Smith vs Gustafsson

Who won Smith vs Gustafsson?

Anthony Smith beat Alexander Gustafsson by submission in the 4th round during the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 11, on Saturday 1st June 2019 at Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Anthony Smith.

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 Gustafsson stats

Anthony Smith stepped into the octagon with a record of 32 wins, 14 losses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 11 by submission.

Alexander Gustafsson made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Anthony Smith's UFC record stood at 12-9-0, while Alexander Gustafsson's came in at 10-8-0.

The stats suggested Gustafsson had a slight advantage in power over Smith, with a 61% knock out percentage over Smith's 56%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Smith had an advantage over Gustafsson, with a 34% submission rate over Gustafsson's 17%.

Anthony Smith was the younger man by 2 years, at 35 years old.

Gustafsson had a height advantage of 1 inch over Smith. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Smith was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 23 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 3 months later than Gustafsson, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 54 more professional rounds, 109 to Gustafsson's 55.

Smith vs Gustafsson 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 Ryan Spann at UFC Vegas 37 on 18th September 2021 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Jimmy Crute at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Devin Clark at UFC Vegas 15 on 28th November 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, 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.

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.

Alexander Gustafsson had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Nikita Krylov at UFC Fight Night London on 23rd July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at The O2, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had lost to Fabricio Werdum at UFC Fight Island 3 on 25th July 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Anthony Smith at UFC on ESPN+ 11 on 1st June 2019 by submission in the 4th round at Ericsson Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden.

Before that, he had been defeated by Jon Jones at UFC 232 on 29th December 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood, United States.

He was victorious against Glover Teixeira at UFC Fight Night 109 on 28th May 2017 by knockout in the 5th round at Ericsson Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Anthony Smith had been fighting more than Alexander Gustafsson.

Going to this contest, Anthony Smith had last fought 2 years and 7 months ago, while Alexander Gustafsson's last outing had been 1 year, 8 months and 26 days ago.

Smith's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Gustafsson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 18 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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