Anthony Smith is still banged up after his fight against Aleksandar Rakic.
The UFC light heavyweight suffered a lopsided loss in the main event this past weekend and it appears that’s due to the damage done to his legs. While Smith is expected to be fine in the long run, the 32-year-old described his current physical state during his Sirius XM radio show following his match-up at UFC Vegas 8:
“It’s not good. It’s not good at all,” Smith said. “I’m still on crutches so there’s that. If I’m being really honest with you guys, I’m not doing well. I’m super disappointed. I couldn’t get out of bed on Sunday. They had to send people from the [UFC Performance Institute] to my hotel room to drug me up and put a bunch of anti-inflammatory creams and big compression ice machines. It was like I had a whole f**king team in my room. It’s a little bit better today.
“There’s an occult fracture on my fibula head so that’s cool. It sounds bad but it’s not a huge deal actually. It’s 4 to 6 weeks it will be fine. But yeah, that’s how my leg is.”
Smith is definitely feeling a bit better these days, but the former UFC light heavyweight title contender feels that it he didn’t suffer the damage to his legs during his bout against Rakic then he would’ve been able to adjust his game accordingly:
“Had I not had the leg damage, I would have changed my game plan and just said all right we’re just going to stand in this boxing range and we’re going to f**king go to town here,” Smith said. “I’m confident I’d have been fine but I couldn’t take one more leg kick.
“I didn’t have the ability to change the game plan to just strike with him and just box. Because the one time he steps back in kicking range and I don’t have enough time to close that distance and he kicks me, I’m down and there’s no way, I’m not getting back up.”
Smith intends to make his return to the octagon eventually; however, the fighter plans on taking time off to rest before making any decisions about who he’ll step into the octagon next.