#2 Anthony Smith
With three successes and one misfortune in 2018, Anthony “Lionheart” Smith takes the No. 2 spot in our rundown of best warriors of 2018.
Anthony Smith has had a transient ascent in 2018, going up from an unranked and obscure contender to turning into the No. 3 positioned contender at Light Heavyweight.
Furthermore, to finish it off, Lionheart has done it with style, completing the majority of his successes in 2018 with two knockouts and one submission.
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Anthony Smith started 2018 on rough streets as he lost his first battle in the year to Thiago Santos at Middleweight.
Smith was in every case too huge for 185 lbs and following his misfortune to Santos, he chose to climb to 205 lbs which may have been the best choice he has made in his profession.
Lionheart has resembled an alternate mammoth at Light Heavyweight and he demonstrated his strength as he confronted the previous champ, Rashad Evans, his first battle at 205 lbs.
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The two crashed back in June at UFC 225 and Smith made fast work of Evans as he thumped the veteran unconscious with a solitary knee strike only 50 seconds into the first round. Anthony Smith had a brisk pivot and battled another legend and previous hero Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua in July.
Shogun versus Smith was set as the headliner for UFC Fight Night 134: Hamburg. Smith rose to the event of his first headliner and completed Shogun Rua with obliterating elbows in only 90 seconds of the first round.
Following his success over Shogun Rua, Smith was offered one more headliner battle against the Swiss knockout machine and previous title challenger Volkan Oezdemir at UFC Fight Night: Moncton.
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Volkan was relied upon to put a brake to the promotion of Anthony Smith yet he excessively tumbled to the booming force and a profound balanced session of Smith.
Lionheart beat Volkan up lastly submitted him in the third round to take the success and furthermore the No. 3 spot at Light Heavyweight.
Anthony Smith has been making a great deal of commotion and has been conveying some striking exhibitions in 2018.
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With Smith situated comfortable best of the Light Heavyweight division mountain, a title battle against the champ of Jones versus Gustaffson appears to be likely. Pay special mind to Anthony Smith to be one of the head stars for the UFC in 2019 also.
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