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Let's all pray he doesn't win and decide to not retire
Does Anthony Smith get cut after tonight?
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As much as the GFL is an "organization", yeah
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Yeah at this point it really doesn't feel like one. It's more like a half-baked idea.
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It’s still real to me dammit !
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It's not their fault financing fell through! It's not over yet!!
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I mean, it kinda is their fault? Big plans and announcements without a solid foundation.
But I do hope an angel investor swoops in to save it. I'd like to see some of the fights that are possible with their "roster".
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Nah, their original guy flaked out. All his fault. GFL had the potential to become too great for him to handle.
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Relegated to regional slap fighting promoter
and fire him from his analyst job too.
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Yup, he got a send-off segment during a weigh-in show, lots of clips from friends and family...1 week later, he shows up on GFL draft, lol.
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Smith not good in the booth either
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I chuckled when Anik said that Smith's "illustrious" career was coming to and end this Saturday night.
Illustrious? He's 38-21 and has never won a title. Is that what counts for an illustrious career? It's like WWE putting Michelle McCool in the Hall of Fame.
Illustrious? He's 38-21 and has never won a title. Is that what counts for an illustrious career? It's like WWE putting Michelle McCool in the Hall of Fame.
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He's retiring, and he's actually pulling the "putting the going guy over" logic out there, which isn't confidence-inspiring. I know he says here that he doesn't necessarily like it, but he is defending that narrative through and through, so you can bet his job behind a desk is safe
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“You know the opponent never matters. I had the same conversation with Mick Maynard in Anaheim when I got the name. I was a little bit taken back but not because I care about who it is or I give a shit about a style or whatever. I just didn’t know who he was. I had never even heard his name before. I was like who? I looked him up a little bit and I went down to the floor during the event, during one of the breaks between fights, and just said why? Why this guy? He gave me a super thoughtful explanation. I said ‘OK, yeah, whatever.’ If that’s what you want.”
“Because I work for the UFC, I’m going to get the UFC shill talk all the time or the conversation. People are going to say ‘you’re sticking up for your bosses.’ I’m not. I’m a critical thinker. You’ve got to think about the economics of these situations. Jose Aldo is paid handsomely, you have to get your return in some way. He’s going to draw anyways. People are going to tune in to watch Jose Aldo fight and how long is he going to be around? Nobody knows. The next one could always be the last one and he could just dip off and you never see him again. So you have to try to get a return on your investment as quickly as possible. How do you do that? You invest in the young guys.
“What they need to do is to continue to build these guys that are going to be here when those guys are gone. It’s the same thing with my opponent. I’m paid really well. You can pay me to fight Paul Craig, who is probably paid decent and if you’re going to watch Paul Craig, you’re going to watch him. You’re not going to all of a sudden watch him because he’s fighting me. There’s no difference. You’re probably already a fan of him if you’re going to watch. If you’re not, you already know you’re not a fan of him because he’s been around long enough. Of course, if you’re going to pay me anyways and I’m leaving, you might as well throw in a young guy and give him an opportunity to grow himself and invest in him. I get it. You don’t have to like it. At the end of the day, this is a business.”
“There’s some truth to the young eat the old or at least get the opportunity. I can’t be mad about that because I did the same thing. I’m the guy who took out Hector Lombard and Shogun Rua and Rashad Evans. That’s the path. That’s how the circle of life happens in this sport. Love it or hate it, that’s how this goes. I don’t necessarily like it but I sure as f*ck was a beneficiary of it at one point in time.”
Anthony Smith admits he was initially surprised by opponent for retirement fight until UFC explained why it made sense
Anthony Smith admits he didn’t even know who Zhang Mingyang was when the UFC offered that opponent to him for his retirement fight but an explanation from the UFC matchmakers made it all make sense.
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“You know the opponent never matters. I had the same conversation with Mick Maynard in Anaheim when I got the name. I was a little bit taken back but not because I care about who it is or I give a shit about a style or whatever. I just didn’t know who he was. I had never even heard his name before. I was like who? I looked him up a little bit and I went down to the floor during the event, during one of the breaks between fights, and just said why? Why this guy? He gave me a super thoughtful explanation. I said ‘OK, yeah, whatever.’ If that’s what you want.”
“Because I work for the UFC, I’m going to get the UFC shill talk all the time or the conversation. People are going to say ‘you’re sticking up for your bosses.’ I’m not. I’m a critical thinker. You’ve got to think about the economics of these situations. Jose Aldo is paid handsomely, you have to get your return in some way. He’s going to draw anyways. People are going to tune in to watch Jose Aldo fight and how long is he going to be around? Nobody knows. The next one could always be the last one and he could just dip off and you never see him again. So you have to try to get a return on your investment as quickly as possible. How do you do that? You invest in the young guys.
“What they need to do is to continue to build these guys that are going to be here when those guys are gone. It’s the same thing with my opponent. I’m paid really well. You can pay me to fight Paul Craig, who is probably paid decent and if you’re going to watch Paul Craig, you’re going to watch him. You’re not going to all of a sudden watch him because he’s fighting me. There’s no difference. You’re probably already a fan of him if you’re going to watch. If you’re not, you already know you’re not a fan of him because he’s been around long enough. Of course, if you’re going to pay me anyways and I’m leaving, you might as well throw in a young guy and give him an opportunity to grow himself and invest in him. I get it. You don’t have to like it. At the end of the day, this is a business.”
“There’s some truth to the young eat the old or at least get the opportunity. I can’t be mad about that because I did the same thing. I’m the guy who took out Hector Lombard and Shogun Rua and Rashad Evans. That’s the path. That’s how the circle of life happens in this sport. Love it or hate it, that’s how this goes. I don’t necessarily like it but I sure as f*ck was a beneficiary of it at one point in time.”
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Apparently he is gonna ''retire'', but who knows in MMA lol, probably expect to see him in BKFC around july/august time
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It is his retirement fight so no need to cut him.
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FTFY
Dana will use him for some more in house stuff if he can.
