UFC light heavyweight contender Anthony Smith is still reeling from his loss to Jon Jones at UFC 235 in March. As he enters his upcoming fight against fellow top contender Alexander Gustafsson this weekend in Stockholm, “Lionheart” continues to question himself about what he should have done during his first-ever title fight.
“If I went out there and done everything I possibly could, and I was able to pull the trigger and he just beat me, I would be able to deal with it better,” Smith told media members during a recent pre-fight scrum. “But I don’t feel like that.