Anthony Smith claimed that he understands what it feels like to lose the biggest fight of your life having dropped the light heavyweight title shot to Jon Jones at UFC 235:
The loss against Michael Chandler put Dan Hooker on a two fight losing skid inside the Octagon. Prior to the fight against Chandler, Hooker dropped a narrow decision loss to Dustin Poirier in a five-round classic back in July last year.
Dan ‘The Hangman’ Hooker was seen taking off his gloves during the official announcement of the co-main event at UFC 257, inside the octagon, which led the commentators to wonder whether he was planning to hang up his gloves for good. However, Hooker cleared all such doubts in his interview with Submission Radio where he opened up about his feelings in the aftermath of the loss:
Why Anthony Smith can relate to Dan Hooker
Anthony Smith is a 32-year-old Mixed Martial Artist currently competing in the light heavyweight division of the UFC. He has had a professional MMA career spanning over 12 years and according to his recent interview, has been training since the age of 17.
He also went to talk about the mental strength required to stay the course in a mixed martial arts career. Anthony Smith believes that there are no skills to be learnt through MMA that can be implemented in everyday life. Anthony Smith has a UFC record of 34-16-0 and managed to pick up a submission win with a triangle choke against Devin Clark in his last fight.
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