Anthony Smith is probably done in the top

[Edward Henry Greb]

Yeah, I live in Ontario where I'm going to jail 100% after I shoot this guy. Its *possible* but unlikely, in Ontario, that I'll be ruled innocent by virtue of self defense but, even in that case, I'd be in jail until I got off, and getting off is highly unlikely. Yes, it's INSANE.

So, for me, I'm eating charges if this happens. In fact, I was counseled by my teacher (just basic gun safety lessons in order to obtain my license) to warn the intruder that "I'm cleaning my shotgun" (if it's a handgun I'm almost definitely going to jail, better it be a shotgun, whcih I can argue I want to learn to hunt with - yes, it's insane) loudly and audibly so that my family can testify I said that. Because I'm not allowed to defend my life with a gun in Ontario BUT if I was cleaning my gun and got overwhelmed by circumstances, the courts *may* let me off.

Now, if I kill the guy - easily the most sensible option for safety - I am almost 100% assured of serving out a sentence for murder. Sigh.

So the choice is between prison and regret of not defending your family. I'm trying to play the middle line in my planning - I can't be tried for murder, hopefully, but only for assault with a deadly weapon. But, in a state that would back me up legally, I'd def just try to put him down and worry less about whether he lived or died.

That said, if I felt the intruder was armed (I know I won't necessarily know, of course) I would eat the murder charge before giving him access to my family but that is a lose-lose situation as it's the end of my free life. Strict gun laws really make it so that you can't really defend your loved ones inside your home. I think it's insane but, while thinking of preserving our physical lives, my province also feels it's wise for me to have to consider a life sentence for murder.

It's insane.

Move to Arizona. We have the "stand your ground" law. You are not required to "be nice" to intruders.

Only Libtards believe a man actually has to yield his home to an intruder.

As you say, it's literally insane to operate in any Libtard-ruled County/State/Country, where a criminal who enters your home has "more rights" to protect his ass ... than you do to protect yours, in the space you work hard to earn ,,,while he's trying to violate that space and take what you rightfully own. Effing insane.

 

[mudrubble]

Move to Arizona. We have the "stand your ground" law. You are not required to "be nice" to intruders.

Only Libtards believe a man actually has to yield his home to an intruder.

As you say, it's literally insane to operate in any Libtard-ruled County/State/Country, where a criminal who enters your home has "more rights" to protect his ass ... than you do to protect yours, in the space you work hard to earn ,,,while he's trying to violate that space and take what you rightfully own. Effing insane.

Maybe one day, brother. The kids are in school and anchored here so def not moving any time soon but I wouldn't be mad at year round warm weather OR more sensible laws as it relates to self-defense.

 

[Lawrence]

Gotta give Walker props. Sharpened his game quite a bit. Not the most exciting fighters though. It seems like Smith broke again and Walker went easy on him

Walker is for sure fighting smart. Or at least more conservative.

But I also think if someone dragged him into a dogfight that his nature would compel him to put discipline aside and oblige. But of course, Walker has the fucking firepower he's always had.

It's dangerous, but I think that's what it is going to take to beat Walker going forward.

 

[rjmbrd]

Move to Arizona. We have the "stand your ground" law.

Right but then you have to live in Arizona.

It's ranked 45th overall in education and has awful weather.

 

[Edward Henry Greb]

Right but then you have to live in Arizona.

I love Arizona.

The desert will make a man out of you (if you have the potential). If you're overly sensitive, you will perish.

It's ranked 45th overall in education and has awful weather.

Well, to be honest, I got my BA at UCLA, when I was young, then I moved to Arizona.

Arizona actually has better weather than CA.
(We get monsoon rains all the time all throughout the summer, in Southeast Arizona, which gives us a greater biological diversity down here than in any single place in California. Since I'm a reptile freak, I love Arizona. More reptiles here than any state besides southern Texas.)

AZ also has better tax laws, more reasonable property values, with more available jobs, than most states.

Before I moved here, we tried to buy a property for $840,000 in California (only 1400 ft.², no yard), built in 1965.
We offered $40,000 greater than the price, still didn't get in. My brother had to pay $95,000 over the asking price, and got in for 1.2 million in Carlsbad, CA. A mecca for Libtards.

My fiancé and I decided to move to Arizona, and eventually bought a 2100 ft.² home, with vaulted ceilings, Spanish tile, fully furnished with elite appliances (re-fridge, gas stove, dishwasher, washer/dryer, everything) ... overlooking a golf course ... for $351,000.

I am paying less now for mortgage (on a 2100 ft.² home) ... than I was paying for rent in a 950 ft.² apartment in California. It's even worse in San Jose, CA, San Francisco CA, and New York.

Anyway, "sensitive people" tend not to do well in the desert. They moan and complain. There also the type likely to "apologize" to an intruder.

Gotta be tough to make it out in the desert. Most of the people here have guns, and use them if somebody intrudes upon their space.

I guess you would write them a letter, asking them "to explain their childhood," and where they thought they might've "gone wrong" to become a criminal.

 

[The Bloody Nine]

I think most would use a gun. Anthony said he had a gun but "didn't want to shoot him" and his wife brought him a knife but he "didn't want to stab him".

He preferred to wrestle. But if that guy choked him out or hit his head on something he'd be unconscious. And that guy would have access to his defenseless family. Most ppl would NOT be wrestling in that circumstance if they had a gun available. When a man breaks into your home that is NOT the time to figure out who can beat who. That's the time to get him out of your home and, ideally, into police custody immediately. A shot in the leg, and failing that, body, would have been the responsible thing to do.

I get that we don't want to shoot ppl. I don't. But a raging drug addict in my house when I have women depending on me will get the gun out immediately. Not what I want to do but what needs to be done. Especially if Anthony lives in a state where he'd be considered justified (I do not).

He said he had a gun in the house but not on him. It was in a bag in his bedroom and he went out to see what was going on without it. Understandable given the circumstances. He didn't choose to fight the guy.

 

[BigDramaShow26]

He had some good wins but mostly could only beat guys who were washed or just as mentally fragile as he is. His fights are actually pretty easy to predict.

 

[rjmbrd]

I love Arizona.

The desert will make a man out of you (if you have the potential). If you're overly sensitive, you will perish.




Well, to be honest, I got my BA at UCLA, when I was young, then I moved to Arizona.

Arizona actually has better weather than CA.
(We get monsoon rains all the time all throughout the summer, in Southeast Arizona, which gives us a greater biological diversity down here than in any single place in California. Since I'm a reptile freak, I love Arizona. More reptiles here than any state besides southern Texas.)

AZ also has better tax laws, more reasonable property values, with more available jobs, than most states.

Before I moved here, we tried to buy a property for $840,000 in California (only 1400 ft.², no yard), built in 1965.
We offered $40,000 greater than the price, still didn't get in. My brother had to pay $95,000 over the asking price, and got in for 1.2 million in Carlsbad, CA. A mecca for Libtards.

My fiancé and I decided to move to Arizona, and eventually bought a 2100 ft.² home, with vaulted ceilings, Spanish tile, fully furnished with elite appliances (re-fridge, gas stove, dishwasher, washer/dryer, everything) ... overlooking a golf course ... for $351,000.

I am paying less now for mortgage (on a 2100 ft.² home) ... than I was paying for rent in a 950 ft.² apartment in California. It's even worse in San Jose, CA, San Francisco CA, and New York.

Anyway, "sensitive people" tend not to do well in the desert. They moan and complain. There also the type likely to "apologize" to an intruder.

Gotta be tough to make it out in the desert. Most of the people here have guns, and use them if somebody intrudes upon their space.

I guess you would write them a letter, asking them "to explain their childhood," and where they thought they might've "gone wrong" to become a criminal.

I understand you can't afford Southern CA, which is not that unusual.

Saying Arizona has better weather than SoCal is objectively a lie.

Feel free to tell yourself whatever works to get you through living on the surface of the sun.

 

[Edward Henry Greb]

I understand you can't afford Southern CA, which is not that unusual.

I have "afforded" living in California longer than you've been alive.

The expense, the taxes, the volume of people, the time in traffic, etc. made it no longer worth it to me.

A good friend, and multi-millionaire, just moved to NC for similar reasons.

People are leaving in droves from CA ... and AZ, NV, and TX are the preferred states for the vast majority. Did you even know that CA has lost electoral college votes, because of how many people are leaving this miserable state?

Saying Arizona has better weather than SoCal is objectively a lie.

You don't know what the word "objective" means.
What is good weather or bad weather, literally is a subjective opinion.
Can you fathom that one person's idea of "good" is different from another's.

Death Valley is part of "Southern California, genius. It is much hotter than there than anywhere in Arizona.
Do you have the education to realize this?

You might want to look at Madera Canyon, Green Valley, and Santa Cruz counties, because they are one of the top birding spots in the entire nation.

There are more species of butterflies in Santa Cruz County then in the entire state of California.
There are more species of reptiles in anyone county of southern Arizona than anywhere in Southern California.

Get out there and get educated, son.

Feel free to tell yourself whatever works to get you through living on the surface of the sun.

Feel free to be an ignorant know-nothing who probably couldn't afford to buy a house in either location, and who doesn't actually understand the meaning of the word "objective."

Not everybody likes the beach and mild weather, with an over- population of soft-ass Libtards.

 

[mudrubble]

He said he had a gun in the house but not on him. It was in a bag in his bedroom and he went out to see what was going on without it. Understandable given the circumstances. He didn't choose to fight the guy.

That's understandable? He has a gun in the house so when he goes outside to see who's making that ruckus he leaves it?

To me, that is the very definition of choosing to wrestle. We might have different definitions. But the gun is FOR when you have to see who's making a ruckus around the house. You don't go out without it and then run back in to get it, right? Ever, right? You either go out with it, or else choose to wrestle.

And his wife offered him a knife - he refused it. He also didn't send her to go get the gun. So many things went wrong in that situation. Even if she went to get the gun, she couldn't shoot because her husband was wrestling with the guy and might get hit. It was a crash course in "what not to do" and "where they do that at??"

There is, to my mind, absolutely NOTHING understandable about his actions on that day. And you're the first person I've ever heard say they understand them. To me, each move was utter idiocy. And I actually like Anthony - he seems like a decent guy with a humongous heart. Hard guy to dislike. But I wouldn't want my daughter to be with him during a home invasion, I gotta say.

I would counsel her to get her kids in the car and drive them to safety and let Anthony wrestle till his heart's content. Do NOT be still there to see who wins that match - wait for a phone call announcing the winner. Smdh.

 

[rjmbrd]

I have "afforded" living in California longer than you've been alive.

The expense, the taxes, the volume of people, the time in traffic, etc. made it no longer worth it to me.

A good friend, and multi-millionaire, just moved to NC for similar reasons.

People are leaving in droves from CA ... and AZ, NV, and TX are the preferred states for the vast majority. Did you even know that CA has lost electoral college votes, because of how many people are leaving this miserable state?




You don't know what the word "objective" means.
What is good weather or bad weather, literally is a subjective opinion.
Can you fathom that one person's idea of "good" is different from another's.

Death Valley is part of "Southern California, genius. It is much hotter than there than anywhere in Arizona.
Do you have the education to realize this?

You might want to look at Madera Canyon, Green Valley, and Santa Cruz counties, because they are one of the top birding spots in the entire nation.

There are more species of butterflies in Santa Cruz County then in the entire state of California.
There are more species of reptiles in anyone county of southern Arizona than anywhere in Southern California.

Get out there and get educated, son.




Feel free to be an ignorant know-nothing who probably couldn't afford to buy a house in either location, and who doesn't actually understand the meaning of the word "objective."

Not everybody likes the beach and mild weather, with an over- population of soft-ass Libtards.

California has the highest number of millionaires in the country, and its not close. Both in total number and concentration, look it up.

The reason you could buy a 300k house in Arizona is because so few people want to live there. The reason you can't buy a 500 sq ft studio apartment for that amount in SoCal is because so many people want to live there.

Arizona is 45th out of 50 in education. Its pretty awful.

 

[Azure]

His body cant take it anymore...
Too much milage on the body...
Dude is 34 but his body is probably over 40...

Didn't he retire?

 

[AMAZINGUFC]

One thing is certain, your mental sanity is gone.

 

[snugglecakes]

You mean the guy that went to a close hard fought controversial split decision with a drunk stoned cracked out rando street freak home invader 3 weight classes below him? Yeah smith was already done years ago

…and he’s the cure for insomnia at the commentators desk. Just get rid of him in every possible capacity. Get rid of him from analyst desk as well as as a fighter

 

[The Bloody Nine]

That's understandable? He has a gun in the house so when he goes outside to see who's making that ruckus he leaves it?

He was woken up by his wife in the middle of the night, with her saying there's someone in the house. Not for the first time, the rest being false alarms. He's half asleep, gun isn't where it normally is, and he goes out to investigate. Very understandable. He spoke about it in one of the recent podcasts.

To me, that is the very definition of choosing to wrestle. We might have different definitions. But the gun is FOR when you have to see who's making a ruckus around the house. You don't go out without it and then run back in to get it, right? Ever, right? You either go out with it, or else choose to wrestle.

And his wife offered him a knife - he refused it. He also didn't send her to go get the gun. So many things went wrong in that situation. Even if she went to get the gun, she couldn't shoot because her husband was wrestling with the guy and might get hit. It was a crash course in "what not to do" and "where they do that at??"

There is, to my mind, absolutely NOTHING understandable about his actions on that day. And you're the first person I've ever heard say they understand them. To me, each move was utter idiocy. And I actually like Anthony - he seems like a decent guy with a humongous heart. Hard guy to dislike. But I wouldn't want my daughter to be with him during a home invasion, I gotta say.

I would counsel her to get her kids in the car and drive them to safety and let Anthony wrestle till his heart's content. Do NOT be still there to see who wins that match - wait for a phone call announcing the winner. Smdh.

I don't care about any of this. I hope you feel better, though.

 

[mudrubble]

He was woken up by his wife in the middle of the night, with her saying there's someone in the house. Not for the first time, the rest being false alarms. He's half asleep, gun isn't where it normally is, and he goes out to investigate. Very understandable. He spoke about it in one of the recent podcasts.


I don't care about any of this. I hope you feel better, though.

Well, I don't understand waking up and investigating someone IN YOUR HOUSE without a weapon you procured presumably for that purpose "because you've had false alarms before" - that logic is utterly broken. You could drive your car on empty because "you've had success with it before" and when you run out of gas, I'd say you're an idiot as well.

And if you don't care about my thoughts in a discussion you started with me, but have personal feelings about how good I feel, lol, I can only advise you ignore this message and focus on conversations you actually want to have on this forum - I don't need your thoughts any more than you need mine, hombre.

Anthony still sounds unbelievably dumb in this scenario to me and most level-headed ppl.

 

[The Bloody Nine]

Well, I don't understand waking up and investigating someone IN YOUR HOUSE without a weapon you procured presumably for that purpose "because you've had false alarms before" - that logic is utterly broken. You could drive your car on empty because "you've had success with it before" and when you run out of gas, I'd say you're an idiot as well.

And if you don't care about my thoughts in a discussion you started with me, but have personal feelings about how good I feel, lol, I can only advise you ignore this message and focus on conversations you actually want to have on this forum - I don't need your thoughts any more than you need mine, hombre.

Anthony still sounds unbelievably dumb in this scenario to me and most level-headed ppl.

I forgot, I'm on Sherdog where everyone is perfect and no one has ever made a mistake and everyone knows exactly what you should do in every scenario.

Smith himself said he wished he had the gun and was absolutely terrified to the point where he wanted to barricade himself in the bedroom and shout for help.

If only he could live up to your standards. How many times has your home been invaded in the middle of the night, out of interest?

 

[r-harper-1]

Better than Dom tbh and I don't even like Smith sir.

He’s definitely better than Cruz lol

 

[r-harper-1]

he's washed. needs to go to Bellator.

So he can get beat up for less money ….great strategy

 

[StonedLemur]

He’s definitely better than Cruz lol

I like Cruz as a fighter, but everything he says is dripping in autism sir lol.