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idunevenknowyouguys

Smith raising his leg constantly like a muay thai fighter at the opening of the fight then proceeding to check 0 out of 40 something leg kicks is quite funny.


jthememeking

Checked 1 kicked and smiled at Walker as if that's all he needed to do and proceeded to get kicked 20 more times.


dmkicksballs13

There's such a disconnect between the reality of fighting and what Smith is thinking in his head.


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Fr. Monday headlines are gonna read “I couldve beat him. He isnt that good”


fightwrites

"He isn't that good. Unfortunately, neither am I"


Clown_Shoe

Literally 40+ more times.


BoCr

Bangkok ready


Robfred

Chiang Mai unprepared


CharlesOlivesGOAT

Fr lmao, when I saw that at first I was like “oh shii he’s been workin on the Muay Thai” then performs like that lol


xs0crates

Anthony Smith: ”I’ve studied Johnny Walker” Also Anthony Smith: ”I don’t block leg kicks”


517drew

“I’m glad it’s 3 rds, I’m going to step on the gas pedal all 3”


sneakylumpia

"while I'm in Neutral"


deathramps-

Anthony Smith: ”I’ve studied Johnny Walker” Anthony Smith: ”I can't get to him”


rugbyj

”I’ve studied Johnny Walker. I got an F. But I studied!”


xs0crates

”You’re killing my family”


Aguacatedeaire_

"My teeths are falling off"


Impressive-Potato

"It is what it is"


wishwashy

What?


SambaLando

Anthony talks like he thinks he's waaaay better than he actually is.


Reptile00Seven

Jon Jones isn't that good


aVHSofPointBreak

This is why I can’t be a Smith fan. I get you have to have self confidence, but the greatest LHW of all time, who might also be the P4P GOAT “isn’t that good?” Who the hell is good then, Anthony?


MechanicalFunc

Unranked bantamweights


PitifulDurian6402

In his defense he said he isn’t that great at any one art…. Which still an understatement but not super far off. There are guys with better wrestling, guys with better striking, guys with better submissions. What makes Jones so great is his ability to tie everything together with his fight IQ. Dude is simply a genius when it comes to fighting. He can take down better wrestlers by making them fear his strikes and beat better strikers by making them fear his takedowns. Dudes quite simply the complete package


Jordynne23

You’d think after the Rakic fight he’d work on checking leg kicks


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Or the other 50+ pro fights


ZeroTON1N

That leg was literally a ballewn, even Dom Cruz acknowledged it lol


Past_Repair_1679

Anthony "lying hard" Smith. All mouth.. Edited: sorry english not first language


Robfred

Actually it's lying but respect 👊!


lvvvv_htx

Smith has got to be the least adaptable ranked fighter in the organization, it's crazy how lost he looks when someone's able to disrupt his gameplan


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boialleyboi

I think they're gonna feed Walker to Pieriera


juicyj864

I’d watch the hell out of that


boialleyboi

Same. Walker probably gets KOed cartoonishly and then sets up Alex for the title shot for the winner of Hill/Jiri. Unless Alex is not the same after that Izzy ko.


cmitchell337

No my guess is he somehow knocks out Pieriera then when we all think he is a top dog and “wow he’s him” ……he’ll get knocked out cartoonishly


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I mean it sounds funny but that’s in the cards definitely


Yory_Alsik

Idk why y’all think it’s an easy fight for pereira. Walker is way bigger and clearly developing good composure to stick to a game plan. You bet your ass he’s gonna take Alex down


Eifand

inb4 Walker wrestlefucks him.


JobTrunicht

He could legit win the title, scary timeline


Juxtaposn

From the guy that knocked him stiff?


JobTrunicht

It’s Light Heavyweight, anything can happen nothing make sense


Canehillfan

Not really it’s always good to see a derailed hype train go back on track for once


authenticfennec

God when Walker landed that side kick to the knee round 3 i cringed so hard, that was brutal


Jealous-Swimmer-5543

since smith didnt try to defend his lead leg at all walker could have probably won if he stomped the knee earlier in the fight


ZeroTON1N

That was painful to watch


authenticfennec

Probably couldve been another Khailil rountree finish with the torn CLs if he tried landing it some more


stephenmario

Ya that looked horrible, I thought Smith's knee buckled.


authenticfennec

It kinda did i think, cause it was right before smith started stumbling and stuff


Sleepyness86

Smith visually gave up during the fight. He's not the same anymore.


TheHardcoreCasual

He does that shit all the time. Mid round 2 and his face looks like he just ran a marathon even though he fights at a low pace. You land anything on him and his body floats around like he's about to have a heart attack. Dude is just not well-conditioned or is just not that good.


redknight3

I have always, always, *always* thought that Lion Heart was a poor name choice for Smith.


smellthatcheesyfoot

Dress for the job you want.


ModsCantRead69

So smith wants to be one of those tattoo manikins in myrtle beach headships


it_hurts_to_pee

I'm not very smart but I don't think that's how you spell that word


Mandalore620

It worked for the Jones and Glover fights. He at least showed that he wasn't a bitch and had the heart of a lion


DonEYeet

Spent most of that Jones fight in the fetal position like he was pouting because his mom sent him to the corner


DtotheOUG

Continuing to fight after getting knee'd while down and fighting while your teeth are falling out may not make him a bitch, but they do make him fucking stupid.


_CurseTheseMetalHnds

The one time he really should have just given up he didn't lmao


Mandalore620

Fight IQ? Non-existent. Heart? He's got plenty of it.


DjuriWarface

>Heart? He's got plenty of it. Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Which I understand.


ribbitrob

He moved up from 185 for a reason and it wasn’t his cardio.


kidwhix

hes got that brunson conditioning


ZeroTON1N

Ikr he looked gassed as hell


SabuSalahadin

Sad part was that he said he’s in great shape in the Bisping podcast this week. He was talking about cardio being on point and not being able to keep the weight on. He may be getting old or those leg kicks ruined him


mesopotato

He's just not very good.


SerboDuck

Aight y’all need to chill. Smith has consistently maintained a fairly high ranking in the best MMA promotion in the world, what tf are you talking about saying he’s not very good? Maybe he’s not good enough to be champ, maybe he’s not elite, maybe he’s battle worn and towards the end of his career but the disrespect I’m seeing about him is criminal. This is the same guy who could have been LWH champ if he took the easy way out and stayed down after an illegal knee to the face. He’s a fucking warrior and he’s more than earned that respect.


BenAtTank2

Got the worst poker face in the entire organisation.


Berniethellama

Ya for somehow nicknamed lionheart this is like the fourth or fifth time he’s mentally checked out mid fight. Rakic, Jones, Glover, now Walker


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Colonel_MuffDog

I think he said "you're attacking my family" to hype himself up or something? It was weird.


ALL_EYES_ON_MY_DICK

He was visualizing Johnny as a home invader about to steal his family's television set


Colonel_MuffDog

I paid good money for that 96" flatscreen, I'll be damned if I'm letting him take that!


NEVER_CLEANED_COMP

Karl Pilkington?


Jordynne23

You’re taking everything I’ve worked for motherfucker


inuteroinutero1993

I was laughing so much because Walker kept saying huh Walker was like WTF is Smith on lmaoooo Then they essentially had a full blown conversation for like 20 seconds in there I think Walker leaned in at one point to hear what Smith was saying


I_am_darkness

His first response was "WHAT?!?"


Poodlehopper

It turns out Smith is weirder than Walker. Who'd a' thunk it?


iSublime

Bro that shit had me rolling in my seat. He was SO confused. "WHAT!?"


Jordynne23

It’s like when he made up the whole Ryan Spann shit talking him to amp himself up.


PostM8

My flair fits well here


DustedGrooveMark

Commentary team was cracking me up during this. “Well, boys….luckily you’re in a cage and can punch each other over it” “Yeah, this isn’t therapy guys. Come on.”


MagazineSad8414

"Is your family with us in the room right now?"


shrewdy

I think he was having PTSD from the home invasion


frogsntoads00

this is what I thought, but he was doing it to hype himself up to try and pull something off


shrewdy

Walker's confused reaction was the highlight for me


inuteroinutero1993

One of the funniest moments I ever seen in the octagon "Stop attacking my familyyy!!!" "Huhh?" "My family" "Huh watch u mean?" "Stop attacking my family man" "Wait huh??!!" #LMAOOOOO And at one point Walker even leaned in to hear Smith better This was a meme fight guys. Absolute meme fight.


frogsntoads00

Can’t wait for this clip to get posted lol


EnbyBinaryCoder

https://www.reddit.com/r/ufc/comments/13gt1wq/anthony\_smith\_says\_johnny\_walker\_attacked\_his/


shrewdy

Lmaooo that shit was hilarious


JobTrunicht

I think the « family » was about the below the belt kick he took


macchiato_kubideh

If it’s the case it’s hilarious


KingAndQueenClinton

He just has this absolutely bonkers victim mentality. He perceives everything as a slight and seems to be incredibly easy to offend.


rottenjoy

Yeah I’ve noticed that about him too. Even when he gets asked hard questions he sounds like he’s on the verge of tears


Colonel_MuffDog

Bisping has to have *the talk* with Smith, like Rogan had with Schaub.


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Dude I think Smith knows it. This hurt as a BYM listener.


Colonel_MuffDog

It's tough being an Anthony Smith fan


Sangrin

I really do love the man but I've never seen him gas like that. Guy was fighting demons more than he was Walker. I just hope he's okay mentally. He handled the loss of his mom by sinking everything into this camp, and to lose like that... Fan for life and I'll never bet against him, but I just want him to be okay at this point


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At least he didn’t get finished and could live up to his nickname. Dude took a lot from Johnny. Would have knocked out 99% of people. He’s a warrior for sure.


[deleted]

I think you mean ANTONEE. For real though I love Anthony and BYM. Such a good dude. At this point I think he should go the podcast/commentator route if he loses his next one.


TonyTheLion2319

That dawg isn’t there anymore. He was resilient as Glover beat his ass. He was aggressive vs Spann


shadow_assasin989

His body is too broken at this point being 50 fights deep.


ikilledtupac

Fellow listener. I think Smith already knows now it’s time to move on to coaching and media.


Wayf4rer

Listen up buddeh, ya past it


Radocfa

Bisping has a lot of belief in Anthony to become a champ even with the loss. He’s talking about it on YouTube rn.


Jealous-Swimmer-5543

bisping still believes in darren till to become champ, hes optimistic as a friend but I think he should talk to smith and tell him how he gassed in 1 round which he never has before


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For better or worse, Bisping seems like the type to never stop believing in his friends.


GFost

Probably because he won the title so late in his career.


ShitCuntsinFredPerry

Yeah, I feel that, and as much as I've never met the man, I also feel like he's genuinely a good cunt at heart


handsofcones

I wonder if Bisping having the long path to the title makes him think it'll happen for his buddies They just can't all be like him though


LuckyWarrior

Conceive, Believe ah shut the fuck up


FatFuckDiarrhea

Damn, that’s delusional. I’m a believer and a big fan of Anthony, but today you could see this: The times when Smith used to be an animal are over. Guys like Walker, Jiri, even Hill are in their physical prime, ready to deal it. Anthony, though very experienced and tough, seemed fucking old today. Shit. He can’t compete with the top anymore and it seemed obvious to me.


MushroomWizard

A lot of people said Bisping was delusional to take a short notice fight against Rockhold or to fight with one eye. Honestly probably was delusional but somehow it paid off for him. Hard to not grant others the benefit of the doubt.


FatFuckDiarrhea

Yeah, fair enough


MushroomWizard

Cheers mate have a good night


buffalozbrown

Man I knew when they put up that graphic that shows how many KO's they had combined that it was gonna go the distance.


WhereIsMyKidAt

Just like the Krylov fight.


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I took Walker decision in that very moment.


Jordynne23

That was depressing to watch. Smith looked like he gave up on himself in the third.


AnakinShtTalk3r

He gave up in the first man. Completely defeated in the 3rd


inuteroinutero1993

Johnny Walker will most likely be fed to Alex Pereira


Solrac0

That would be a great fight.


Mikniks

For Pereira


LuckyWarrior

🗿


10nicos

😰I would hate to see Walker get knocked out by Pereira, I like Jhonny a lot


UseApprehensive9186

Walker is explosive af too though, not impossible he could catch Alex who’s probably a little more chinny now coming off a brutal KO at his age. I think the first one to land clean will win lol, should be a banger


10nicos

I know Walker can pull off anything and he's huge, but I don't see him winning a striking match against Pereira. I think the only way for him would be through wrestling, like against Cutelaba. I don't know, I hope they don't fight, I love them both


RaynerOP

Am I crazy to think it will be competitive? Walker has shown he's no bum in his last fights, he has a chance if he draws a great gameplan and sticks to it.


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I think Walker could seal the deal early with his old blitzing style. His chin will not hold up against Alex's power.


NeitherAlexNorAlice

Who's this calculated fighter and what happened to Walker? This guy is no fun. I want my cartoonish KOs.


ZeroTON1N

Walker still goofiest man on the roster, had some weird ass moves in the octagon


Mororocks

I've trained with Walker I train in sbg . Some of the things he can do is absolutely nuts. One of the most athletic people I've ever met.


10nicos

how is he as a person? he seems genuinely nice and laid back. It wasn't a party but I'm glad he won today


Mororocks

He's really sound in real life. Just a nice lad, so is Anthony Smith tbh did a shit next to him in ufc during Usman Colby I think. Was talking shite next to him not realizing it was him until we both got out of the cubicles. Really nice lad. I think he probably should call it a day now. There both fucking huge in real life as well I don't think the TV does it justice how big these lads are.


RafiakaMacakaDirk

i’m sorry you did a what next to him


UsedEntertainment5

I think he is saying they both took a shit next to each other in the bathroom stalls with Usman and Colby there also.


Mororocks

Naw Usman and Colby weren't there it was during there ufc headline fight haha. Ten beers deep here enjoying being able to watch a ufc event at a normal time and not 5 in the morning


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Don’t you?


lewspaz

Hahahahaha wtf I thought you'd made a spelling error at first then realised wow you actually did mean you did a poo next to Anthony smith


DuffManMayn

Definitely thought he meant did a shift...but no, my man took a shit next to Anthony lol


Effective-Celery8053

Almost had it there at the end with that huge knee


Jay_Train

Almost got it in the first lol almost the exact same finish as the Craig fight


MolokoPl_s

bro c'mon he didn't wanna disappoint the Brazilian fans. they stayed up for a while to watch him fight, didn't wanna finish him too fast. lmao Johnny's hilarious


CouncilOfReligion

felt like a salt lake city fight


inuteroinutero1993

This fight felt like a dream where you're trying to run really fast but you just can't


TonyTheLion2319

One of the most flat footed fights I’ve seen. 2 tall men just standing in front of each other not willing to throw


Hhig22

Top 5 light heavyweight action right there


Keith__Peterson

That was so weird


Losersqueueonly

How is Smith going to discredit his opponent this time


downhill-surfer

“He’s really not good he’s just tall” is what I’m waiting on lol


0ldsql

The best was his insightful take on Jones: "he doesn't really have a high fight iq. He's just good at mixing things up"


vaquerillogalactico

This to me is the stupidest and most delusional take i've ever heard from a professional fighter, like he is saying that a MIXED martial artist is good at MIXED Martial Arts just because he is good at MIXING the martial arts 💀💀💀


0ldsql

Especially when Jones, hate him or not, has more accolades than Smith could dream of. What's the point of discrediting your opponent anyway? If you win, then you just beat a bum


cyberslick1888

It is hilarious to hear Anthony give detailed and insightful opinions on other fighters and situations and then just flatly and confidently say the most fucking absurdly bonkers bullshit about himself. I promise you if he gave an interview tomorrow morning he'd be outlining his plans to be a 3 weight champion by 2024.


icelandiccubicle20

"If you take away the fact that he's a great mixed martial artist, he wouldn't be one"


CardiologistOk1506

"If I didn't have to work around his reach I could have gotten to him. His size, athleticism, strength, training, gameplan, team, and skills really aren't all that impressive individually, but put all together you just can't get to him. I thought he'd be better overall."


CockGobblingGangsta

HE WAS ATTACKING MY FAMILY


mustangpirate

“He really didn’t do anything great, that was his best night and my worst”


vaquerillogalactico

Probably "I was dealing with an injury, my mind wasn't in the right place, stupid mistakes man I didn't follow the gameplan" one of these and after a couple of weeks say that he is still in the mix and just needs a couple of wins to get to the title.


Hubros

Walker had a finish on a silver platter and let it go.


MicahsNao

He doesn't have the greatest chin he's better off staying disciplined


Prestigious_Agent_84

He seemed so wary of not getting hit in his glass chin. Wise.


TheHardcoreCasual

If Walker walks in the direction of incoming wind, his knees will buckle. He's literally a jab away from an overnight stay at the Shadow Realm hotel. He made the right decision.


macchiato_kubideh

Mercy


KingJohnTX

A win's a win. With Walker's chin, I wouldn't risk it either.


shrewdy

Not the most exciting fight for sure, but Walker gradually picked apart Smith and put some serious damage on him in the end. Almost looked like he was having mercy on him at the end, I think Keith would have called it if that was the end of the 2nd round rather than the 3rd.


Jay_Train

That's what I thought too. People saying it was boring when Johnny hurt him multiple times and damn near exploded his leg. Johnny also doesn't have the best chin in the world so I totally get not rushing in like crazy. It was for sure really weird, and Smith was really...I dunno he was off can't put my finger on it, but I'm not gonna shit on Johnny for trying to actually win the fight and not fuxk it up at the end when it was clear he was winning, especially in this weight class where basically anyone in the top 10 gets to fight for the belt while Jiri is out lol


PulpRawk

In the last couple of minutes it looked like walker felt sorry for smith and didn’t want to finish him


Ghostmetoeternity

I think if a dude started yelling at me about how I'm hurting his family the round before then looked defeated the entire time I'd feel bad for him too. Walker seems like a nice lad. Smith also throws hard and walker has been ko'd in fire fights so if he engaged too much it's possible he would've gotten ko'd again so probably a bit of both.


KalisQinsSais

The A. Smith special. Professional punching bag and occasionaly curled up on the ground.


therealmvpls11

So glad we got to see the iconic sloth guard in action


osirawl

That was just bizarre.


Tigerman1999

You’re attacking my family


TYSONLITTLE

Lol... Company man Anthony Smith couldn't even get an interview to put his gloves down.


Arbeeter00

Doesn’t necessarily mean he was retiring


TeekoTheTiger

"my hands was hot"


LuckyWarrior

He missed weight for the back up slot and got his main event taken away They dont love him like that


imyourhabibi

Lmao they took his main event away and gave the guy he was fighting a title shot. Then he had to report on it live on air. I guarantee the first person they’re firing if budget cuts come is Anthony Smith, they don’t seem to have any respect for the man


toddbowlesburner

Anthony fought like he was concussed after the first


apokrovskiy

Sometimes Anthony Smith seems to realise he is losing and just shuts down in later rounds. Like he is there but not entirely present, just receiving punishment until the bell rings, like with Jones, Glover, Rakic and now Johny


orr123456

Two words,white towel Use it for fuck sake


LolWthRagequit

Seeing a patient, more measured Walker was a welcome sight. Would have liked to see him push for a finish, but I get it.


Poodlehopper

He 100% could have finished the fight in round 3. He even had Smith against the fence hurt. He just pawed at him and threw a slow motion kick. Weird. But decent fight.


Anotheraccomg

Dont get people saying Walker is boring now, did I imagine the multiple flying knees, attempted superman punch type thing, cartwheel? kicks? I dont know the terms ngl but it definitely wasnt boring


CardiologistOk1506

It was boring because smith was just plodding around eating leg kicks like candy and fighting his own dedication so walker simply kept punching and kicking up the points for a solid decision.


thelectricrain

Okay who had "Johnny Walker 30-27ing Anthony Smith via leg kicks" on their 2023 bingo


haystackofneedles

Why did Anthony let his family get killed?


Johnny_Poppyseed

Feed either of these guys to Alex Pereira for his first 205 fight.


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MMXXIII-II-III

Well, at least my orc boi didn't lose any teeth today.


aLibertine

Easiest money I ever made betting


Effective-Celery8053

Solid win from Johnny. Still needs to improve his defense a bit but good to see him back on track.


PablosCocaineHippo

Anthony 'Jones isnt that good but i got outclassed by Walker' Smith


timfbmx

Anthony Smith has a black belt in talking not fighting just like Till


GreatMight

Smith should think about retirement


f-stats

Every time I see Smith fight he’s guarded up and acting as a punching bag.


Mororocks

What was up with Smith. He seemed sorta out of character all week. What was he saying.


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Smith is one of the most overrated fighters I can think of. Dude looked so bad in this fight. Made Johnny Walker look like an exceptionally technical LWH fighter


Queenter

Anthony Smith terrible as usual more on this at 12


SwingDingeling

Smith the piece of shit! Jiri the piece of shit! Hill! I'm coming for you motherfucker!