for-loop + Arrow Anti Pattern VS for-loop + continue

Do you think the following fragment of code (for-loop + continue)

for (Identity fileIdentity : fileIdentities) {
      totalFileCount++;
      if (!forceTheStatus(params, fileIdentity))
        continue;
      updatedFileCount++;
      if (!params.shouldUpdateLinkedEntity())
        continue;
      Optional<Identity> batchIdentity = getLinkedBatchIdentity(fileIdentity);
      if (!batchIdentity.isPresent())
        continue;
      totalBatchCount++;
      if (!getRemittanceProcessor().forceTheStatus(params, batchIdentity.get()))
        continue;
      updatedBatchCount++;
}

is better than this other (for-loop + Arrow Anti Pattern)? And why?

for (Identity fileIdentity : fileIdentities) {
      totalFileCount++;
      if (forceTheStatus(params, fileIdentity)) {
        updatedFileCount++;
        if (params.shouldUpdateLinkedEntity()) {
          Optional<Identity> batchIdentity = getLinkedBatchIdentity(fileIdentity);
          if (batchIdentity.isPresent()) {
            totalBatchCount++;
            if (getRemittanceProcessor().forceTheStatus(params, batchIdentity.get()))
              updatedBatchCount++;
          }
        }
      }
}

To me the solution with continue looks harder to understand, but on the other hand we have an anti-pattern :(