Anthony Smith Talks Losing Jamahal Hill Fight, Paddy Pimblett, and Conor McGregor - MMA Fighting

Anthony Smith discusses when he found out he lost the Jamahal Hill fight, his reaction, what he thinks of the UFC 283 LHW title fight, who won the UFC 282 main event, being possibly the backup for UFC 283 title fight, training with Jamahal Hill, how he scored the UFC 282 co-main event, the state of MMA judging, his Conor McGregor comments, and more.
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[@theguvnor3880]

Anthony Smith is one of those guys that you just wish good things happen to.

[@saulhernnadez9203]

He should thanks his father Glover for taking the fight. Hill would have made him quit

[@SF_Native]

100% agreed. I wish he would even win the belt and end his career with it. Would be a great story and he's such a good dude.

[@JamesKP17847]

@@DMTEntity88 that’s not meat riding defending some random person would be meat riding this is just showing appreciation

[@DMTEntity88]

@@JamesKP17847 ah bet

[@sobo089]

100 % agree

[@Romeoz06]

We all wish we had a friend like Anthony.

[@junipersnow1]

Yah, unlike Ariel... Ha ha, just kidding, Ariel would make a decent neighbor or cousin.

[@kd3283]

@@junipersnow1 distant cousin

[@termsofusepolice]

I will never forget how Dana tried to throw Smith under the bus by announcing during the post-fight presser that Smith's ankle was NOT broken against Magomed - before Smith had even had the x-ray.

[@kanthony9154]

Dana is a rat, basically everything he called Ariel is actually true of himself

[@prtopshotta6195]

Man

[@typikalfoul699]

Dana came out and corrected that statement though. He does fw Smith.

[@vaughnordakowski8774]

@@typikalfoul699 it was still shitty to go throwing that out asap after the fight without knowing. He'd never pull that on a cash cow

[@TrollNova]

@@vaughnordakowski8774ome on y’all. Dana is a degenerate businessman and cash money will always come first no matter what. Once you understand that, his actions and behavior become obviously understandable.

[@titoortiz9420]

Ariel was fascinated that a world class athlete can paint a small room 😂

[@handsolo1546]

Anthony has gotten a lot better at communicating his emotions. It's actually quite inspiring to see how he has evolved and grown being a commentator and podcasting, given he is still an active fighter

[@burlhorse61]

he does a lot of media-which helps

[@iketurner8212]

He has always been good at that. That's why he chose to do media.

[@skartimusprime4779]

Always found him to be immensely articulate tbh

[@phillipj5280]

Too bad his fighting has TANKED 🤣 he’s won one fight in four years, and he’s only fought four times in those four years

[@skartimusprime4779]

@@phillipj5280 Anthony? He was on a 3 fight win streak before Ankalaev

[@doctorb4]

BYM is here to support Anthony to keep his head up. It's a blessing in disguise.

[@jasonstrevels3098]

Prayers for Anthony to get a break 🙏🏼 He's a genuine fella

[@joebenson528]

2:28 Prayers for his ear...

[@hmd6202]

Hands down Anthony Smith is one of the most genuine, thoughtful, articulate, and down to earth dudes in MMA. A true bro's bro. Much love and respect for AS.

[@octaveschully6234]

agreeeeeeeed

[@chipplylar1622]

Hell Yeah

[@78sound]

seems like he kisses zero asses

[@evanjenkinz]

Hoping to see Anthony get the title before the end of his career. Glad to see all the support he’s getting in the comments, he deserves it.

[@IrishSam123]

Anthony Smith. A class act. A real genuine human. Just a complete class act. I hope more then anything in the UFC is that he becomes the Champion before he retires 🙏🏼 He got done really dirty the other night the way that was done. I hope he looks back with belt in his hand and gives a massive 🖕🏽 you. He has been on such bad luck but please don’t give up Anthony You are going to become the LHW Champion of the world 🌎 🫵🏽

[@aliedil5415]

A class act saying Blakowitch won the fight, and then look at what he says at: 21:00 haha

[@kryhmeworld1843]

@@aliedil5415 Yea he dislikes Magomed same with Ariel

[@IrishSam123]

He is an absolute gentleman and “A class act” You read my comment 👌🏽 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@AntonioGee]

He is a class act except when he's lying and being bitter. Also he'll never be the lhw champion.

[@trinidaddy]

@@aliedil5415 we all know you only care how he feels about magomed because of your religion.

[@Realeyesrealizereallies.2000]

What a legend, to lose his mother and still fighting on FairPlay mate you’ve got another supporter wish nothing but the best for you and hope you get to the place you wanna be in life.

[@mikerichardson6255]

Love this guy! A real one! I want him in the sport forever…

[@scottieeasley4907]

Anthony SMITH has the VOICE, THE CREDENTIALS, KNOWLEDGE, ULTIMATELY THE RESPECT & HES REVERED IN THE MMA COMMUNITY. THEY DID GOOD HIRING ANTHONY SMITH AMONG, DOMINICK CRUZ, ANIK, ROGAN.

[@Sam29611]

bro calm down

[@blackout1518]

Anthony smith is the lamest fighter in the history of the ufc. Name someone less cool. You probably can’t

[@jaketwigg1065]

@@blackout1518Paddy Pimblett

[@Leroyscaand]

@@blackout1518 boom roasted

[@basscat2107]

@@blackout1518 TILL

[@teedymma1301]

BYM improved leaps and bounds with the addition of Anthony

[@NOT-A-Monolith]

It's actually quite incredible. I'd say quite commendable wouldn't you say hahaha! One might say uncle Barry Hound

[@user-ke5hr]

him and mike compliment eachother so well

[@ronburgandy3339]

I will say Yo MMA wraps Luis J Gomez’s new show is also a favorite of mine. It’s so ridiculous.

[@nwbklr]

@@ronburgandy3339 That’s a sick play on the name…Yo MTV Raps… boom. 👌🏼

[@andrewcollins2366]

Agreed, my favourite mma podcast and the comedy is great as well

[@Blake900]

“Corporate Jake came in my ear not even three seconds before it came out of her mouth.”-Anthony “Lionheart” Smith.

[@Gigga101]

I had to stop and make sure I wasn't hearing wrong lmao

[@happym5717]

What an absolutely class act Anthony Smith is. He definitely presents himself in a way anyone would be proud of. Excited to see hopefully great things still come out of this for you, both financially and career wise

[@taylor5574]

I'll always root for Lionheart

[@sobo089]

Really happy for Anthony that the show with Bisping is doing well. Sad though that he lost his fight. Such a nice dude!

[@SapperRJMorgan]

Anthony Smith is one of the gems of MMA. He is the warrior buddy we all want and love.

[@nickcook4248]

Smith's fight IQ is so high. I hope he does well, he's earned it.

[@lurchHa3]

How to improve UFC judging... Each round you pick a clear winner, or no one gets the point on 3 criteria These criteria shape what we want to see in a fight: agression, strikes, and ground control 1.) Who goes forward and presses the action 2.) Strikes/damage volume/technique 3.) Ground control time/technique (not cage control) Sure you can win by being a counterpuncher... but you better finish cuz you won't win on points. Sure you can submit from the bottom, but you better win because you aren't going to win on points. Sure you can rest by controlling someone on the cage, but we hate seeing it, so you aren't going to win on points.

[@jay-mk4yt]

class act 100% G Salute to you Mr. Anthony Smith

[@SOLE_II_SOUL]

Some fans say Anthony doesn’t deserve to complain, but this is about basic respect. He should’ve known long before, especially while doing a commentating job 💯

[@fleetwoodmacsexpants]

💯one of my favorite fighters in the UFC

[@jazzi522]

WISH ANTHONY well in his career such a honest guy and down to earth

[@HesBack420]

Massive respect to Anthony Smith !

[@tech1238]

Great interview.

[@drunkenmmamaster419]

I'm glad to see the mma community loves smith and has his back idk how anyone can hate him

[@derekc6994]

Great interview. Big A Smith fan after this.

[@TheDoughGetta]

Anthony Smith has some of the best MMA takes. Respect

[@polarbeargaming1234]

Paddy lost twice in a week first to Ariel then to Gordon!! Everyone knows he lost both

[@fernandomelo7819]

Keep your head up Champ 🥊🥊🥊 your time will come believe in yourself 💯💚

[@dustinstorey6779]

Anthony Smith is such a deep, thoughtful, honest person. Just a pleasant person.

[@StevekatRokhampson]

If Jamal Hill wins he should call out Anthony Smith they were scheduled to fight anyway.

[@alcottdevalte7440]

What about Ankalaev then?

[@StevekatRokhampson]

@@alcottdevalte7440 That fight wasn't a robbery it really close could have even went to Blachowicz. Joe Rogan was pressuring Blachowicz to say he lost even though it was a close fight.

[@alcottdevalte7440]

@@StevekatRokhampson Only round 1 was close but I had Ankalaev winning since he had an aggressive approach with more strikes and activity. Jan only threw a good jab in round 1 with more kicks until round 3, and that was basically it while Ankalaev mixed it up better with an aggressive approach.

[@StevekatRokhampson]

@@alcottdevalte7440 Ankalaev landed more strikes but Jan did more damage. In the first round he bruised Ankalaevs eye and took out his legs in the 2nd and 3rd.Jan won the first 3 rounds.

[@alcottdevalte7440]

@@StevekatRokhampson It was a close round. Think a draw was stupid, especially when the judges can't even agree upon the rounds. Highest criteria for judging is trying to finish a fight with damage, submissions and then effective striking with an aggressive approach followed at the end with activity during ground control... Jan's leg kicks were effective but didn't see it enough to win round 1 when Ankalaev also landed good shots.

[@closinginonclosure]

16:54 "I COULD care less" So he's saying he does care? 🤔 Because if you don't care about something, you'd say "I COULDN'T care less".

[@MrOpportunity45]

Thank you...I'm so tired of hearing ignorant people.

[@ragethevictorious3060]

Smith, stay focused like you always have, you'll get another shot. You have a voice in this game and to be honest a lot of fighters would switch places with you in an instant. Stay vigilant my brotha

[@crazyangus862]

Great content, guys. Anthony is one of my favorite fighters, both character-wise and fighting style. Glad he's doing well. Awesome stuff.

[@tespess]

So happy he has a gig with the ufc 🙌

[@darrenXparker]

When Ariel asked him if he painted it himself or hired someone, I thought Anthony was going to laugh in his face.

[@dennislucero5143]

Great video

[@wrldw4r]

Smith vs. Craig at UFC 286.

[@HardTruthsReviews]

Such a solid guy. I wish him nothing but the best. Keep ya head up Anthony.👍🏻💯

[@TupacWallace]

@2:34 Jake came in my ear... Corporate Jake came in my ear maybe 3 seconds before it came out of her mouth" LOL

[@MoIotov]

Gotta love Anthony man. Class act

[@Sssensei11]

feel sorry for him but someone was going to feel some type of way and be left out and it literally makes the most sense that it was him. Glover was number 1 in line and was dealt a sh!tty hand having to fight a completely different style opponent he wasn’t training for or be left of a earned title shot. what were they gonna do Glover Vs Anthony again? we saw how that went plus Anthonys last fight was a loss. Glovers was a loss too but he gave who really is the rightful champ a run for his money and was a couple seconds away from earning the victory. and Hills been on the right track and has multiple wins behind him. sucks for Smith but Glover Vs Hill was the right choice.

[@bigpapavee]

The reason, I believe, everyone favored Ankeliev is that, as in a real fight outside in society, the fight is won by who's winning at the end. But in 'sport' fighting, particularly UFC/MMA and boxing, you have the 10 point must system. If there were a bonus of some kind for whoever's winning at the end of the fight, it would be more comprehensible to fans and fighters, and more common to see that fighter awarded the victory.

[@Richard-G]

Respect to Anthony for painting the Room and light switch covers and putting the doorknob back on whenever you do that.

[@shroomgod1990]

Amazing guy. Truly a hero. Someone get this man a purple heart 😆

[@dgillian183]

Lmao 🤣

[@brownjatt21]

A man's man

[@jacobharris1525]

Anothony Smith is one of my favorite fighters just because of this reason. He's a great person inside and outside the cage. Wishing him the best of luck.

[@mcmays22]

Well spoken, class act.

[@Jaahlen]

Anthony and hill training is so fye bro😂

[@XxXFlyingArmBarXxX]

Keep your head up Ant-tone-e

[@ericdombrovski7041]

Very interesting, yeahh I agree I'd like that myself very curious how that would go "Craig's" always sucha great Wild Card!

[@adzm1987]

Still pissed off for Smith getting done like that, I wish him the best year next year,had a real bad one this year! Team BYM 🙌

[@jameshickey1294]

No words to describe how Anthony is feeling-- 🙏 .

[@jameshickey1294]

Wat Anthony said at 20.20 onwards is pure ufc gold ---#facts----bless u AS -sorry to hear of ur loss.

[@rickneibauer1]

Put a few acoustic sound absorbing panels and your mic will be that much better.

[@briantneary2248]

I would LOVE to see him get the belt. He would make a great champion.

[@nd15music73]

The thing about judges being ex fighters is that they can have a bias about who is fighting better. France v England just happened, England played better football, but its the goals that matter. I think this is part of Paddy and Jared, which I have too, but I've been saying it's close fight and people should calm down. I scored R1 for Jared, though I wrote 'Unsure Lean Jared', but the thing is that Jared fought better, Paddy has big holes in his game - to tell truth they're both mediocre fighters, so there's a bias of I'm not purely looking at Damage, Effective Striking, instead I have a bias when I watch striking based on how well someone is striking and defending, not what their striking is actually achieving. It's important in a sport that doesn't have goals that you don't have a bias about who is better. Sport must be about who achieves results. That's vital, ancient issue of things where there isn't clear scoring cannot become focused on judging how well something suits the textbook. That's how things like fake martial arts or niche things like Ballet come about is that it's just judging itself according to how it's supposed to be. MMA prides itself on being what's actually effective in a cage no matter what - just simply what wins? And if you have judging that becomes about what is the better fighting, better striking, better defense etc instead of being focused on the actual scoring and judged by people who couldn't care less about how it looks or how out of textbook some defense is, then it stops being about what is actually better fighting in practise regardless of how something looks.

[@patrickstewart3452]

Really hard not to like Anthony Smith. Class act.

[@mosesmoses9017]

There is a therapeutic aspect to this show people come on and feel comfortable with being honest and free with their emotions.

[@iamjonwright]

As an Englishman, I sometimes struggle with Americanism's but Strickland was bang on. Very English humour which was reflected in the banter between the 2 English reporters.

[@FlaminggMoe]

God damn I felt that when he said it feels like he's been up against it for a long time. Feeling like that a lot lately. Can't remember the last thing to happen to me tyat wasn't shitty. You start to think you must deserve it

[@joemirz]

Smith Vs Jan next makes sense. Fresh match up and the only person above him he hasn’t fought.

[@TheZazzledZebra]

Don’t do this to smith jan will chop his legs off

[@JWZstratieboi]

He don’t want that fight. Bad matchup

[@pippensculps]

Man I love Lionheart. He's a helluva guy.

[@danielcharlton5159]

Love Anthony Smith. Seems like a really good guy. I wish him the best.

[@timsah735]

Anthony "Lionheart" Smith is a very unique guy. I hope he does well not only as a fighter but also as a commentator. 🦁

[@skylerdickinson5950]

Rooting for lionheart. Hope he gets gold eventually

[@juanfelima]

This guy deserves all the best in the world

[@rustyolgun]

Such a class act

[@jeffreydickerson7159]

Everything happens for a reason Lionheart you gona get that shot at gold 💯

[@jamesgray89]

Gotta like Anthony.

[@Nousername0]

Respect to Lionheart

[@TopQ42863]

The funny thing is in an interview he said "I think someone is going to be the odd man out" not even thinking it would be him..... Crazy business they are in!

[@octaveschully6234]

dude he explains it so well

[@_Jashawuh]

Tony Smith always keeps it real.

[@MRios1128]

A real one.

[@AllBlackAirpods]

Man really has a LION HEART

[@LolitaDavidovich934]

Is that a pic of Virna Jandiroba on Ariel's wall?

[@andrewcollins2366]

Sucks for lionheart but I think this will work well in the long run and see him getting the belt within the next year, see you on BYM next week

[@agentcodybanx8909]

The lightheavy weight belt?

[@81ghale]

Dude never gives a dull, short answer.

[@generaljoe12]

Hope he gets a good opportunity next

[@vladdorian..]

Besides the fact that he “can beat anyone” and has never lost a fight fairly, hes a good kid.. smith. Once he accepts some losses and understands his role, he will grow onto people even more.

[@da3v1ls93]

These are my 2 favourite people

[@FightNightPicks]

A Fight Night main event must be next for Anthony Smith right?

[@user-sk9sp7pe4y]

co-main. Doesn't perform well under that type of pressure.

[@poofbah431]

Let’s go Lionheart!

[@leanidis300]

I'm not sure Anthony would get passed Jamal but, he has every right to be angry. Although, If he is fact angry he should call out the one who's really responsible (Duffous Dana)!!

[@MedroffYT]

2:28 out of context is ridiculous

[@carlosmiranda3705]

Lionheart is the man.

[@user-xl1vm3fx7u]

Anthony could have gotten a DQ win against Jon Jones and his response was “ nah let’s fight “

[@jpm420]

Didn't he just break his shyt damnnn he really is a lion heart

[@petermisberg732]

Mother died, injury in the fight and now his good matchup to climb at the top again is gone. Sometimes life really sucks but you never now which opportunities will come if you keep going :D

[@martymcfly8982]

everyone loves anthony smith

[@KrisVic91]

What is Anthony Smiths youtube channel?

[@gamingaccount9890]

Smith said he would beat Andrew Tate in a fight using nothing but BJJ and Andrew gets to use a knife.

[@drunkenmmamaster419]

I believe it , Tate is just a kickboxer and Smith is a bjj black belt and twice the size of Tate

[@The_RealDon]

Dana give this man a title shot!

[@TopQ42863]

I absolutely Love Lionheart I really wish they would give him a shot at color commentary with either Dom Cruz or Paul Felder so we can get a break from Bisping and Cormier....

[@stigmashooter5566]

I honestly feel like Anthony Smith getting snubbed is the best thing to happen for him, if Hill wins I think he’s gonna give him the respect he deserves and give him a title shot next up.

[@MetabenderLOL]

"Jake... came in my ear"

[@jimmyjackass1805]

JBJ is 100% an Elite Wrestler. You can deny that all you want.

[@popeyedoyle2103]

how can anyone not like this guy. I wish he was my bestest Everest

[@FISTSLIKEBULLETS2]

Tough spot to be in a career of any kind stuff happens while we go down the path of life , he will do well smart guy he has other things on the go , he makes a great commentator fair guy and a family man but yet has that top level drive to compete currently and that's ok , day by day and see how it rolls , all the best man to Anthony and his family

[@SparkyTakedown]

Lionheart got shafted. He's higher ranked than Hill and he does good work for UFC/ESPN. They couldn't hook him up?