{"id":331061,"date":"2019-11-06T06:54:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T14:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=331061"},"modified":"2019-11-06T06:54:20","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T14:54:20","slug":"corey-anderson-clarifies-release-comments-willing-to-wait-for-jones-vs-reyes-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/corey-anderson-clarifies-release-comments-willing-to-wait-for-jones-vs-reyes-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Corey Anderson clarifies release comments, willing to wait for Jones vs. Reyes winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC light heavyweight contender Corey Anderson has clarified his recent remarks about wanting to be released from the UFC, and has also confirmed his plans for the immediate future.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson was able to derail the Johnny Walker hype train at UFC 244 in phenomenal fashion, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-244-results-corey-anderson-stops-johnny-walker-in-round-1-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">finishing the eccentric Brazilian via TKO<\/a> in the first round. The Ultimate Fighter winner&#8217;s antics after the fight received quite a lot of attention, as did some of his comments regarding his desire to receive a UFC Light Heavyweight Championship title shot.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/11\/5\/20950203\/corey-anderson-clarifies-his-stance-on-receiving-a-title-shot-or-being-released-from-the-ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a> yesterday, Anderson made it clear that he is willing to wait for his shot at the belt.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Corey Anderson knocks Johnny Walker out, screams in his face and then does the worm at UFC 244!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pWYyaP2k1-c?start=57&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"9LIygW\">\u201cI have to clear that up,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cMedia\u2019s known for click-baiting and I think I know what reporter said that but he didn\u2019t say the whole interview. The interview in the back they said \u2018what do you want next?\u2019 and I said I want a title fight. I want Jon Jones my next fight. Then they mentioned Dominick Reyes and I said 100 percent, Dominick Reyes has been doing his work, he\u2019s put in his time. I wanted to fight him but he\u2019s earned this fight, too. I\u2019m in no rush to fight for the title right now.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5JTBXR\">\u201cIf Jon Jones wants to fight Dominick Reyes in December or January, that\u2019s completely fine. I will take the winner of that,&#8221; Anderson added. &#8220;Then it went onto \u2018but what if they try to take one of these new guys and bump them up in the rankings and put them in front of you \u2014 what if after Dominick Reyes, they push you to the back of the line again, what would you do?\u2019. That\u2019s when I said, if they\u2019re going to do that to me, then release me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of whether or not he gets the next shot at the belt, Corey Anderson has certainly made sure that nobody will be overlooking him any time soon.<\/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 11\/6\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC light heavyweight contender Corey Anderson has clarified his recent remarks about wanting to be released from the UFC, and has also confirmed his plans for the immediate future. Anderson was able to derail the Johnny Walker hype train at UFC 244 in phenomenal fashion, finishing the eccentric Brazilian via TKO in the first round. 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