Despite appearances, Anthony Smith actually didn’t suffer all that much physically in the aftermath of his loss to Glover Teixeira in May.
Actually, the former light heavyweight title contender recovered rather quickly from the fifth-round TKO, which then allowed him to make a relatively quick turn around to accept a fight against Aleksander Rakic at UFC Vegas 8 this weekend.
“I heal super quick,” Smith told MMA Fighting. “Honestly, I wasn’t even that sore after the fight. I keep telling people it’s not as bad as you thought it was. It really wasn’t.