Anthony Smith Faces Off with Brian Campbell, Still Not Sold on Jon Jones | Morning Kombat RSD

Luke Thomas and Brian Campbell sit down with Anthony Smith on the Room Service Diaries Couch. Anthony discusses becoming a UFC Analyst, getting cut from the UFC, The Jon Jones fight and he squashes his beef with BC. You won't want to miss this Room Service Diaries
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(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:01:10) - Anthony Smith & BC Beef
(00:02:40) - UFC Commentary Work
(00:06:45) - Never Giving Up
(00:10:20) - Getting Cut from the UFC
(00:11:00) - Turning the Corner in MMA
(00:14:30) - Bad Weight Cuts
(00:23:00) - Mistakes Made in MMA
(00:28:50) - Staying Relevant in MMA
(00:29:30) - Alexander Gustafsson
(00:32:25) - Jon Jones Fight
(00:33:30) - Glover Teixeira
(00:35:15) - Shogun Fight
(00:37:30) - "Jon Jones is Beatable"
(00:44:25) - Injuries
(00:49:00) - ADCC
(00:53:20) - Fighter Criticism
(00:59:30) - Fighting Injured
(01:03:50) - Return to the Octagon
(01:09:30) - Goals Outside of Fighting
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[@Jgiuly999]

Phenomenal guest. I love how open, honest and candid Anthony is with his insights. These Room Service Diaries episodes are some of the best content in MMA.

[@thefourfourfour9512]

so im guessing he spoke about how he takes a dive here and there for the ufc as the ultimate company guy? IF NOT he aint open or honest at all.

[@Jgiuly999]

@@thefourfourfour9512 what are you on about? 😂

[@thorn3802]

@@Jgiuly999Coping and denial my friend. Smith is a sad man

[@theoutlaw486]

Definitely one of the best Room service diaries. Anthony Smith is the man. Also, weight cutting sounds absolutely brutal.

[@Floridian_Kole]

I'm a simple human. I see Anthony, I click💯

[@matthewwatkins3760]

Same

[@DavidWied]

Same Dude Same

[@DevinMcSalty]

Straight from finishin bym to this

[@mistaschaub3280]

Lionheart 🇬🇧

[@SyringeSem]

facts

[@siddharthelango4316]

Madlads actually did it 😂

[@kylehess5685]

Smith is so genuine, it has always been refreshing. Also I like how when an analyst criticizes a fighter the response is “you can’t talk you never fought” but then smith criticizes some fighters and they still get upset.

[@kylehess5685]

And I like his explanation of the difference between injuries, you can go in with a messed up knee but a shoulder popping out there is no chance you can win that.

[@DavidAllenProductions]

One of the best guests by far. Great episode 👍

[@DavidAllenProductions]

Would love to see Bisping on the couch too

[@CompleteProducer84]

The best of your interviews. For some reason, I can listen to Anthony all day. I guess it's a mixture of being well-spoken, with interesting things to talk about, and a pleasing vocal tone. (God, I'm starting to sound like Luke)

[@jacobsvensson8193]

If you ever feel you're starting to sound like Luke, it's time to make some serious changes

[@Ritalie]

You're exactly right. I keep saying it. Anthony Smith has the best voice in MMA. He needs to be on PPV cards. He has a 1 in a million voice. It's not exactly clear to me how the UFC decide on their current "cast" that runs the shows. i actually think Luke Thomas and Anthony Smith should be permanent show hosts. Anthony could anchor cards with that voice.

[@CompleteProducer84]

@@Ritalie I’m happy to hear you feel the same way. I think he could very well “catch on” and move up the ranks if he can start commentating some of the smaller cards in other counties (as he mentioned in this interview), and eventually do some bigger cards. And yeah I’d love to see him and Luke together!

[@worduser899]

I love how he mostly keeps eye contact with whoever asked him a question that he is answering. I'm not deep into the episode, but I keep waiting for him to fall back to mostly talking to Luke - because they're bros or whatever - even when Brian asked him something, but he adjusts his position and makes sure to look at Brian most of the time during the answer. He's a total natural at doing different types of media.

[@slack128]

Amazing interview. I hope you have him back sometime

[@pierce6288]

Key word interview. Not a room service diary at all

[@MorAodhan]

Got a lot of love for Anthony, a great representation of the MMA community. A badass but also an intelligent, well-spoken and respectful gentlemen.

[@bonacci01]

Such a great show. Gotta love how honest and nice Lionheart is. I can see him cageside every month after DC or Rogan retires.

[@lukecockburn1140]

Gonna be waiting a while for dc to retire He's not much younger either

[@thefourfourfour9512]

was he honest about how many times he has taken a dive for the ufc ? doubt it... sounds like a liar too me.

[@daddyphatsax304]

I really like Anthony's laid back style on the mic and in front of the camera. It's a breath of fresh air in an industry full of really bad hype men. I could very easily see a place for him ring side. Hope he makes it there some day. His style is very well suited for podcasting too.

[@Ritalie]

He has the best broadcast voice in all of MMA. Luke Thomas also has an outstanding broadcast voice. I'd love to see Luke Thomas and Anthony Smith running an entire Pay Per View UFC card. I like Anik, but I think Anthony and Luke Thomas both have rare 1 in a million TV broadcast voices.

[@waalex11]

There's something about Smith's whole demeanor that is so enjoyable to listen to.

[@WhoIsCalli]

Great ep, always love hearing Anthony talk and breakdown topics

[@phoenixxtheory]

The shadow on BC's shirt looks like he spilled an entire plate of pasta on himself. And I wouldn't be suprised if he did.

[@jacobsvensson8193]

Anthony Smith really is an absolute treat to listen to, so honest, analytic and introspective

[@epyjacek]

Anthony is great, love his fighting spirit and his analysis.

[@gordonliu3972]

BC would fuck up Anthony Smith. I'm glad Anthony was humble in BC'S presence. BC would be like that tweaker that broke in to Anthony's house, but instead it would be on the casting couch!

[@nabhill4383]

Pat Barry's post fight speech where he mentioned the ketchup and rice diet was against Antony Hardonk in LA in 2009. (I was there live, all the way from Belgium to celebrate my 30th birthday).

[@austinarnold155]

I remember the reference specially on the countdown before he fought cro cop.

[@chinmaybhogle8310]

Outstanding interview, guys.

[@rtbbqlover1]

That intro👌🏼😌 Keep that style, my guys! Another great episode!

[@Tm32Maloney]

BEST Room Service Diaries so far!

[@CristianGeelen]

Another awesome one gang!

[@crab-dogjones4659]

Great interview. Good work to all involved.

[@princeofthacity88]

great damn interview/ sit down gentlemen !!

[@a.k.infinity1502]

Anthony Smith is one of my favorite people in the sport. I can listen to his insight all day.

[@Grumpy-Pants]

Room Service Diaries continues to slay it. Well done, boys!

[@alpinestars1980]

Turned out to be my favorite RSD. Great episode.

[@schmidthead5708]

Great episode, nice work gentlemen

[@dwarner9158]

Best podcast (with a fighter) that I’ve seen in a while

[@guyabroad]

Best room service diary yet!

[@thenewnostalgia]

This is my favorite format of interview across all sports media.

[@patrickleonard7988]

Best guest and best episode yet. Anthony Smith doing in depth interviews with fighters would be great content.

[@johnatlas3452]

Another good one. Great job

[@yoitsdan]

What tremendous content. This is good stuff.

[@371shittyprismax5]

Great interview. Time went by flying

[@kentuckyblugrass]

Absolute GEM of an interview guys!👊🏻🙏🏻 Dillashaw to his team/camp before the Sterling fight..... "So you're saying there's a chance"

[@ayo30s]

Great Interview, 👊🏾🦁🦁🇳🇬🇺🇸

[@fulltimekilla]

Nice of the staff to make sure to add a book to the stack Luke sits on each episode.

[@Greenhouse444]

Very much enjoyed this. Some of the questions they asked, any other fighter would walk off set, but he just told it like he sees it.

[@jamaalsimms687]

Back to back great interviews Anthony Smith, Laura Sanko #facts

[@MrPabliton]

Possibly best Room Service Diaries episode yet. Anthony is great guest.

[@Hyper_Light_Grifter]

great interview

[@MJ-ec6sh]

Great job guys

[@billyparham630]

Laura episode was great and with Anthony you just can't go wrong. I would listen to the man reading a phone book. MK is killing it as ever.

[@DC_92]

“I saw it coming for like an hour” Tickled me 😆

[@joeschmoe6908]

Great interview. Also when BC said Kadyrov I actually laughed out loud.

[@Bilstar1979]

Great interview! I thought the "what is fair criticism?" question was revealing. Top stuff.

[@bryanpadilla8826]

This was great 👍🏼👍🏼

[@124ds124]

This was great

[@OvercomeEverythingJosh]

This was a great episode. Lionheart is a beast. He would make a great head coach.

[@Genesis817]

I can listen to Anthony speak for hours. Thx for this fellas.

[@jonreyes6872]

This was excellent

[@brianleeBMXDad]

Great podcast. Anthony looked completely comfortable. Your the man, keep playing the puzzle

[@EdwardScape]

So so good! What a cool dude.

[@user-xl1vm3fx7u]

Well done

[@adamwoodson4676]

Anthony smith equals a great raw and real interview and talk and is always something I'm going to watch love listening to him and is so well spoken 👏 he could legit steal the show and run that shit on any occasion.

[@Skooby59]

God i’d love to see him and the guys talk again

[@roryking1]

great interview. i love anthony on bym but it was good to just hear some of his stories in this podcast without bisping cutting him off. love bisping too btw

[@Mitch189022]

I laughed immediately when I saw the thumbnail

[@michaelbenefield5644]

Anthony’s been my favorite fighter for a long time and I’m proud to be a fan of him and part of the BYM family

[@critiquemytechnique2.0]

Thanks Anthony for being a good sport with BC

[@boleshuggah]

Love Anthony, great pod!

[@arenroc8824]

I LOVE that Anthony Smith represents us at 402!!

[@mmakilla2615]

That shogun KO was dirty 🥶

[@timmckay5117]

MY FAVORITE FIGHTER! Awesome.

[@DucNguyen-qk2sd]

Saying Jon Jones sucks is crazy 🤣

[@Ididntdoit77]

Anthony smith has the right to speak on JonJones, he fought him for 5 rounds so for me Anthony Smith has the right to voice his opinions versing the hundreds of thousands of keyboard warriors having a bitch 😂😂😂

[@DucNguyen-qk2sd]

@@Ididntdoit77 I would literally knock u out in 1 .

[@sebastianolaiz3899]

Great episode! Anthony is the awesome

[@paulfern78]

Absolutely top bloke.

[@ncpmadhead]

Same here anything Anthony Smith I click!! Every fan should be behind this guy. From UK

[@jackbarras]

These are my fuckin BOYS

[@hongjames]

Authentic dude. Respect.

[@Ritalie]

WOA. Make sure you make it to the 25:00 min mark where he talks about Sphaghetti and also 30:00 min where he explains his fight mindset with Alexander Gustaffson. WOW.

[@jb1670]

Love it.

[@Nameless2k6]

Def one of my favourite fighters in LHW division. !!

[@aravindurstruly]

You guys should have asked about Anthony's experience with that robbery incident at his home. That is some sick stuff

[@myfavoritesith]

Great interview. Lionheart is the man.

[@RealMattKiefer]

One of the biggest G moves in UFC history when Anthony refused to accept the DQ and take The title from Jon.

[@trollmctrollmcface7411]

Great insight, that's never been said before. Oh wait, it has countless times

[@Apoplectic_Spock]

Luke and Anthony are brothers from other mothers. What a fantastic episode!

[@cloudmaster3235]

Anthony Smith made very good points 37:45 about Jon Jones. Jones is the most coachable fighter which is why he's gotten to where he is.

[@jaxon7628]

Ehhh I don’t agree with a lot he said. We’ve seen Jones coach, and also adapt mid fight. So to say the iq or whatever else is a lil out there. Then he said “Jones isn’t as strong”…Jones literally rag dolled and manhandled him, picked him up and slammed him. He also said “Jones isn’t that good”, “if we were boxing I’d beat him”…yeah ok Anthony lol. Jones out struck him 238 to 45…am I missing something here? You really gotta take what he said with a grain of salt. Another thing you gotta think about, if his IQ was really Wink…why is Jones the only undefeated or consistent champ out of that gym? One thing he did leave out is Jones best asset is his defense.

[@saadx7724]

@@jaxon7628 You're a fanboy we get it, but i'll take the opinion of a high level fighter who has been there with Jones and extensively studied him who also happens to have a great mind for the sport is a great analyst and comes across as a very genuine person, over what some random biased fan says on the internet. While Jones is a great of the sport the truth is Jones' legacy is very overrated, he dominated a thin division full mostly of aging legends and guys who at some point competed at MW (a division 20 POUNDS below LHW) over whom he had huge physical advantages. He also definitely lost the Reyes fight according to all the great minds in the sport, and arguably lost to Gus and Santos. That's without even mentioning his blatant PED use. So Anthony saying that makes perfect sense to me, and despite all that i still think Jones is a really great fighter and deserves credit, but not nearly as much as he gets. Just my opinion.

[@jaxon7628]

@@saadx7724 has nothing to do with fan boy or not watch the damn fight. I like Anthony but dudes being biased lol…you’re doing the same shit as soon as you brought up PEDs

[@alcottdevalte7440]

I like it how Brian is always the new sheriff in town during these diaries, which is similar to Titanic going down today and then somehow up again tomorrow...

[@anthonyrobichaud8681]

Amazing episode! A window into the reality of wait-cutting!

[@kevinlatz3155]

Great episode, love me some Anthony Smith

[@Onlybadtakes2589]

Great stuff! BC needs to slow it down on the topic transitions, cut off Smith a few times when he was sharing stories about past fights. Couple examples was during the Glover talk and hand injuries

[@gordonliu3972]

Don Frye on Room Service Diaries would be epic! Whiskey and cigars with 'The Predator'!

[@bennieboatwright3560]

Big fan!

[@davidverdugo6266]

Anthony is a good dude, hard working blue collar and also very smart and honest. Win or lose I'm always rooting for him.

[@InspectorButters4]

Who else is here just for Lionheart!! BYM family travels well to support our dude!! Good luck to Jamahal as well

[@hunterdelaghetto]

The crit question is great.

[@seancchan]

get me through the workdays boyz!

[@MichaelSmith-er2iq]

Moncton is in New Brunswick. East coast Canada

[@BB-fn2eb]

Anthony is such a humble dude.

[@toddjohnson5176]

Great interview. Anthony Smith is such a likable person. His commentating is so on point as well. Such a well spoken articulate guy.👍🏾👍🏾🌝

[@angeloberardi5834]

Oh shit!

[@telwingeorge]

Love how real Anthony is

[@RemyMac]

Lionheart is made for interviews like this. Man of the people but really professionally sound.

[@antonlebdev7480]

Never clicked so fast

[@user-kq8dg9op7f]

Is this a re upload? J could swear I’ve seen this before

[@jb1670]

Moncton, New Brunswick. It's like the Maine of Canada but not as populous.

[@FlashbackArrest]

Anthony Smith is such a gent. Awesome dude.