The one factor Anthony Smith is targeted on proper now’s his ultimate combat.
After greater than a decade contained in the Octagon and practically 60 profession fights, ‘Lionheart’ will lastly lay down his gloves this weekend when the UFC heads again to Kansas Metropolis for a loaded Combat Night time card. Within the night’s major occasion, Ian Garry faces Preventing Nerds standout Carlos Prates in a high-stakes welterweight conflict.
However first, followers will see Smith shut out his profession within the co-main occasion when he meets 18-6 standout Mingyang Zhang.
After dedicating his life to blended martial arts for practically twenty years, ‘Lionheart’ has no thought what comes subsequent, however he’ll determine all that out later. For now, he’s simply wanting ahead to successful this final combat and spending some high quality time together with his household.
“My solely actual plan, if I’m being sincere with you guys, is to combat, go away my gloves in the midst of the Octagon, go to my afterparty with the tons of and tons of of those that have actually modified their schedules and made it some extent to return right here only for me,” Smith mentioned in the course of the UFC Kansas Metropolis media day on Wednesday. “We’re going to have a good time there, after which I’m not even going house. I’m going straight to the farm that I grew up on with my household.
“I’m pulling my children out of faculty for a pair days, and I’m going to sit down in a rocking chair with a chilly drink with my uncle Todd and my cousins and my household, and we’re going to sit down there and possibly reminisce slightly bit about what this was at one level. That’s form of my plan. After that, I’ll determine it out.”
Anthony Smith seems to shut out his profession on a excessive notice
Smith has misplaced three of his final 4 contained in the Octagon, together with back-to-back defeats towards Roman Dolidze and Dominick Reyes.
He’ll face one other robust take a look at in ‘The Metropolis of Fountains’ when he meets Zhang, a veritable knockout artist with 12 profession KOs. Incomes his contract in the course of the Highway to UFC event in 2022, the ‘Mountain Lion’ has scored himself a pair of spectacular first-round finishes contained in the Octagon, besting Brendson Ribeiro and Ozzy Diaz.
