Teixeira vs Smith

Who won Teixeira vs Smith?

Glover Teixeira beat Anthony Smith by knockout in the 5th round during the main event of UFC Fight Night Jacksonville, on Wednesday 13th May 2020 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

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).

Teixeira vs Smith stats

Glover Teixeira stepped into the octagon with a record of 30 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Anthony Smith made his way to the cage with a record of 33 wins, 14 losses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by knock out and 12 by submission.

Glover Teixeira's UFC record stood at 16-7-0, while Anthony Smith's came in at 12-9-0.

The stats suggested Teixeira had a slight advantage in power over Smith, with a 57% knock out percentage over Smith's 55%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Smith had a slight advantage over Teixeira, with a 36% submission rate over Teixeira's 27%.

Glover Teixeira was the older man by 9 years, at 44 years old.

Smith had a height advantage of 2 inches over Teixeira. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Teixeira was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 10 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2002, 5 years and 8 months earlier than Smith, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 20 less professional rounds, 89 to Smith's 109.

Teixeira vs Smith form

Teixeira had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Nikita Krylov at UFC on ESPN+ 16 on 14th September 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

Previous to that, he had beaten Ion Cutelaba at UFC on ESPN+ 8 on 27th April 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at BB&T Center, Sunrise, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Karl Roberson at UFC on ESPN+ 1 on 19th January 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

Before that, he had lost to Corey Anderson at UFC Fight Night 134 on 22nd July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg, Germany.

He was victorious against Misha Cirkunov at UFC on FOX 26 on 16th December 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at MTS Centre, Winnipeg, Canada.

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Alexander Gustafsson at UFC on ESPN+ 11 on 1st June 2019 by submission in the 4th round at Ericsson Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Jon Jones at UFC 235 on 2nd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Volkan Oezdemir at UFC Fight Night 138 on 27th October 2018 by submission in the 3rd round at Moncton Events Centre, Moncton, Canada.

Before that, he had defeated Mauricio Rua at UFC Fight Night 134 on 22nd July 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg, Germany.

He had been defeated by Thiago Santos at UFC Fight Night 125 on 3rd February 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Mangueirinho Gymnasium, Belem, Brazil.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Glover Teixeira had last fought 4 years, 7 months and 12 days ago, while Anthony Smith's last outing had been 4 years, 10 months and 25 days ago.

Teixeira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Smith's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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