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Anthony Smith to Luke Rockhold and Corey Anderson: ‘Now you’ve got to earn’ a fight against me

Nearly three months since his loss to Jon Jones at UFC 235 in March, Anthony Smith got himself back in the win column with a fourth-round submission win over Alexander Gustafsson. The victory makes Smith the fourth man to defeat “The Mauler”, who announced his retirement after the fight.

For “Lionheart,” such a feat puts him amongst the biggest names in the 205-pound division who had accomplished the same achievement.

“Who else has done it? If you take Phil Davis out of it because that was a long time ago, who else has done it? Jon [Jones], ‘Rumble’ [Anthony Johnson] and D.