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Much has been made over Anthony Smith’s arrest, and Matt Brown isn’t thrilled about the fan reaction.

Smith was arrested by Sarpy County police in Nebraska at the end of July. The UFC on Paramount+ analyst and retired title contender is facing charges of terroristic threats, domestic violence, and first-degree false imprisonment. Police details later revealed that Smith allegedly threatened to kill his wife and tried running her over following an argument at a bar.

Brown vented over fans who have been making assumptions about Smith during MMAFighting.com‘s “The Fighter vs. The Writer.”

“This one does cut a little bit deeper than a lot of these other incidents that happen,” Brown said. “Anthony Smith is a respectable guy — I have a personal relationship with him, he’s always been a great guy to me, too. I’ll tell you what turned me off to this whole thing was the fan reaction when I read the comments. I thought Brendan Schaub had a great little rant on this. Talking about he knows he’s a good family guy, he’s met his kids and stuff before but the fan reaction really bugged me. These fans, I’ll say it as clear as I can: These motherf*ckers need to lay off Anthony Smith.

“That doesn’t mean I’m going to defend what happened. We don’t know what happened. I’m not going to defend it because cops were called and his wife was certainly feeling something she shouldn’t have been feeling. It was not a good situation so I’m not going to say there shouldn’t be accountability. But we weren’t there and neither was 100 percent of the people that are confidently judging his life from headlines and social media posts. That’s where I’d like to chime in be like hey, you motherf*ckers, headlines and social media posts are not real life.”

Smith faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. Some notable names have commented on Smith’s situation, such as “Lionheart’s” former opponent Jon Jones. “Bones” suggested that Smith should turn to faith to help him move past this dark period.

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