It’s about time Stephen A. Smith tried to protect himself from all his absurd MMA takes.
This past Saturday, after Conor McGregor finished Donald Cerrone in 40 seconds at UFC 246, Smith proceeded to rip Cerrone’s performance during the ESPN+ post-fight show. He called it “atrocious,” said Cerrone was “in over his head” and alluded to the fact that he gave up, quite the take for a veteran of the fight game who holds some of the UFC’s most prestigious records.
And that wasn’t Smith’s first unreasonable MMA take.
So just in case Cerrone took notice of Smith’s comments, it’s best to be prepared. Prepare yourself at all times, right? But maybe not quite like this.
Take a look below at Stephen A. doing some pad work (not sure we’d actually call it “sparring”) in a video that surfaced Tuesday night. MMA Twitter took notice, and the takes came in hot and heavy.
Clint Eastwood’s pad work in Million Dollar Baby can rest easy after seeing this.
Who’s the pad holder prepping Stephen A. Smith to strike at with that two piece, anyways? Dr. Evil and Mini Me? Jfc…
When your preparing for cowboy and his son just Incase they come after him 😂..need to see more reporters hit pads 😂
Couldn’t bust a grape. 🖕
Only thing I see are how trash his hands are
Hey, @stephenasmith, I’m going to let you finish your mitt session, but please, for everything that is holy at ESPN, please keep your #MMA opinions to yourself, thanks.
this might be the fight to make in 2020 👀
“Atrocious”
Cerrone was interviewed by Smith alongside Max Kellerman pre-fight on ESPN’s “First Take,” where “Cowboy” looked visibly bothered by their line of questions. So Smith didn’t exactly get off the right foot with Cerrone, and his post-fight comments weren’t any better.
Well, if you can dish it, you better be able to take it. Right?
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