{"id":315730,"date":"2019-06-05T09:45:12","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T16:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=315730"},"modified":"2019-06-05T09:45:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T16:45:12","slug":"anthony-smith-to-rivals-luke-rockhold-and-corey-anderson-earn-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/anthony-smith-to-rivals-luke-rockhold-and-corey-anderson-earn-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Smith to rivals Luke Rockhold and Corey Anderson: ‘Earn it’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last weekend, Anthony Smith established himself as one of the top contenders in the light heavyweight division by defeating Alexander Gustafsson \u2014 something only a few truly elite fighters have done before.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho else has done it? If you take\u00a0Phil Davis\u00a0out of it because that was a long time ago, who else has done it? Jon [Jones], \u2018Rumble\u2019 [Anthony Johnson] and D.C. [Daniel Cormier],” Smith told MMA Fighting<\/a>. “That\u2019s a pretty good group of guys to be mentioned with,\u201d Smith told MMAFighting when speaking about his win. \u201cAt this point, I don\u2019t know what else I\u2019d have to do to answer any questions of my legitimacy. Honestly I don\u2019t care. I\u2019m just really happy that I\u2019ve inserted myself among the top two guys in the world or three guys in the world if you keep D.C. in there.”<\/p>\n

Ahead of this victory over Gustafsson, Anthony Smith exchanged quite a bit of trash talk<\/a> with former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold, who is set to debut in the light heavyweight division when he fights Jan Blachowicz at UFC 239 in July.<\/p>\n

Having defeated Gustafsson, Smith believes he’s now moved past Rockhold, and that the former middleweight champ will have to earn the opportunity to fight him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the same thing with [Luke] Rockhold, you want to talk all that s**t, now you\u2019ve got to do your job. Now you\u2019ve got to earn it,\u201d Smith said. \u201cI don\u2019t owe you s**t. Now you\u2019ve got to come to me and you\u2019ve got to do something to deserve it. That\u2019s a good position to be in.”<\/p>\n

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In the wake of his win over Gustafsson, Smith has also been called out by established light heavyweight contender Corey Anderson. He had similar words for this rival.<\/p>\n

\u201cCorey Anderson\u2019s already on Twitter and Instagram talking s\u2014t,” he said. “Come on dude, what is wrong with you? Do something to earn it. I\u2019ve fought five times since you fought once. What are we doing here? At this point, it\u2019s really easy. Do something to deserve it, b**ch. I\u2019m sick of these guys talking s**t.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou didn\u2019t see me out here trash talking people and trying to talk my way into fights. I put my head down and I grinded and I earned it and I took the fights that no one else wanted and I took them when no one else wanted them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Having sustained a broken hand in his fight with Gustafsson, Anthony Smith now plans to take some time off and let his light heavyweight rivals fight amongst themselves for positioning in the division.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet Thiago [Santos] and Jon fight, we\u2019ll see how that shakes out. Jan [Blachowicz] and f\u2014k head gotta do their thing and then we\u2019ll see.\u00a0Johnny Walker\u2019s out there, I think he\u2019s gotta prove himself. I think he\u2019s relatively untested. That\u2019s why it\u2019s good that I\u2019m taking myself out for a little bit. I\u2019m going to be down for a while so let\u2019s see where the division shakes out and we\u2019ll go from there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who do you want to see Anthony Smith fight next?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 6\/5\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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