The one factor Anthony Smith is concentrated on proper now could be his last battle.
After greater than a decade contained in the Octagon and almost 60 profession fights, ‘Lionheart’ will lastly lay down his gloves this weekend when the UFC heads again to Kansas Metropolis for a loaded Struggle Evening card. Within the night’s essential occasion, Ian Garry faces Combating 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 combined martial arts for almost twenty years, ‘Lionheart’ has no concept what comes subsequent, however he’ll determine all that out later. For now, he’s simply wanting ahead to profitable this final battle and spending some high quality time together with his household.
“My solely actual plan, if I’m being sincere with you guys, is to battle, go away my gloves in the midst of the Octagon, go to my afterparty with the a whole bunch and a whole bunch of people who have actually modified their schedules and made it a degree to return right here only for me,” Smith stated in the course of the UFC Kansas Metropolis media day on Wednesday. “We’re going to have fun there, after which I’m not even going residence. I’m going straight to the farm that I grew up on with my household.
“I’m pulling my youngsters out of faculty for a pair days, and I’m going to take a seat in a rocking chair with a chilly drink with my uncle Todd and my cousins and my household, and we’re going to take a seat there and possibly reminisce a bit of bit about what this was at one level. That’s sort of my plan. After that, I’ll determine it out.”
Anthony Smith seems to be 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 check 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 Street to UFC match 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.
