Instead, Smith opted to continue fighting and was defeated on the scorecards when it was all said and done.Speaking at the post-fight press conference, Jones claimed the knee was “totally unintentional”, and credited Smith for not taking the easy way out with the DQ win ”The illegal knee was totally unintentional,” Jones said. Page 2 of 2 < Prev 1 2. *like FTW on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/usatodayftw
His body came up, I threw the kick, I guess his palm was still down. Jones, a two-time UFC light heavyweight champion, recently vacated his title and will be competing at … Anthony Smith sees Jon Jones having a lot of success at heavyweight, but not necessarily against the upper echelon of the division. Jon Jones will put his light heavyweight title on the line in tonight’s UFC 235 main event when he takes on surging division contender Anthony Smith. UFC light heavyweight... Aleksandar Rakic has mixed emotions on Jon Jones leaving the light heavyweight division. I mean, I think the average person would have used that as a way out and became a world champion. The showdown served as the main event... He ended up taking two points away from Jones but he could have very easily DQ’d Jones and given the light heavyweight belt to Smith.But Dean didn’t call the fight and DQ Jones because Smith wouldn’t allow it. At least a beer.”Jones assured the media his illegal knee was unintentional, claiming that he misread Smith’s body language.”The illegal knee was totally unintentional,” Jones said. “In the moment I felt his body language rising, and I thought I was gonna time a great head shot right after he got off of his palm. He defeated Anthony “Lionheart” Smith via unanimous decision in the main event of the UFC 235 pay-per-view (PPV) event. There was a massive accident in the final 10 laps at Daytona on Saturday.
To learn more or opt-out, read our Jon Jones was on edge after landing an illegal knee against Anthony Smith at UFC 235.There was a point on Saturday when Jon Jones could have lost his UFC light heavyweight title to Anthony Smith, and it wasn’t anything to do with being in danger of a knockout or submission.During the fourth round, Jones landed what looked to be an accidental but illegal knee to his opponent’s head, which put the entire fight in jeopardy.Smith could have opted for a DQ win, but ‘Lionheart’ brushed off the knee and continued into the fourth and fifth rounds, ultimately losing a clear-cut unanimous decision.Speaking of that ‘nerve-wracking’ moment in the fourth round, ‘Bones’ said he had flashbacks of his 2009 fight against Matt Hamill, which he lost via disqualification after landing a series of illegal downward elbows in the first round.”It was nerve wracking. On Twitter, pro fighters reacted to the bout.UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Rakic results and post-fight analysisMookie Alexander recaps and analyzes everything that happened at UFC VEGAS 8: ‘SMITH VS. RAKIC’.UFC signs then cuts ‘Hard Hitting Hillbilly’ within 24 hoursKevin Croom has been cut by the UFC just 24 hours after signing to fight Alex Caceres at UFC Vegas 8. *visit For The Win: https://www.ftw.usatoday.com Joined: Aug 9, 2014 Messages: 14,663 Likes Received: 427 Location: earth. Because it was yet another dominant performance by one of the best to ever step in the Octagon.But it could have gone a lot differently if Smith didn’t make such a classy decision after being hit by an illegal knee to the head in the fourth round while he was still down on that mat.Referee Herb Dean, who had a tough night, stopped the fight to review a replay of what happened. Those paydays are now not guaranteed, either.It was a move that was rightly applauded afterward:La Liga gave us another twist in the Messi-Barcelona stand-off on Sunday and it will only complicate things further. During the fourth round, Jones landed what looked to be an accidental but illegal knee to his opponent’s head, which put the entire fight in jeopardy. Anthony Smith would still love an opportunity to be locked in a cage with Luke Rockhold. Jon Jones came very close to losing his belt to Anthony Smith at UFC 235 after hitting him with an illegal knee in the fourth round.
Anthony Smith should have took the DQ win against Jon Jones. Instead of playing up what could have have been an injury that many watching would have believed, Smith shook it off and said he was good to go, thus giving up the DQ and the belt in a fight that he was clearly losing.“I know as well as anyone that I could have sat there and taken the DQ win but I wanted to win it. UFC 235’s Jon Jones on illegal knee: ‘I had flashbacks of the Matt Hamill fight’Pros react to Neil Magny’s victory over Robbie Lawler at UFC Vegas 8Neil Magny defeated Robbie Lawler via unanimous decision at UFC Vegas 8. Jon Jones had 'flashbacks' to only loss after illegal knee … Anthony Smith vs. Aleksandar Rakic brought an interesting dynamic in their fight.
Francis Ngannou wonders if Stipe Miocic is avoiding him. Anthony Smith (born July 26, 1988) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship's (UFC) Light Heavyweight division. UFC on ESPN+ 33 went down tonight (Sat. The UFC Fight Night 175 weigh-ins are now complete! A professional competitor since 2008, he has also formerly competed for Strikeforce and Bellator.As of August 10, 2020, he is #5 in the UFC light heavyweight rankings. The event on ESPN’s streaming service took place on Saturday... After an extra three days of rest for both teams, the Los Angeles Clippers will meet the Dallas Mavericks in Game 6 of the first-round (…)The final round of the BMW Championship will take place today live from Olympia Fields Country Club in Olympia, Illinois. UFC 235 results: Jon Jones sees off Anthony Smith as Kamaru Usman makes history . New England will (…)https://ftw.usatoday.com/2019/03/ufc-235-jon-jones-anthony-smith-kneeJon Jones could have lost his UFC belt if not for Anthony Smith's classy decisionI found this on FTW and wanted to share: “Bones” pulled off his first successful UFC light heavyweight title defense since 2015 over the weekend (Sat. It was nerve wracking, really,” Jones said at the UFC 235 post-fight press conference in Las Vegas, ”Hats off to Anthony, man. I owe him a beer. The Vikings needed a second pass rusher but they’ll have to pay a steep price to keep Yannick Ngakoue in Minnesota.