Anthony Smith says his UFC 301 combat in opposition to Vitor Petrino doesn’t do something for him.
Smith is about to return to the Octagon on the primary card of UFC 301 in opposition to the undefeated Petrino after the Brazilian known as him out following his final win. ‘Lionheart’ is coming off a TKO loss to Khalil Rountree as he’s preventing down within the rankings and trying to return to the win column.
Though Smith goes into enemy territory to face Petrino at UFC 301, he claims beating the Brazilian doesn’t do something for him. As an alternative, he says that is all about Petrino and his alternative to change into a top-10 mild heavyweight.
“Oh, not s**t,” Anthony Smith stated to ESPN about what a win over Petrino does for him at UFC 301. “This combat doesn’t do something for me, that is his alternative. That is me simply coming in and doing my job, this isn’t about me versus Vitor Petrino, this isn’t me doing something different than simply taking it one combat at a time and he’s the problem. He has an incredible talent set and does loads of issues nicely, I’m positive he has an incredible group behind him, however that is simply me simply plugging away, separately, it doesn’t realistically, the combat means nothing to me. It’s getting one again within the win column and it doesn’t matter if it’s him or anyone else.”
If Anthony Smith does beat Vitor Petrino at UFC 301, it might be a giant win for him and permit him to combat somebody up within the rankings as he tries to climb again as much as a title shot. However, ‘Lionheart’ doesn’t assume the combat does a complete lot for him, apart from a possibility to showcase his expertise and get again within the win column.
Smith enters the combat as a sizeable underdog as he’s +425 as ‘Lionheart’ is 1-3 in his final 4.