The UFC star who fought a home intruder for 5 minutes 'with no pants on' called Jon Jones a 'douchebag' after his rival mocked him
- Anthony Smith called his UFC rival Jon Jones a "f------ douchebag."
- Smith was recently the victim of a home invasion in which he brawled with the intruder "with no pants on" for five minutes at 4 a.m. in the morning.
- Jones tweeted that he was glad Smith was okay, but if it happened to him then the guy "would [not] have left my house walking."
- "It's really easy to say that until you're caught in it and you've been awake for eight seconds and you're in the middle of a goddamn pandemonium throw-down," Smith said.
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Anthony Smith, the UFC star who fought a home intruder for five minutes "with no pants on" called Jon Jones a "douchebag" after his light heavyweight rival mocked him because of how he handled the situation.
Smith, 31, has competed 46 times in mixed martial arts but earlier in the month said he had the toughest fight of his life fending off a stranger who broke into his Nebraska home.
Smith told ESPN that he woke up at 4 a.m. one morning and had "a hard time dealing" with the intruder. Despite Smith's punches, knees, and elbows, the stranger "kept fighting," he said.
Smith, who lives with his wife and three young daughters, was concerned that the man had a weapon.
The man, identified as Luke Haberman, was later charged with first-degree criminal trespass, according to ESPN.
It was not long before the Smith's experience became the talk of the MMA world.
On Twitter, the UFC light heavyweight champ Jones said he's "glad Anthony is ok," but added: "No way dude would have left my house walking."
Smith called Jones a 'f------ douchebag'
Smith competed for the UFC light heavyweight championship in 2019 on the back of three successive wins, but lost a decision to Jones in a bout which saw the champion slapped with a two point deduction for landing an illegal knee.
Now, it appears there's no love lost between the pair.
"What a perfect moment to flex, Jon, in the middle of a disaster like that in my home," Smith told SiriusXM Fight Nation on Wednesday.
"What a perfect opportunity to flex how goddamn cool you are. Just when you thought, 'That's pretty admirable of Jon Jones to reach out well-wish me,' then you're like, 'Oh, that's right, I forgot you're still a f------ douchebag.'
"It's just his opportunity to insert himself and make sure everyone knows how cool and bad ass he is," Smith said.
"We get it, Jon, you're all over Instagram with all your guns and your cool dog, but I got caught. I got caught slipping, worst case scenario. Guns weren't close: not typical. Door was open: not typical. I don't get what he's getting at.
"It's really easy to sit there and go, 'If that guy came to my house I would have just beat the s--- out of him, I would have done this, I would have shot him.'
"It's really easy to say that until you're caught in it and you've been awake for eight seconds and you're in the middle of a goddamn pandemonium throw-down in the middle of your living room with no pants on.
"Nobody's ready for that s---. It's really easy to flex on Twitter."
Joe Rogan also appeared to question Smith
On a recent edition of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, the UFC commentator Rogan and his guest Brendan Schaub, a former UFC heavyweight, talked about Smith.
"Anthony Smith is one of the baddest mother-f------ walking the earth," Rogan said. "[The intruder] was smaller than him. The guy was 170-pounds and he took everything he could throw at him.
"Why didn't he just choke him unconscious … why didn't he just choke the f--- out of him?"
According to Bloody Elbow, Smith's home intruder was a standout high school wrestler in Nebraska who competed for Bishop Neumann High School, which is approximately 40 miles west of Omaha.
This experience, the MMA website suggests, could explain why he gave Smith such a tough fight in his house in the middle of the night.
As for Smith, Rogan expects him to continue his comeback. After losing to Jones, Smith beat Alexander Gustafsson in style, finishing him with a rear-naked choke in the fourth round in Gustafsson's home town, Stockholm.
"I like Smith a lot," Rogan said. "He's a very intelligent dude. He's got a future in fighting."
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