UFC veteran Anthony Smith is nearing the end of his lengthy MMA career. From the sounds of it, he already has some big plans for his life after fighting. For one, he aims to create a feeder league for Dana Whiteâs controversial Power Slap promotion.
Smith has been fighting professional since 2008. He made his UFC debut in 2013, but after a loss to Antonio Braga Neto, was released after just one fight. Three years later, after a seven-fight streak in smaller promotions, he was re-signed by the UFC. Heâs been a member of the promotionâs roster ever since, and even competed against Jon Jones for the light heavyweight title in 2019, though he lost by decision.
The biggest slap fighting organization around right now is Whiteâs Power Slap. The UFC CEO insists the sport is immensely popular, but it has failed to find a major broadcast partner, and is widely criticized for the extreme health risk competitors face.
Smith is clearly not one of those criticizing the controversial sport. He intends to get into the business by giving aspiring power-slappers a platform to start their careers. The idea being that they could then graduate to Power Slap.
Anthony Smith aims to develop slap fighting
âWhat I want to do is start like a regional slap fighting show,â Smith said on the Helwani Show on Monday. âPut it on [UFC] Fight Pass.â
Smith went on to claim that he has actually spoken to White and his team about this idea, and that they seemed receptive.
âIâve brought it up before, and they were open to the conversation for sure,â he said.
Smith also confirmed that he would serve as the owner and promoter of this Power Slap feeder league.
âWouldnât that be sweet?â he said.
While Smith may run into some challenges finding people to participate, given the risks, he doesnât seem worried. In fact, he sees his home state of Nebraska as the perfect place to start his search.
Lol didnt that wimp get his butt kicked by a random crackhead home intruder?
@Eggplant_Shidoshi
Hahahahahahahahahahaahahahahaha
Feeder League LOL
Id watch that all day long
I hope he gets the legend treatment he deserves for his retirement fight
In Nebraska lol
His sobbing will be out of control if he doesnât get a video package
You dont even get it, he beats Jon Jones in every single discipline, just not mma.
Slaps for even less than 2K usd??
I support Anthony going to poweslap if it gets him off the analyst desk. Canât stand seeing this orc goblin on tv. His takes are awful and he has no personality
Does anyone watch this shit?
The feeder league is any college town bar, no?
isnât ârough n rowdyâ where dana stole his slapfighting idea from, power slaps feeder league ?
GFL had to walk so that Anthony Smithâs Professional Slap Feeder League could RUN.
Heâll definitely put his name on it like Gamebred, Pettis and Faber have been doing.
ASPSFL Fuck yeah!