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Stephen A. Smith Reacts To Donald Cerrone Admitting He Didn’t Want To Fight At UFC 246

Stephen A. SmithESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith has taken to social media to react to Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone’s admission he didn’t want to fight at UFC 246. Smith was a part of the broadcast team for UFC 246 and made some pretty harsh comments about Cerrone after his loss to Conor McGregor. “I’m quite disgusted,” Smith said. […]

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ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith has taken to social media to react to Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone’s admission he didn’t want to fight at UFC 246.

Smith was a part of the broadcast team for UFC 246 and made some pretty harsh comments about Cerrone after his loss to Conor McGregor.

“I’m quite disgusted,” Smith said. “Let me be very, very clear: I’m honored to be up here with you guys. I’m a spectator watching the sport. I expected to see more than 40 seconds. I predicted McGregor was going to win this fight inside of two rounds. I thought he would take him out.

“Here’s the deal: 15 seconds in, ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone was done. He got hit with those shoulders in the clinch, and he was done. It look like he gave up. It was just an atrocious performance on his part.”

Smith received mass backlash from the MMA community, with Joe Rogan and Conor McGregor leading the charge against him. Three months on and it seems the veteran sports broadcaster called it right on the money as Cerrone admitted yesterday he didn’t want to fight at UFC 246.

“Donald showed up, Cowboy wasn’t there,” he told ESPN. “The wrong guy showed up, couldn’t get going, couldn’t get excited, couldn’t get fired up, didn’t want to be there. Biggest fight, all the attention, my time to shine, I didn’t want to be there. (Expletive) it was crazy man. I don’t know why, I don’t how, I don’t know how to change that, but it sucks man.”

Smith has now taken to Twitter to address his MMA community and react to Cerrone’s comments, he wrote.

“so all you MMA folks — who I profoundly respect — am I off my rocker now??? When you’ve covered sports intimately as a reporter for a quarter-century, you see things sometimes. I respect the hell out of @Cowboycerrone, but he just wasn’t there that night.”

Does the MMA community owe Stephen A Smith an apology?

Stephen A. Smith Responds To Donald Cerrone’s Self-Assessment Of UFC 246 Performance

ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith has caught wind of Donald Cerrone’s self-assessment of his UFC 246 performance. Back in January, Cerrone shared the Octagon with Conor McGregor. The welterweight bout headlined UFC 246. “Cowboy” was s…

ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith has caught wind of Donald Cerrone’s self-assessment of his UFC 246 performance. Back in January, Cerrone shared the Octagon with Conor McGregor. The welterweight bout headlined UFC 246. “Cowboy” was stopped in just 40 seconds via TKO. Stephen A. took a lot of heat for his criticism of Cerrone’s performance. […]

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Stephen A. Smith: Backlash Over Cowboy Cerrone Criticism Was ‘Ridiculous’

Stephen A. Smith will not be changing his tune on Donald Cerrone’s performance at UFC 246. Last month, Conor McGregor made his highly anticipated return to the Octagon. In the main event of UFC 246, the “Notorious” one collided with &…

Stephen A. Smith will not be changing his tune on Donald Cerrone’s performance at UFC 246. Last month, Conor McGregor made his highly anticipated return to the Octagon. In the main event of UFC 246, the “Notorious” one collided with “Cowboy.” While McGregor was the favorite, many considered Cerrone to be a live underdog. McGregor […]

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Stephen A. Smith Calls Deontay Wilder’s Costume Excuse ‘Embarrassing’

Stephen A. Smith believes Deontay Wilder’s costume excuse for losing his rematch against Tyson Fury isn’t a good look. This past Saturday night (Feb. 22), Wilder and Fury clashed in a rematch for the WBC heavyweight title. In their first me…

Stephen A. Smith believes Deontay Wilder’s costume excuse for losing his rematch against Tyson Fury isn’t a good look. This past Saturday night (Feb. 22), Wilder and Fury clashed in a rematch for the WBC heavyweight title. In their first meeting back in Dec. 2018, the bout went the distance and was ruled a split […]

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Stephen A Smith: Anthony Joshua Loss To ‘Jabba The Hutt’ Andy Ruiz Was Shameful

Stephen A. SmithControversial boxing reporter Stephen A. Smith has been at it again during the Wilder/Fury II build-up. The ESPN employee found himself in hot water with the MMA community after accusing Donald Cerrone of quitting against Conor McGregor at UFC 246. Not one to mince his words, Smith has again gone in hard on a fighter, […]

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Controversial boxing reporter Stephen A. Smith has been at it again during the Wilder/Fury II build-up. The ESPN employee found himself in hot water with the MMA community after accusing Donald Cerrone of quitting against Conor McGregor at UFC 246.

Not one to mince his words, Smith has again gone in hard on a fighter, this time British boxing champion Anthony Joshua. The Englishman holds three of the four major heavyweight titles and is a likely opponent for whoever wins this weekend. However, Smith has dismissed Joshua due to his upset loss against Andy Ruiz last year. Despite winning the rematch, Smith isn’t convinced by “AJ” and called his lone career loss shameful, whilst speaking with IFL TV.

“I love Anthony Joshua as a person, and I think he’s good for the sport. I had the pleasure of meeting him and I genuinely like him,” Smith said. “I think Wilder would knock him out! The thing which has disappointed me about Anthony Joshua is his jaw, he’s got a body, he’s in fine physical shape but to get beat by Andy Ruiz that first fight, I thought was shameful. To look the way that he looks and lose to a guy that looks like Jabba The Hutt.

“It’s just inexcusable stuff to me, I don’t think that should happen. It happened because Anthony Joshua’s jaw is questionable. I know Andy Ruiz can fight and he can punch, but he doesn’t hit like Deontay Wilder. I saw Anthony Joshua get down from a right from (Wladimir) Klitschko and get up and get up and knock him out. I get that but this is Deontay Wilder we’re talking about here.

“When you get dropped only Tyson Fury gets up and I don’t think he’ll get up the second go-round and I certainly don’t think Anthony Joshua gets up the first go-round. I think he would lose to Fury by decision. I think he would lose to Wilder by knockout.”

Is Stephen A. Smith right to dismiss Anthony Joshua?

Paul Felder Admits Stephen A. Smith’s Comments Post-UFC 246 Bothered Him

UFC lightweight and color commentator Paul Felder has weighed in on the Stephen A. Smith hoopla. Stephen A., who is recognized as the most popular personality on ESPN, drew the ire of many within the MMA community. He appeared on the post-UFC 246 editi…

UFC lightweight and color commentator Paul Felder has weighed in on the Stephen A. Smith hoopla. Stephen A., who is recognized as the most popular personality on ESPN, drew the ire of many within the MMA community. He appeared on the post-UFC 246 edition of SportsCenter along with Joe Rogan. During the segment, Stephen A. […]

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