He resurfaced in Bellator, fought on some more smaller circuits and a 7-fight win streak got him on the UFC roster. He kept at it, fighting in the Midwest, and his fortunes changed.Ī nice winning-roll led Smith to Strikeforce, but three straight losses left him spiraling.
Fighting as a spindly middleweight, he was 5-6 after 11 fights. He fought on smaller shows and learned on the job-often times the hard way. A wiry light heavyweight at 6’4,” the same height as Jones, Smith started off humbly. Nothing was given to this man in terms of MMA success. It’s sometimes important to measure the inner-resource of a man who faces what looks to be an insurmountable task as Smith does in this fight.
What can 13-loss Anthony Smith do about it? He can do it all, and despite flirting with various levels of blowing it all, he’s here. He’s strong and vicious and has a nose for victory. And he’s done it against a veritable golden age of light heavyweights, with almost any relevant 205-pounder a scalp on Jones’ resume. No fighter has so clearly established separation from his peers with the margin Jones has. From that standpoint, we’re dealing with the best 205-pounder of all-time and quite possibly the best in any division. Jones has been a polarizing figure, but that’s nothing we need to hash out here for the purposes of betting this fight. This will be Jones’ first Las Vegas octagon appearance in three years. It’s like the UFC has something big in store and since idle time in the devil’s workshop, why not keep Jones busy? It also gives Jones a chance to re-establish himself in Vegas, where he was just cleared to fight before press-time. When looking at this fight, one sees it as a stay-busy kind of fight, as opposed to one of the bigger challenges Jones will have in his career. A little rusty perhaps, he found his form in the third round and closed escrow against a highly-qualified opponent. There wasn’t much to call out Jones on following his title-regaining performance against Gustafsson. Despite 13 losses, he has won 14 of his last 16 bouts and is rightfully ranked atop the list of UFC 205-pounders.īETTING OFFER: HUGE $200 BONUS FOR NEW CLIENTS While Jones has basked in the limelight and had his issues, as well, Smith has been plodding along in a career that had a lot of ups and down in a 44-fight ledger. But there’s a pretty good potential Cinderella-story developing with Smith, one year younger than Jones at 30. Everyone is now locked in for Jones to get back to where he left off-dominating the sport and adding to his already-huge legacy. Jones came back to regain his belt with a third-round KO of Alexander Gustafsson in December. Jon “Bones” Jones defends his UFC Light Heavyweight Title against contender Anthony Smith in the UFC 235 main event. Let’s see what we can come up with for the Jones-Smith main event! Jon Jones, 23-1 (10 KOs, 6 Submissions), (-845) vs. Standing in his way is a well-traveled contender in Smith who fought hard to get to this spot and looks to make the most of it. In his last fight, he regained his title and now looks to get back to the business of being the baddest man on the planet. This is Jones’ second fight back from yet another layoff. UFC 235 has the look of a blockbuster event-a stacked card featuring the top dog at the front of the bill, with UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones taking on contender Anthony Smith in the main event.
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