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Anthony Smith recently gave his thoughts on the issues between Daniel Cormier and Dominick Cruz from UFC 269. The two famously got into a spat after Cruz said some negative things about Cormier's commentary.
The two have now resolved the issues but it did bring up the larger question of how good UFC commentators are and how they get prepared. Anthony Smith has worked on the UFC broadcast many times and gave his take on the situation in an interview with MiddleEasy.
“I would just check down to kind of what Dominick said himself later on after those comments — it’s not what you say, it’s where you say it and who’s listening,” Smith told Middle Easy. “That was my issue with it. Everyone has their rights to an opinion. I’m sure I’m not everyone’s cup of tea when it comes to my analysis and when I’m working the desk at ESPN (for UFC). That’s just who I am and how I do it. Everyone is entitled to that.
“How many times have I gone off about some of the things they’ve said but I’ve been very vague about it if I brought it up but I’ve also went to those people first and had those conversations with them,” the UFC fighter continued. “It’s just a time and place thing. I’ve had issues with Bisping, Daniel and even Felder. I didn’t come out and just trash them. Me and Bisping had a little bit of a thing but it wasn’t like I was talking badly about his performance and his research. I just didn’t like what he said…even if you say it somewhere, I think fight week, the week of your own fight when the biggest eyes and most microphones are round you — I think it’s a bad time and place but they seem to be okay with it at this point.”
Anthony Smith made some great points on UFC analysts handling things behind the scenes instead of out in public. This was a big point Daniel Cormier made when addressing Dominick Cruz directly.
