{"id":282999,"date":"2018-08-16T06:41:52","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T13:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=282999"},"modified":"2018-08-16T06:41:52","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T13:41:52","slug":"anthony-smith-says-he-is-the-original-no-time-not-volkan-oezdemir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/anthony-smith\/anthony-smith-says-he-is-the-original-no-time-not-volkan-oezdemir\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Smith says he is the original &#8220;No Time&#8221; \u2014 not Volkan Oezdemir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC light heavyweight contender Volkan Oezdemir recently adopted the nickname &#8220;No Time.&#8221; This nickname is based on his predilection for first-round finishes. Yet Oezdemir&#8217;s next opponent, Anthony Smith, feels he is more deserving of that monicker.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Smith, who battles Volkan Oezdemir in the main event of UFC Moncton on October 27, reminds that he&#8217;s produced more first-round finishes than his upcoming opponent. In fact, he&#8217;s got more first-round finishes than Oezdemir has fights.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Anthony Smith to Daniel Cormier: &quot;Put Up Your Title or Get Out of My Way&quot;, Talks Volkan Oezdemir\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9kJH7PpTj5U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you really go back, go look at my record,&#8221; Anthony Smith said on a recent episode of Submission Radio (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanytt.com\/latest-news\/anthony-smith-tells-volkan-oezdemir-hes-the-original-no-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMANytt<\/a>). &#8220;I mean, I\u2019ve probably got over 20 first-round finishes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got this No Time gimmick but I\u2019m the original No Time,&#8221; Smith continued. &#8220;I mean, if that\u2019s the way you want to look at it. I mean, I\u2019ve got more first-round finishes than he\u2019s got fights total. So, I don\u2019t imagine it\u2019s going to go to a decision [when we fight]. I\u2019ve seen a couple of the highlights of the DC fight, I think it will be similar to that. I don\u2019t think he likes pressure that much, and like I said, I don\u2019t know how to fight any other way, it\u2019s just go forward and punch people in the face\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Smith then reiterated that he&#8217;s expecting to finish Oezdemir quickly and decisively in Moncton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that it\u2019s another brutal finish,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I really do. I think that our styles match up perfectly for me. Volkan\u2019s not shooting takedowns, it\u2019s just not happening. So even if he watches this and decides, \u2018alright, I\u2019m gonna take him down because he\u2019s not gonna be expecting it,\u2019 it doesn\u2019t matter because Volkan doesn\u2019t have it in him. Not that he\u2019s not able to, but just his style and his mentality. Volkan\u2019s not shooting any takedowns. So, with the threat of a takedown completely off the table, I don\u2019t think that there\u2019s anyone at 205 that\u2019s gonna win a striking battle with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Anthony Smith should start going by &#8220;No Time&#8221; rather than &#8220;Lionheart&#8221; if he defeats Volkan Oezdemir in the first round?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 8\/14\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC light heavyweight contender Volkan Oezdemir recently adopted the nickname &#8220;No Time.&#8221; This nickname is based on his predilection for first-round finishes. Yet Oezdemir&#8217;s next opponent, Anthony Smith, feels he is more deserving of that monicker. Anthony Smith, who battles Volkan Oezdemir in the main event of UFC Moncton on October 27, reminds that he&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":281341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39522,26623],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Anthony Smith says he is the original &quot;No Time&quot; \u2014 not Volkan Oezdemir | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Surging UFC light heavyweight contender Anthony Smith feels he&#039;s more deserving of the nickname &quot;No Time&quot; than his opponent Volkan Oezdemir.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/anthony-smith\/anthony-smith-says-he-is-the-original-no-time-not-volkan-oezdemir\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anthony Smith says he is the original &quot;No Time&quot; 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