Jalisco in Guadalajara, Mexico where he took home a rather one-sided split decision victory over former boxing world champion, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. 

As part of a Triller Fight Club event hosted at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles, California — Silva will meet with the former UFC light heavyweight champion, Ortiz, who makes his professional boxing debut. The bout is set to feature as one of a tentatively targeted trio of headlining clashes — with another main event matchup between former world champion, Oscar De La Hoya and former UFC light heavyweight champion, Vitor Belfort slated.

In reaction to Kalyl Silva’s victory, undisputed UFC lightweight champion, Charles Oliveira congratulated the prospect posting “like father like son” in Portuguese.

VIDEO | Giant Moth Brings MMA Fight To A Standstill

Giant mothA giant moth brought a temporary halt to Cage Fury Fighting Championship 99 which took place at the Fitz Tunica Casino & Hotel in Tunica, Mississippi on Saturday evening. In the co-main event, Nah-Shon Burrell squared off against Khetag Pliev, who you might remember as the guy whose finger fell off earlier this year at CFFC […]

Giant moth

A giant moth brought a temporary halt to Cage Fury Fighting Championship 99 which took place at the Fitz Tunica Casino & Hotel in Tunica, Mississippi on Saturday evening.

In the co-main event, Nah-Shon Burrell squared off against Khetag Pliev, who you might remember as the guy whose finger fell off earlier this year at CFFC 94.

Pliev’s career continued to make headlines at CFCC 99, only this time it was for a far gruesome reason. In the first round of his fight with Burrell, a giant moth entered the cage and forced the bout to be temporarily stopped.

Once things got back underway things didn’t get much better for Pliev inside the CFFC cage. By round three he was ready to go. Burrell put a beating on the Russian before ultimately scoring a walk off knockout.

Check out the main card results from CFFC 99.

DeAndre Anderson def. Jose Perez via knockout in round one.

Nah-Shon Burrell def. Khetag Pliev via knockout in round three.

Da’Mon Blackshear def. Mateo Vogel via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Tim Cuamba def. James Lyons via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 30-25)

Lydell Poag def. Stavros Moustakakis via TKO in round one.

Ben Coyle def. Joseph Tran via TKO in round one.

Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley – MMA Fighters Predict

Jake PaulAhead of the August 29. professional boxing match between 3-0 professional boxer and YouTube content creator, Jake ‘The Problem Child’ Paul and former undisputed UFC welterweight champion, Tyron ‘The Chosen One’ Woodley, numerous mixed martial artists have provided their predictions to LowKick MMA on how they believe the eight round affair will play out between the two. […]

Jake Paul

Ahead of the August 29. professional boxing match between 3-0 professional boxer and YouTube content creator, Jake ‘The Problem Child’ Paul and former undisputed UFC welterweight champion, Tyron ‘The Chosen One’ Woodley, numerous mixed martial artists have provided their predictions to LowKick MMA on how they believe the eight round affair will play out between the two.

Former UFC featherweight contender, the recently retired, Artem Lobov gave his thoughts on the bout and explained how he hopes Woodley manages to overcome Paul for the sport of mixed martial arts.

“As a person, I’m not gonna lie, I don’t like him (Jake Paul),” Lobov said. “He doesn’t come across well, ever. He’s very, very disrespectful. Yeah, I don’t really like him in that sense. But I hope Tyron Woodley beats him and I hope Tyron Woodley gets one for the MMA guys and puts him back in his place.“

Recently minted interim UFC heavyweight champion, Ciryl Gane also provided his thoughts on the matchup of Paul and Woodley, and claimed as far as storytelling goes, a victory for Paul would provide a good message to those with aspirations in combat sports.

“I don’t know, I don’t know — just for the storytelling, maybe, Jake Paul — winner,” Gane said. “Because the guy (is) gonna grow up and train hard and when you are confident and you believe in yourself, everything is possible. And, maybe it’s possible. And this is a good message for the people and this is good for switching a little bit more (between) boxing and MMA to make a bridge.“

Talented featherweight Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ace, Bryce Mitchell also provided his thoughts — where he picked Woodley to prevail with the win but also expects a good fight to play out between the two.

“I think the (Tyron) Woodley and (Jake) Paul fight is a good fight,” Mitchell said. “I think that — I’m rooting for Woodley cause he’s from MMA. I’ve watched all of Woodley’s fights, just for film study, and he’s got that good right uppercut and overhand and he can land it. I mean, I think he’ll win — I’m hoping that he does. I think it’ll be a good fight, that Jake Paul seems to be bigger than he (Woodley) is. And he’s younger, so he’s probably got a real good chin.“

Bellator MMA contender and UFC alum, Liz Carmouche appears to lean toward Paul in this upcoming pairing, detailing that usually when you enter someone else’s field of specialty, they usually prevail. 

“It’s weird, I feel like (Conor) opened up a can of worms, in terms of that hybrid coming in between those,” Carmouche said. “I know when see boxers come in there, with the exception of Claressa Shields — they don’t adapt well to MMA. And in boxing, so it’s the same thing, I see stance changes or they wanna throw a superman punch and you see the hesitation of wanting to throw a kick and not being able to. But ultimately, you go to someone’s specialty and you try and compete with them, they succeed cause that’s what they’ve been doing and that’s what they focus on. I think it always comes down to the boxer in the end.“

Former Cage Warriors welterweight champion and recent UFC signing, Ian Garry has picked Paul to beat Woodley, explaining how he believes the latter is a “quitter“.

“In regards to the fight, I think Jake Paul beats him,” Garry said. “I think Tyron Woodley is a quitter. And if Jake Paul can put it on him — it annoys me because he’s gonna be able to say he beat a world champion in MMA, but I do think he can absolutely beat Woodley. … Unless he comes swinging out like Mike Tyson, I really think Jake Paul is gonna win that fight.“

PFL welterweight standout and tournament finalist, Ray Cooper III believes it’s a blatant cash-grab from the two.

“I don’t know, man,” Cooper III said. “It’s just cartoon crap. I really don’t know. I think they’re all in it for the money and just, it’s not a real competition boxing match. Because Tyron Woodley is on a four-loss streak.“

Another PFL standout, Brendan Loughnane, appears to have already accepted that Paul will emerge victorious — urging Woodley not to lose to the Ohio native.

“I really don’t wanna say,” Loughnane said. “I really don’t wanna say. I guess by the way I’m saying it, you know who I’m talking about, so. We got a five-time UFC champion fighting a YouTuber and it’s like, please don’t lose, bro. That’s all I’m saying, please don’t lose, bro.“

UFC light heavyweight contender, Modestas Bukauskas believes Woodley’s overall striking expertise and rings man ship should lead him to victory over Paul.

“In terms of pure boxing, Tyron Woodley’s got much heavier hands,” Bukauskas said. “Jake Paul has been training boxing specifically for a longer time than Woodley has so, it’s just a case of — Woodley needs to go in there, it is a different bit of an energy game in boxing than it is in MMA. … I do see Woodley winning, man. Like, come on now, a guy who has been a world champion for such a long time. And a guy — you gotta admit that Jake Paul is talented, he can definitely bang. But I do think there’s a bit more experience and ringcraft from Woodley because he’s a much better striker than (Ben) Askren so I’ll be interested to see how that one plays out. But I really hope Woodley brings that one home for us.“

Former Bellator welterweight champion and recent PFL headliner, Rory MacDonald, a past opponent of Woodley — believes Paul will give Woodley a “really tough time“.

“To be honest, just from a boxing perspective, I think Jake could give him a really tough time,” MacDonald said. “I like Tyron, and we’ve crossed paths before, but it’s not MMA it’s just with the hands, so it’s gonna be, he’s gonna have to be at his best.“

UFC featherweight contender, Lerone Murphy believes Woodley is simply scoring a payday with his pairing against Paul.

“He’s (Paul) putting the shift in,” Murphy said. “Like, fair play to him like. It is what it is. For the people that wanna fight him — most of the MMA fighters are calling him out for the big money fights, everyone wants to get paid. … I think he might be a bit too big for Woodley. I think he walks around 200+ pounds or something. I think Woodley’s just there for a payday. I respect him for what he’s done in his career but I think he just wants to get paid. So, we’ll see what happens with that one.“

UFC bantamweight contender, Nathaniel Wood believes pre-fight hype will work in the favor of Paul — who he thinks will win, but has hope that Woodley can score the victory.

“I don’t know how well Woodley will deal with the hype, you know, all the trash-talking, everything that’s gone on,” Wood said. “I think that works in Jake’s favor a lot more. So I’m going for Jake Paul to win. However, I’d love Tyron Woodley to win. Obviously, I’d rather he’d win. But I think Jake Paul is gonna do it.“

VIDEO | Dustin Poirier Trains With Joshua Fabia Ahead Of UFC 264

PoirierVideo footage has resurfaced this week, which appears to show former interim UFC lightweight champion, Dustin Poirier training alongside controversial guru and School of Self Awareness leader, Joshua Fabia at American Top Team ahead of his UFC 264 trilogy bout with former two-weight champion, Conor McGregor last month. Poirier, who took a first round TKO […]

Poirier

Video footage has resurfaced this week, which appears to show former interim UFC lightweight champion, Dustin Poirier training alongside controversial guru and School of Self Awareness leader, Joshua Fabia at American Top Team ahead of his UFC 264 trilogy bout with former two-weight champion, Conor McGregor last month.

Poirier, who took a first round TKO doctor’s stoppage victory over McGregor after the Dubliner suffered a fracture to his left tibia at the close of the round, managed to take bragging rights in the pair’s trilogy of bouts in the July rubber match — lodging his second win over McGregor.

The Lafayette native, who plys his trade at American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Florida — was pictured grappling and rolling with former lightweight title challenger and The Ultimate Fighter 1 victor, Diego Sanchez in April of this year — prior to the latter’s canceled bout against former title chaser, Donald Cerrone and subsequent release from the promotion. 

In a video posted on Sanchez’s official Instagram account, the veteran Albuquerque native — who is currently in talks to compete under the BKFC banner, explained how it was a pleasure working alongside the “legend” Poirier.

“Getting some work in with the Diamond,” Sanchez’s caption read. “@americantopteam training and got some time with the legend @dustinpoirier. It was a pleasure getting to work with such a professional. There is a reason he is and has been at the top of the game for so long. He was one of the friendliest and open training partners at ATT. Thank you @dustinpoirier for your time and energy champ. Your (sic) got this Diamond.“

This week, footage emerged which appears to show Sanchez and Poirier engaged in what appears to be a private training session with the aforenoted, Fabia, with the trio drilling pivoting left-hand shots, as well as multiple clinch scenarios and escapes, as Fabia also demonstrates a high-crotch single leg takedown attempt on the former interim champion.

The almost two and a half minute video was posted on the official School of Self Awareness Instagram page on July 11., with the caption; “Best of luck #ufc264. Best of luck @dustinpoirier just do you and make thenotoriousmma (Conor McGregor) loose (sic) control of himself. You got this.“

Veteran TUF 1 victor, Sanchez recently parted ways with Fabia in a professional capacity, after UFC Chief Business Officer, Hunter Campbell expressed concerns for Sanchez’s well-being after Fabia had requested medical records from Sanchez’s almost 16-year stay under the organization’s banner.

After Campbell’s request for documentation from Fabia and Sanchez’s attorney to confirm whether or not Sanchez was suffering from health issues as a result of competing in professional mixed martial arts failed to be provided, the New Mexico native was pulled from his slated retirement fight against former teammate, Cerrone and released from the UFC.