#1 It's never over
After beating Jon Jones in back-to-back fights, Anthony Smith's Cinderella story may very well be complete. However, while fairy-tale endings may seem great in books as well as the movies, real life is much more unforgiving.
Smith would have a murderers' row lined up to try and dethrone him. One of the unlikeliest challengers would be the man to last beat Smith, Thiago Santos -- a former Middleweight whose most recent fight also came at Light-Heavyweight, in a TKO win over Eryk Anders.
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Furthermore, destroyers such as Alexander Gustafsson, Dominick Reyes, an irate Jon Jones as well as several others would be licking their chops at the prospect of demolishing Smith. The combat sports world may continue underestimating him, however, Lionheart shall continue to defy the odds.
It's never over. An MMA fighter is in a constant state of war all through his/her career in the fight game. While most pundits may write him off against Jones, I, for one, believe that you mustn't underestimate anyone.
When Lionheart catches Bones on the jaw -- crumpling the latter to the canvas -- as the younger son from Stockton, California would say -- Don't be surprised *************!