Phenomenal guest. I love how open, honest and candid Anthony is with his insights. These Room Service Diaries episodes are some of the best content in MMA.
Smith is so genuine, it has always been refreshing. Also I like how when an analyst criticizes a fighter the response is “you can’t talk you never fought” but then smith criticizes some fighters and they still get upset.
And I like his explanation of the difference between injuries, you can go in with a messed up knee but a shoulder popping out there is no chance you can win that.
I love how he mostly keeps eye contact with whoever asked him a question that he is answering. I'm not deep into the episode, but I keep waiting for him to fall back to mostly talking to Luke - because they're bros or whatever - even when Brian asked him something, but he adjusts his position and makes sure to look at Brian most of the time during the answer. He's a total natural at doing different types of media.
The best of your interviews. For some reason, I can listen to Anthony all day. I guess it's a mixture of being well-spoken, with interesting things to talk about, and a pleasing vocal tone. (God, I'm starting to sound like Luke)
You're exactly right. I keep saying it. Anthony Smith has the best voice in MMA. He needs to be on PPV cards. He has a 1 in a million voice. It's not exactly clear to me how the UFC decide on their current "cast" that runs the shows. i actually think Luke Thomas and Anthony Smith should be permanent show hosts. Anthony could anchor cards with that voice.
@@Ritalie I’m happy to hear you feel the same way. I think he could very well “catch on” and move up the ranks if he can start commentating some of the smaller cards in other counties (as he mentioned in this interview), and eventually do some bigger cards. And yeah I’d love to see him and Luke together!
Pat Barry's post fight speech where he mentioned the ketchup and rice diet was against Antony Hardonk in LA in 2009. (I was there live, all the way from Belgium to celebrate my 30th birthday).
I really like Anthony's laid back style on the mic and in front of the camera. It's a breath of fresh air in an industry full of really bad hype men. I could very easily see a place for him ring side. Hope he makes it there some day. His style is very well suited for podcasting too.
He has the best broadcast voice in all of MMA. Luke Thomas also has an outstanding broadcast voice. I'd love to see Luke Thomas and Anthony Smith running an entire Pay Per View UFC card. I like Anik, but I think Anthony and Luke Thomas both have rare 1 in a million TV broadcast voices.
BC would fuck up Anthony Smith. I'm glad Anthony was humble in BC'S presence. BC would be like that tweaker that broke in to Anthony's house, but instead it would be on the casting couch!
Anthony smith has the right to speak on JonJones, he fought him for 5 rounds so for me Anthony Smith has the right to voice his opinions versing the hundreds of thousands of keyboard warriors having a bitch 😂😂😂
Ehhh I don’t agree with a lot he said. We’ve seen Jones coach, and also adapt mid fight. So to say the iq or whatever else is a lil out there. Then he said “Jones isn’t as strong”…Jones literally rag dolled and manhandled him, picked him up and slammed him. He also said “Jones isn’t that good”, “if we were boxing I’d beat him”…yeah ok Anthony lol. Jones out struck him 238 to 45…am I missing something here? You really gotta take what he said with a grain of salt. Another thing you gotta think about, if his IQ was really Wink…why is Jones the only undefeated or consistent champ out of that gym? One thing he did leave out is Jones best asset is his defense.
@@Jaxon8905 You're a fanboy we get it, but i'll take the opinion of a high level fighter who has been there with Jones and extensively studied him who also happens to have a great mind for the sport is a great analyst and comes across as a very genuine person, over what some random biased fan says on the internet. While Jones is a great of the sport the truth is Jones' legacy is very overrated, he dominated a thin division full mostly of aging legends and guys who at some point competed at MW (a division 20 POUNDS below LHW) over whom he had huge physical advantages. He also definitely lost the Reyes fight according to all the great minds in the sport, and arguably lost to Gus and Santos. That's without even mentioning his blatant PED use. So Anthony saying that makes perfect sense to me, and despite all that i still think Jones is a really great fighter and deserves credit, but not nearly as much as he gets. Just my opinion.
@@saadx7724 has nothing to do with fan boy or not watch the damn fight. I like Anthony but dudes being biased lol…you’re doing the same shit as soon as you brought up PEDs
@@Jaxon8905 I know it's late but i only saw that podcast today, He didn't say he would beat him in a boxing match he said it would be more competetive. You can't compare the stand up fight in mma with a boxing match. The whole approach is different especially in terms of defence. In a boxing match you don't have to concern about Kicks and takedown attempts. You mentioned the stats,238:45 was not the numbers of the significant strikes,significant strikes was 125:36 and you forgot to mention that Jones had 45 sig leg kicks,31 clinch strikes and 30 ground strikes this wouldn't count in a boxing match the numbers of the significant strikes only in the stand up and without kicks and so on would be 19:19 for the whole fight.
I like it how Brian is always the new sheriff in town during these diaries, which is similar to Titanic going down today and then somehow up again tomorrow...
I don't give a fuck what anybody says. Anthony Lionheart Smith is the fucking man. Seems like a genuinely good dude. Big fan of the BYM pod, I liked it when Gomez was around, but it's so much better with Anthony.
WOA. Make sure you make it to the 25:00 min mark where he talks about Sphaghetti and also 30:00 min where he explains his fight mindset with Alexander Gustaffson. WOW.
Anthony smith equals a great raw and real interview and talk and is always something I'm going to watch love listening to him and is so well spoken 👏 he could legit steal the show and run that shit on any occasion.
Everyone who loses to Jones think they can come back and beat him in a rematch - all I can say is what happened to DC and Gus in their rematches w/ Jones?
great interview. i love anthony on bym but it was good to just hear some of his stories in this podcast without bisping cutting him off. love bisping too btw
Great stuff! BC needs to slow it down on the topic transitions, cut off Smith a few times when he was sharing stories about past fights. Couple examples was during the Glover talk and hand injuries
It's a honest analysis from someone who was in the cage with him. People callin him crazy are people who have never fought him or probably even fought in a cage. Couch perspective from a non fighter is irrelevant. Hints why ESPN is calling you for your opinion.
