Veteran former gentle heavyweight title challenger, Anthony Smith has confirmed he’s booked to make his ultimate combined martial arts stroll in a UFC return later this annum — and is steadfast on calling time on his fight sports activities tenure after a focused comeback conflict in April.
Smith, who most not too long ago featured in opposition to fellow former title challenger, Dominick Reyes again in December at UFC 310, dropped an eventual second spherical floor strikes knockout loss in opposition to the Hesperia native, nonetheless, retains the quantity fourteen rank within the official top-15 rankings.
Previous to that loss, Corpus Cristi-born veteran, Anthony Smith dropped a unanimous judging loss to Georgian contender, Roman Dolidze in a reworked matchup at UFC 303 again in June throughout Worldwide Combat Week.
Anthony Smith confirms ultimate Octagon outing will are available in April return
And falling quick in calling time on his skilled combined martial arts profession following his most up-to-date loss to Reyes, veteran contender, Smith knowledgeable Ariel Helwani for Uncrowned this night that he’s booked to make his return to motion as quickly as April — and he shall be making his ultimate Octagon outing most undoubtedly.
With no win since that includes at UFC 301 final yr in a visit to Brazil, Smith made gentle work of surging Brazilian star, Vitor Petrino with a dominant opening spherical guillotine choke submission win inside simply two minutes in Rio de Janeiro.
Over the course of his prolonged tenure with the UFC, former middleweight contender and prior gentle heavyweight title challenger, Smith landed victories over the likes of Hector Lombard, Rashad Evans, Shogun Rua, Volkan Oezdemir, Alexander Gustafsson, Jimmy Crute and twice, Ryan Spann.
