{"id":392498,"date":"2021-08-18T16:33:41","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T23:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=392498"},"modified":"2021-08-18T16:33:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T23:33:41","slug":"anthony-smith-would-love-to-fight-jiri-prochazka-it-just-looks-like-its-so-much-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/anthony-smith-would-love-to-fight-jiri-prochazka-it-just-looks-like-its-so-much-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Smith &#8220;would love&#8221; to fight Jiri Prochazka: &#8220;It just looks like it\u2019s so much fun&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Smith thinks fighting Jiri Prochazka would be a ton of fun.<\/p>\n<p>Prochazka is the former RIZIN light heavyweight champion and has made good so far in his UFC career. In his debut, he knocked out Volkan Oezdemir and followed <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/ufc-vegas-25-results-jiri-prochazka-kos-dominick-reyes-video\/\">that up with a highlight-reel KO over Dominick Reyes<\/a>. He will now serve as the backup for the title fight, but Smith says that is a fight he would like to have.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would love to fight that guy. It just looks like it\u2019s so much fun.\u201d Smith said to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/exclusive-anthony-smith-wants-jiri-prochazka-fight-it-would-be-bananas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LowKickMMA<\/a>. \u201cAnd honestly, he fought Dominick Reyes exactly how I would fight Dominick Reyes. Just get in tight, make it ugly, make him uncomfortable, don\u2019t give him any space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Prochazka has a wild style and has shown off a solid chin, Anthony Smith says it&#8217;s a challenge he would like to face. He knows Prochazka&#8217;s style poses a lot of problems and is a very dangerous fight. Yet, he says that is what excites him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be bananas. It would be chaos,\u201d Smith said. \u201cThose are the kinds of fights that everybody\u2019s really, really excited (about). I don\u2019t have to like, be super focused on anything. I don\u2019t have to worry about extra striking or extra jujitsu or extra wrestling. You\u2019ve just got to get your sword as sharp as you can get it and just go in there and swing the god damn thing. That\u2019s a lot of fun to me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBehind all that flashy unpredictability and the spinning sh*t and just the craziness that he does, it\u2019s just pressure. That\u2019s all he\u2019s doing, he\u2019s just pressuring people, and that\u2019s what I like to do,\u201d Smith continued. \u201cSo, I feel like it would just be two hammers banging into each other. It would be a lot of fun. I feel like it would look like a really incredible game of bumper cars. You know, it\u2019s just, you have to go in there and figure it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Smith is set to return to the Octagon <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/anthony-smith\/anthony-smith-announces-ufc-fight-night-main-event-against-ryan-spann\/\">in the main event of the September 18 card against Ryan Spann<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Would you like to see Anthony Smith vs. Jiri Prochazka?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Smith thinks fighting Jiri Prochazka would be a ton of fun. Prochazka is the former RIZIN light heavyweight champion and has made good so far in his UFC career. In his debut, he knocked out Volkan Oezdemir and followed that up with a highlight-reel KO over Dominick Reyes. 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