The recent chaos in the UFC’s light heavyweight division could benefit a certain upstart contender depending on what happens Saturday at UFC Moncton.
Former middleweight Anthony Smith is slated to face No. 2 ranked light heavyweight contender Volkan Oezdemir this weekend in the main event of the Canada card, and the opportunity couldn’t have come at a better time for “Lionheart.” With champion Daniel Cormier expected to be stripped of his 205-pound belt, and the division’s disgraced former king Jon Jones scheduled to make his controversial return against Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 232 for the vacant title, Smith knows an impressive showing over Oezdemir at UFC Moncton could be enough to fast-track himself to the next shot at the belt.