{"id":437361,"date":"2022-03-23T06:24:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T13:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=437361"},"modified":"2022-03-23T06:24:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T13:24:28","slug":"chael-sonnen-applauds-paul-craig-for-his-callout-of-anthony-smith-something-has-been-going-on-with-lionheart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/chael-sonnen-applauds-paul-craig-for-his-callout-of-anthony-smith-something-has-been-going-on-with-lionheart\/","title":{"rendered":"Chael Sonnen applauds Paul Craig for his callout of Anthony Smith: \u201cSomething has been going on with Lionheart\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MMA analyst Chael Sonnen has applauded Paul Craig following his recent callout of fellow 205-pounder Anthony Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Last Saturday night at UFC London, Paul Craig pulled off yet another fantastic upset as <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-london-results-paul-craig-stops-nikita-krylov-in-round-1-video\/\">he submitted<\/a> Nikita Krylov to take his unbeaten run up to six fights. &#8220;Bearjew&#8221; has become a real fan favourite as a result of his unique style with the masses praising the way in which he&#8217;s been able to secure wins over some elite opponents &#8211; including Magomed Ankalaev and Jamahal Hill.<\/p>\n<p>After his win against Krylov, Craig took to the microphone and called out Anthony Smith for a showdown in June. Chael Sonnen, who knows a thing or two about making some noise during a promo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wqz2sLHUKBI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is a fan<\/a> of the idea.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Post-Fight analysis: Arnold Allen vs. Dan Hooker\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wqz2sLHUKBI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWhen Craig was done, he called out Anthony Smith. He called out Anthony Smith &#8211; god damn that\u2019s a good idea. Something has been going on with Lionheart. I am friends with Lionheart and I can\u2019t get an answer on what it was. Something. I gotta leave it at something. He wants to fight, to the point where he even told me he will go up a weight class, down a weight class, that is how badly he wants to get back in there. He\u2019s got that itch. He\u2019s training for if any opportunities open up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cHe\u2019s a very high ranked guy, he\u2019s done eight main events. He\u2019s a popular guy, it puts him in a smaller pool, and everybody was booked. Well they\u2019re not now, Paul Craig is apparently open.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cHe said five rounds &#8211; that\u2019s what I liked about it. He said let\u2019s do it for five rounds. The reason I like that is he\u2019s now disguising that he wants a main event. Nobody gets anything they don\u2019t ask for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Will we see Anthony Smith vs Paul Craig later this year?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MMA analyst Chael Sonnen has applauded Paul Craig following his recent callout of fellow 205-pounder Anthony Smith. Last Saturday night at UFC London, Paul Craig pulled off yet another fantastic upset as he submitted Nikita Krylov to take his unbeaten run up to six fights. &#8220;Bearjew&#8221; has become a real fan favourite as a result [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54478,"featured_media":272693,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39522,10104,39479,39610],"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>Chael Sonnen applauds Paul Craig for his callout of Anthony Smith: \u201cSomething has been going on with Lionheart\u201d | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"MMA analyst Chael Sonnen has applauded Paul Craig following his recent callout of fellow 205-pounder Anthony Smith.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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