Corey Anderson is still without an opponent<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOvertime\u201d appeared to have a fight in the works with Alexander Gustafsson, only to see Anthony Smith earn that matchup instead. Then, the #7 ranked light heavyweight was offered former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold at UFC 238 in June \u2014 yet he decided to decline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was talking to Ali, and I guess they wanted the fight to go or whatever, saying \u2018If Corey beat Gus he\u2019s the No. 1 contender.\u2019 And all of a sudden they gave him the other guy that just fought for a title,\u201d Anderson explained on Ariel Helwani\u2019s MMA Show. “<\/a>So now it\u2019s like, what\u2019s going on? I don\u2019t think the winner of that fight will get the title shot because they just fought and both lost. But I wouldn\u2019t put it past them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “So then they called me a couple of days later to fight Luke Rockhold in Chicago,\u201d he added. \u201cOkay, so I just dominated three top 10 guys, proven what I need to get to the title fight but they\u2019re calling me to fight Luke Rockhold? A 185\u2019er who just got knocked out? He\u2019s not getting a title fight anytime soon, so why do they want me to fight him? They think I\u2019m just a number, think I\u2019m just going to be here to fill in fights. That\u2019s not where I\u2019m at anymore. I have a family now and I\u2019m not here to just fight to fight. I\u2019m not fighting for myself, or for fun. I got to support my family and my goals. My goals are to get the belt\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Corey Anderson (12-4) has really turned things around after losing two of three fights between 2016 and 2017. Since then, the 29-year-old has racked up three-straight victories over Patrick Cummings, Glover Teixeira and most recently, Ilir Latifi who he defeated by unanimous decision at UFC 232 in December. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Ultimate Fighter Season 19 winner says he needs to be more selective in choosing opponents as he sets his sights on a UFC title. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI don\u2019t plan on fighting forever, so if I keep taking these dumb fights or just any fights, I\u2019m just going to be here fighting, and fighting and fighting,” he said. “I will have fought 30 more times and gotten no closer to a title fight because I\u2019m just taking whatever fight they throw to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the meantime, Anderson now has his sights set on undefeated 205-pound fighter Dominick Reyes, who recently picked up a win this past weekend at UFC London over Volkan Oezdemir. <\/p>\n\n\n\n