Smotherman talks about a fighter's duty to keep the fights exciting inside the cage and how he looks to bring that to every fight. Plus, he talks about how the UFC has clearly taken notice in his ability to do so as he is once again slated to fight in front of a live crowd this weekend. He share his thoughts on upcoming opponent Ricky Turcios as well as the pressure of being the first fight of the new Paramount+ deal.
Me vs. Petr at the White House just makes sense. I don't know what else is a bigger fight than that if we're just going off pure big fights. If we're going off what makes the absolute most sense, which is not always what the UFC goes off of, I think Merab deserves the title shot. But if we're going off, what the f-k is the biggest fight?