On March 2, Smith will enter the Octagon at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas as the biggest underdog in UFC title fight history. Smith expects that to be a major story-line during fight week and he is more than happy to oblige.
“I love being the underdog. I love it. There’s no stress like Jon’s got all the stress right now,” Smith also added a warning to Jones. “If he wants to continue to paint me as the person that shouldn’t be there or that he’s so much better than I am he’s just putting pressure on himself because now look what you have to do. In the build-up to this fight don’t say something that you can’t stand behind when it doesn’t go your way.”
Regardless of what is said or what takes place leading up to UFC 235’s main event, Smith isn’t the type to crack under championship nerves or over-respect his opponent. He knows there’s no secret recipe to defeating Jones and he isn’t looking for one. He’s just going to approach the title fight the same way he did that scrap in a barn.
“I see lots of ways to beat Jon,” Smith said. “I don’t get where people see this unbeatable superhero. I don’t see it I just see another man and that’s how we attack it with my team. It’s just a body in front of me and I gotta run through that body and that’s it.”
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Gavin Porter is a digital producer and writer for UFC.com, follow him on Twitter at @PorterUFCNews.
