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USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA rankings, Oct. 30: Anthony Smith keeps on climbing
With three straight wins over high-level competition, including two former champions, Anthony Smith continues to climb.
Smith (31-13 MMA, 7-3 UFC) this past Saturday took out Volkan Oezdemir (15-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) in the UFC Fight Night 138 main event at SMG Moncton in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. It was his third straight high-profile win. Oezdemir was a recent light heavyweight title challenger, and before that Smith stopped former champions Rashad Evans and Mauricio Rua.
So it’s no surprise that in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA rankings, “Lionheart” made a big leap on the 205-pound list.
What’s next for Smith? Time will tell, but he almost certainly will be keeping a close eye on the light heavyweight title fight in December between former champ Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson. He may be next in line for the winner.
Check out the new light heavyweight rankings, as well as all the other lists ahead of this week’s UFC 230 – which could see some shifts at heavyweight and middleweight.
Video: LFA’s Kendra McIntyre ragdoll KOs opponent with absolutely vicious head kick
Max Holloway may have MMA Junkie’s Knockout of the Month, Knockout of the Year, and beyond locked up with his buzzer-beating finish of Justin Gaethje at UFC 300, but that hasn’t stopped other fighters from submitting their entry into the conversation. At LFA 182, Kendra McIntyre did exactly that...
Anthony Smith on Alex Pereira: ‘Given the opportunity, we both would jump on it’
Anthony Smith knows he’s not currently in the title picture, but hopes he gets an opportunity to face Alex Pereira some day. The pair traded barbs in the past, but Smith insists it’s nothing personal. UFC light heavyweight champion Pereira (10-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC) currently awaits his next challenger...
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