{"id":394384,"date":"2021-09-13T07:31:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T14:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=394384"},"modified":"2021-09-13T07:31:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T14:31:18","slug":"anthony-smith-fires-back-at-fcking-dork-ryan-spann-ahead-of-ufc-vegas-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/anthony-smith-fires-back-at-fcking-dork-ryan-spann-ahead-of-ufc-vegas-37\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Smith fires back at &#8220;f*cking dork&#8221; Ryan Spann ahead of UFC Vegas 37"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC light heavyweight contender Anthony Smith fired back at &#8220;f*cking dork&#8221; Ryan Spann ahead of their fight this weekend at UFC Vegas 37.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, the No. 6 ranked fighter at 205lbs, meets the No. 11 ranked Spann in the headliner of this weekend&#8217;s UFC Fight Night card. Ahead of their fight, &#8220;Superman&#8221; had some choice words to say about &#8220;Lionheart&#8221; in the UFC&#8217;s video promo package for UFC Vegas 37. Smith heard those comments, and speaking on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h0rd3dbLVbM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The MMA Hour<\/a>, he responded to what Spann said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6hyX0g\">\u201cI didn\u2019t see it live, but I had enough people reach out that I was like, \u2018Oh, maybe I\u2019ll go back and watch and see what this is about.\u2019 I don\u2019t know. What a nerd. I just laughed at it the whole time. Like, what are you so mad about?&#8221; Smith said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2021\/9\/12\/22663345\/anthony-smith-couldnt-help-but-laugh-at-opponent-ryan-spanns-promo-package-what-are-you-so-mad-about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p id=\"xJrC9c\">\u201cIt sounds like a bunch of sh*t that\u2019s bothering him, that he\u2019s got to convince himself. And then at the end he hit me with the old \u2018Watchmen\u2019 quote, when Rorschach was in prison: \u2018I\u2019m not locked in here with you, you\u2019re locked in here with me.\u2019 Get out of here, you f*cking dork. Listen, I don\u2019t want to take this too deep because there\u2019s no beef there. I definitely don\u2019t have his respect, which is fine. I will next Saturday night, I promise you that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith is coming off of back-to-back stoppage wins over Jimmy Crute and Devin Clark in his last two fights, while Spann most recently defeated Misha Cirkunov via knockout. With both fighters coming off of big wins, this should be an important fight in the UFC&#8217;s 205lbs division, and the winner surely figures to get a big-name opponent in their next outing.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think wins this Saturday&#8217;s main event at UFC Vegas 37 between <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/anthony-smith-explains-how-conor-mcgregor-has-gone-way-too-far-with-his-social-media-antics\/\">Anthony Smith<\/a> and Ryan Spann?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC light heavyweight contender Anthony Smith fired back at &#8220;f*cking dork&#8221; Ryan Spann ahead of their fight this weekend at UFC Vegas 37. Smith, the No. 6 ranked fighter at 205lbs, meets the No. 11 ranked Spann in the headliner of this weekend&#8217;s UFC Fight Night card. Ahead of their fight, &#8220;Superman&#8221; had some choice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54477,"featured_media":315731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39522,83078,39610],"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 fires back at &quot;f*cking dork&quot; Ryan Spann ahead of UFC Vegas 37 | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC light heavyweight contender Anthony Smith fired back at &quot;f*cking dork&quot; Ryan Spann ahead of their fight this weekend at UFC Vegas 37.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/anthony-smith-fires-back-at-fcking-dork-ryan-spann-ahead-of-ufc-vegas-37\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anthony Smith fires back at &quot;f*cking dork&quot; 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