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Magomed Ankalaev plans to end Anthony Smith’s time as a contender in the UFC on Saturday at UFC 277.<\/p>\n

Opening up the pay-per-view main card is a pivotal light heavyweight scrap as Ankalaev is set to face Smith in a potential title eliminator fight. Although Smith is on a three-fight winning streak and has won all three fights by stoppage, Ankalaev plans to end the impressive run and prove how much better he is.<\/p>\n

“I think his time is over now and I’ll show it on Saturday that his time has passed at this point,” Ankalaev said at the UFC 277 press conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Magomed Ankalaev has looked impressive in the UFC so far but even if he defeats Anthony Smith, it likely won’t be the end of ‘Lionheart’ as a title contender.<\/p>\n

Yet for Smith, he is confident he will derail Ankalaev’s hype train<\/a> by forcing the Russian into a dog fight at UFC 277.<\/p>\n

“Ankalaev has been in 18 mixed martial arts competitions, but he’s never been in a fight, on Saturday night, he’s going to be in a fight,” Smith said at the press conference.<\/p>\n

Magomed Ankalaev (17-1) is currently ranked fourth at light heavyweight and coming off a decision win over Thiago Santos<\/a> in his first UFC main event. Prior to that, he beat Volkan Oezdemir<\/a> and Nikita Krylov by decision following the back-to-back knockout wins over Ion Cutelaba. The Russian is 8-1 in the UFC and on an eight-fight win streak with his lone loss coming by submission to Paul Craig<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Anthony Smith (36-16) is ranked fifth and submitted Ryan Spann<\/a> last time out after scoring a TKO win over Jimmy Crute and submitted Devin Clark. Lionheart is a former light heavyweight title challenger and also holds notable wins over Alexander Gustafsson<\/a>, Shogun Rua<\/a>, and Rashad Evans<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Do you think Magomed Ankalaev will end Anthony Smith’s time as a contender at UFC 277?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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