We have a new UFC light heavyweight contender…


Anthony Smith recorded his second win at light heavyweight against #2 ranked Volkan Oezdemir and positioned himself to be the next challenger for the UFC light heavyweight strap. Chael Sonnen gives his thoughts on this episode of Beyond the Fight.


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  1. This all begs the question is Chael using his dick to brake while he drives with his leg up?

  2. Slow down…. Volkan was beating that ass and gassed out. Santos should be in front of him, as well a Jimmy, Glover, Jones, Latifi etc . Top 10, but barely.

  3. chael can work the clutch gas and brake with just his right foot

  4. Uh Chael, in the video description it says Anthony Smith recorded his 2nd Light Heavyweight win. It was actually his 3rd. Rashad, Shogun and now Volkan, that's 3. Also he has not won his last 5 or 6 fights, he lost to Thiago Santos this year, in his last Middleweight fight. He's on a 3 fight win streak, which are the aforementioned 205 fights. You are right though that all of his most recent wins are finishes. I totally agree that Smith has now established himself as a legit world title contender. Moving up to 205 is without a doubt the best move of his career. He was ok at 185 but would have hit his ceiling as a Top 10 or 15 gatekeeper. Now at 205 he's probably next in line for a title shot. I think he could beat Gus, I doubt it against Jones, but then again if someone said to you a year ago that Anthony Smith would be the next big star at 205, you'd probably say "Who? The guy who beat Lombard? Nah!", so who the hell knows?

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