Smith vs Rua

Who won Smith vs Rua?

Anthony Smith beat Mauricio Rua by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC Fight Night 134, on Sunday 22nd July 2018 at Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Smith vs Rua stats

Anthony Smith stepped into the octagon with a record of 30 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 10 by submission.

Mauricio Rua made his way to the cage with a record of 25 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 20 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Anthony Smith's 22nd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2013.

Anthony Smith's UFC record stood at 13-9-0, while Mauricio Rua's came in at 11-12-1.

The stats suggested Rua had a large advantage in power over Smith, boasting a 80% knock out percentage over Smith's 57%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Smith had a large advantage over Rua, boasting a 33% submission rate over Rua's 4%.

Anthony Smith was the younger man by 7 years, at 35 years old.

Smith had a height advantage of 3 inches over Rua. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Smith was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 5 years and 3 months later than Rua, whose first professional fight was in 2002. He had fought 25 more professional rounds, 110 to Rua's 85.

Smith vs Rua form

Smith had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Jimmy Crute at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Devin Clark at UFC Vegas 15 on 28th November 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Aleksandar Rakic at UFC Vegas 8 on 29th August 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Glover Teixeira at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 13th May 2020 by knockout in the 5th round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

He had defeated Alexander Gustafsson at UFC on ESPN+ 11 on 1st June 2019 by submission in the 4th round at Ericsson Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden.

Activity check

Smith's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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