According to the oddsmakers, Anthony Smith has a monumental task in front of him at UFC 235 when he challenges Jon Jones for the light heavyweight title.
Just how monumental? Smith is as big as a 7-to-1 underdog, although most current betting lines list him at around +550. Jones as the favorite is even bigger coming in at -900 at most places. Whatever the specific number is, you get the point: Nobody’s giving Smith much of a chance to beat Jones on Saturday night in Las Vegas.
But that’s why they fight the fights!
We’ve seen some major upsets in MMA history, even not so long ago when Rose Namajunas finished Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 217. Remember how stunned you were when that happened? But as major MMA upsets go, they don’t get any bigger than Matt Serra’s shocking first-round TKO of Georges St-Pierre in 2007 at UFC 69. Remember how stunned you were when that happened?
Using Serra-GSP as the barometer, we asked this for our #DailyDebate: How would a Smith upset over Jones measure up to it? The results, via Twitter:
To hear the MMAjunkie Radio crew discuss the topic, along with guest host James Lynch, watch the video above.
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