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 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.

This was Anthony Smith's 23rd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2013.

Anthony Smith's UFC record stood at 13-10-0, 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 58 more professional rounds, 113 to Gustafsson's 55.

Smith vs Gustafsson form

Anthony Smith had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Roman Dolidze at UFC 303 on 29th June 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Vitor Petrino at UFC 301 on 4th May 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Khalil Rountree at UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez on 9th December 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had beaten Ryan Spann at UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Korean Zombie on 26th August 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

He had been defeated by Johnny Walker at UFC Fight Night – Rozenstruik vs. Almeida on 13th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Spectrum Center, Charlotte, United States.

Alexander Gustafsson had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to 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 been beaten by 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 defeated 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 lost to 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 had defeated 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 25 days ago, while Alexander Gustafsson's last outing had been 2 years and 1 day ago.

Smith's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 2 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Gustafsson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 1 month and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 6 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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