{"id":315398,"date":"2019-06-02T06:29:20","date_gmt":"2019-06-02T13:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=315398"},"modified":"2019-06-02T06:29:20","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T13:29:20","slug":"anthony-smith-outlines-plans-after-submission-of-alexander-gustafsson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/anthony-smith-outlines-plans-after-submission-of-alexander-gustafsson\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Smith outlines plans after submission of Alexander Gustafsson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday night, in the main event of UFC Stockholm, Anthony Smith picked up arguably his biggest win to date, silencing the Swedish crowd in attendance with a submission of Alexander Gustafsson.<\/p>\n<p>With this victory, Smith returns to the win column after a recent decision loss to UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, and reasserts himself as one of the division&#8217;s top contenders.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking post-fight, Smith updated on his immediate plans and goals. After a busy start to 2019, he says he might take some time off to heal up and let the light heavyweight contendership picture shake out a bit more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can just sit at the top and let those guys fight it out,\u201d the American told the media after UFC Stockholm (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2019\/06\/anthony-smith-wants-jon-jones-rematch-gustafsson-ufc-stockholm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cI\u2019m going to hang out up here for a while and we\u2019ll see what it looks like later on.<\/p>\n<p>While a break is the immediate plan for Anthony Smith, his ultimate goal is still a rematch with Jon Jones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll tell you the same thing I\u2019ve told Jon \u2013 I\u2019ll see you again,\u201d Smith said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s what I\u2019m working toward. I\u2019m working toward the fight with Jon. I want to get back to the title shot, and that\u2019s the goal. So whatever that looks like when I come back, I\u2019ll figure out this hand injury and go from there. I wouldn\u2019t still be here if I wasn\u2019t chasing Jon Jones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case, Anthony Smith is very happy to have separated himself from his loss to Jones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s absolutely the biggest (win) of my career, probably the one I\u2019m most proud of, just because of what happened in my last fight,\u201d he said. \u201cTypically, guys that come off of title losses don\u2019t bounce back like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you think is next for Anthony Smith after UFC Stockholm?<\/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 6\/2\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday night, in the main event of UFC Stockholm, Anthony Smith picked up arguably his biggest win to date, silencing the Swedish crowd in attendance with a submission of Alexander Gustafsson. With this victory, Smith returns to the win column after a recent decision loss to UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, and reasserts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":315401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[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 outlines plans after submission of Alexander Gustafsson | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Anthony Smith updates on his plans after his career-changing UFC Stockholm submission of former title challenger Alexander Gustafsson.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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