Anthony Smith has had a few bad weight cuts in his career, but the worst ones happened when he was fighting at middleweight.
Smith was reminded of them after he weighed in at 206 pounds for his fight against Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 277 this past July. He has fought at light heavyweight for over three years now, but this cut was a ‘tough one’ after he miscalculated how much he needed to shed before stepping on the scales. Smith still had a ways to go between Thursday night and Friday morning, which he was used to doing when he fought at middleweight.