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Anthony Smith till Cormier: ”Put up your title or get out of my way”

Anthony Smith är satt att möta Volkan Oezdemir på UFC Fight Night: Moncton i Oktober. På Submission Radion gjorde han dock klart att han inte tänker låta den nuvarande mästaren i lätt tungvikt, Daniel Cormier, förhala hans väg mot guldet.

“I think a finish over Oezdemir puts me in line for a title shot. I’m not here to challenge DC to a fight. The only thing I challenge DC to do is do the right thing.”

“I think that DC has had a really great career, I think that he’s been a great champion, I think that he’s a stand-up guy for the most part. I think that the UFC and the game as a whole has been good to him I challenge him to return that back to the game and either sign on the line and put up your title or get out of my way and don’t hold up my journey.”

Smith känner sig självsäker inför matchen med Oezdemir den 27:e oktober och att det kommer bli samma ko-avslutning som i de senaste två matcherna han har gått.

“I think that it’s another brutal finish. I really do. I think that our styles match up perfectly for me. Volkan’s not shooting takedowns, it’s just not happening. So even if he watches this and decides, ‘alright, I’m gonna take him down because he’s not gonna be expecting it,’ it doesn’t matter because Volkan doesn’t have it in him.

“Not that he’s not able to, but just his style and his mentality. Volkan’s not shooting any takedowns. So, with the threat of a takedown completely off the table, I don’t think that there’s anyone at 205 that’s gonna win a striking battle with me.”

Smith kommer från en brutal ko-avslutning av ”Shogun” Rua på UFC Hamburg vilket skickade upp honom som utmanare i lätta tungviktsdivisionen.

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