But as far as exciting, I think that’s just who I am.” As far as being better, the pressure is definitely there. If the gameplan was to grind Volkan out, after the first or second round I’d just get sick of that (expletive) and I’d just want a firefight. I don’t think I have the patience for that. I don’t think I could be a quote-unquote point fighter, or someone who’s just trying to grind down decisions.” “I think it really comes down to who you are as a person and who you are deep in your soul, are you the person that’s going to do the bare minimum to stay away from damage and win the points battle? Or are you someone that’s just going to jump in the fire, and if you get burned, you get burned? That tends to be more my style. The consolation prize of a “Fight of the Night” bonus. To Santos, which broke his three-knockout winning streak, ended up coming with Great back at middleweight, but he didn’t exactly look terrible. The win over the latter, which also marked Smith’sįirst UFC headliner, was given “Performance of the Night” honors. Not only that, he got them over two former champions in RashadĮvans and Mauricio Rua. Light heavyweight division, Smith has gone unbeaten with two impressive Momentum is on his side after he outclassed Rashad Evans, Shogun Rua and Volkan Oezdemir. In the last year, Smith has showed the world a highlight-reel of his potential.
The KO artist impressed his counterpart with his winning streak that started last year.
He is potentially at par to dethrone the most dominant 205-pound champion in UFC history. It gives him extra respect to win (all finishes) against the likes of Rashad Evans, Maurico Rua and Volkan Oezdemir to eye his first-ever shot at the championship title.Īnthony Smith is all set to shock the audience. He won his first three fights at 205 pounds earning him a fast track to the title shot. The fight is the main event of UFC 235, and will take place on Main Las Vegas, Nevada. Yes we are talking about the undisputed Lion, the “Lionheart” of the MMA world, Anthony Smith (31-13)!Īnthony Smith will take part in the biggest fight of his MMA career when he meets one on one with the UFC Light Heavyweight champion, Jon Jones. With so much hype surrounding the McGergor-Nurmagomedov suspension fiasco and Jones’s positive drug test, we have lost track of the man who keeps his words.
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