Smith vs Walker

Who won Smith vs Walker?

Johnny Walker beat Anthony Smith by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night – Rozenstruik vs. Almeida, on Saturday 13th May 2023 at Spectrum Center in Charlotte.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Johnny Walker.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Smith vs Walker stats

Anthony Smith stepped into the octagon with a record of 36 wins, 17 loses and 0 draws, 19 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 14 by submission.

Johnny Walker made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 7 loses and 0 draws, with 16 of those wins by knock out and 3 by submission.

The stats suggested Walker had a large advantage in power over Smith, boosting at 80% knock out percentage over Smith's 53%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Smith had a large advantage over Walker, boasting at 39% submission rate over Walker's 15%.

Anthony Smith was the older man by 4 years, at 35 years old.

Walker had a height advantage of 2 inches over Smith. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Smith was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 26 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 5 years and 9 months earlier than Walker, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 60 more professional rounds, 104 to Walker's 44.

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

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

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

Walker had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Paul Craig at UFC 283 on 21st January 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had won against Ion Cutelaba at UFC 279 on 10th September 2022 by submission in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Jamahal Hill at UFC Fight Night on 19th February 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Thiago Santos at UFC Vegas 38 on 2nd October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beat Ryan Spann at UFC Vegas 11 on 19th September 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Anthony Smith had last fought 2 years, 2 months and 19 days ago, while Johnny Walker's last outing had been 10 months and 16 days ago.

Smith's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Walker's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Smith vs Walker?

Anthony Smith was a 19/20 (-110) underdog going into the contest, while Johnny Walker made his way into the ring at 87/100 (-110) with oddsmakers.