Anthony Smith tog en imponerande seger mot Volkan Oezdemir den 27:e oktober när han besegrade schweizaren genom rear-naked choke i den tredje ronden. Hans val att kliva upp till lätt-tungvikt har varit lyckad då han besegrat två forna mästare, Mauricio Rua, Rashad Evans och som tidigare nämnt, titelutmanaren Oezdemir.
Genom TMZSport säger Smith att han är redo att gå match mot den lätta-tungviktsmästaren Jon Jones redan i sommar och det är något hans manager redan diskuterat med UFC.
It sounds like he’s in. Of course, [my manager] has already been talking to the UFC and I think that they’re working that out and seeing what that looks like as far as timelines and stuff, but I’m in. Any time, any place, anywhere, I’m ready. I’ll fight Jon this weekend if he wants to.
It’s what the fans want to see. They don’t want to see Jon go in there and beat up on Corey Anderson or whoever else. They don’t want to see that sh*t. There’s nothing there.
Anytime you take out Alexander Gustafsson with a finish, that’s a huge accomplishment. So hats off to Jon, that was obviously a great performance, but I’ve seen him look better. I saw a beatable man. I saw a guy that I can compete with and a guy that I can beat. I’m not wowed by Jon Jones. That’s not saying that I don’t think he’s a phenomenal fighter, but I’m not afraid of him and I think that Jon has a lot of people beat before they even get in there. I think people look at Jon like he’s an uphill battle and this unreachable task and I don’t see him like that. I’m not wowed by him. I see a man that I can beat and a person with holes, like any other human, that can be exploited.
Avslutsmaskin
Smith har ett MMA-facit på 31–13 och har avslutat sina motståndare på följande sätt, 17 genom knockout, 11 genom submission samt 2 genom domslut.
