Anthony Smith calls it like he sees it.
After a resounding first-round stoppage of Mauricio Rua in the UFC Fight Night 134 headliner in Hamburg, Germany, Smith volunteered to step in and replace the injured Volkan Oezdemir against Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 227 on Aug. 4. Shortly thereafter, it became official that Gustafsson was also out of UFC 227 due to a “minor injury” of his own.
“That’s ironic, isn’t it?” Smith quipped at the UFC Hamburg post-fight press conference. “It’s kinda weird how that works out. He needed an opponent yesterday.