{"id":315043,"date":"2019-05-30T11:40:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T18:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=315043"},"modified":"2019-05-30T11:40:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T18:40:22","slug":"anthony-smith-reveals-simple-gameplan-for-alexander-gustafsson-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/anthony-smith-reveals-simple-gameplan-for-alexander-gustafsson-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Smith reveals simple gameplan for Alexander Gustafsson fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Smith will face a stark test when he battles Alexander Gustafsson at UFC Stockholm this weekend. He&#8217;s approaching this task with a simple yet violent gameplan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to march across the cage, I\u2019m going to put pressure on him, he\u2019s going to run from me for 25 minutes if I let him,&#8221; Smith said ahead of this fight (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/anthony-smith-reveals-his-not-so-subtle-game-plan-to-finish-alexander-gustafsson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA News<\/a>). &#8220;I\u2019m going to swing hammers the whole time. If he gets too close, I\u2019m going to drag him to the ground and if he gets away, I\u2019ll do it again. That\u2019s it. That\u2019s the game plan. I\u2019ll react to all the other s\u2014t.\u201d<\/p>\n<article id=\"post-69723\" class=\"post-69723 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured category-interviews category-mma-news category-ufc-news tag-alexander-gustafsson tag-anthony-smith tag-damon-martin\">\n<div class=\"td-post-content\">\n<p>\u201cAs far as a black and white game plan, that\u2019s it,\u201d Smith added. \u201cMarch across the Octagon, put pressure on him and swing hammers. That\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Anthony Smith intends to battle Alexander Gustafsson in this way, he recognizes that this likely isn&#8217;t a sustainable gameplan long-term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think just letting me go in and fight off my instincts and doing what I feel is right at the time, is the best formula,\u201d he explained. \u201cWe\u2019ve just got to figure out how we do that long term. You can\u2019t do that your whole career. You can\u2019t not give a s\u2014t your whole career. It\u2019s easy to not give a s\u2014t when no one else cares.<\/p>\n<p>And in case you were worried Anthony Smith is fighting too soon after his recent loss to Jon Jones, here&#8217;s some reassurance from the man himself:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at my record and see any time I\u2019ve lost, I fight almost immediately afterwards,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Cause I have to shake it, I have to get rid of it. I always come back better,\u201d Smith said. \u201cI\u2019m hungrier and I\u2019m angry and when I don\u2019t give a f\u2014k, that\u2019s when I\u2019m most dangerous. I don\u2019t care. I\u2019m going to go in there, I\u2019m going to do what I do and whatever happens is going to happen.<\/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 5\/30\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Smith will face a stark test when he battles Alexander Gustafsson at UFC Stockholm this weekend. He&#8217;s approaching this task with a simple yet violent gameplan. \u201cI\u2019m going to march across the cage, I\u2019m going to put pressure on him, he\u2019s going to run from me for 25 minutes if I let him,&#8221; Smith [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":288636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10129,39522,39610],"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 reveals simple gameplan for Alexander Gustafsson fight | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Anthony Smith has a very simple yet very violent game plan for his UFC Stockholm showdown with multiple time title challenger Alexander Gustafsson.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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