Russian-Uzbek fighter Bogdan Guskov in an interview with , he announced his desire to fight against the American, former contender for the UFC light heavyweight title Antoine Smith .
On April 27, Guskov knocked out American Ryan Spann at the UFC tournament in Las Vegas and rose to 12th place in the promotion’s light heavyweight rankings after two championship victories. On May 4, Anthony Smith won by choke against Victor Petrinho during a tournament in Brazil and ranked 10th in the rankings. Earlier, Guskov and Smith posted a joint photo on social networks, making fun of their external similarity. In 2019, Smith could have become UFC champion, but lost by decision to American Jon Jones in the title fight.
— After your victory over Spann, you gave a rather colorful interview, but did not name the opponent with whom you would like to fight. Is there such a name now?
— I would be willing to name it after the tournament (UFC 301 in Brazil – “”), when Petrinho and Smith fought. Oddly enough, I gave Smith little chance, but when the fight started he just ate it up, like he was crushing it with his authority. Now, sure, Smith is more interesting than Smith, but I don’t know what’s going to happen next. And after the fight, I specifically didn’t mention any names, because I was interested in how their fight would go in Brazil. For some reason I thought that if Petrinho won, then I would 100% fight the next fight with him.
— Smith told us in an interview that you teamed up and had a warm conversation. Wouldn’t that prevent a fight?
– No. He is a great professional and he showed it yesterday. It clearly separates life and struggles. I don’t hate any of my opponents either. For me, it’s like the ultimate fight. You go there, and just like the person in front of you wants to knock him out, so do you. We fought for 15 minutes and then moved on.
So there are no problems: we will go there and show a good fight. I like his technique, he’s at the top and for me it would be a big step.
— So Smith is now the most interesting opponent for you in the top 15?
“Yes, he is very highly rated, he is a legend, I think it would be interesting,” Guskov told .
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