Who won Smith vs Clark?
Anthony Smith beat Devin Clark by submission in the 1st round during the main event of UFC Vegas 15, on Saturday 28th November 2020 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.
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 Clark stats
Anthony Smith stepped into the octagon with a record of 33 wins, 16 losses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 12 by submission.
Devin Clark made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.
This was Anthony Smith's 25th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2013.
Anthony Smith's UFC record stood at 13-12-0, while Devin Clark's came in at 8-9-0.
The stats suggested Smith had a large advantage in power over Clark, boasting a 55% knock out percentage over Clark's 25%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Smith had a large advantage over Clark, boasting a 36% submission rate over Clark's 8%.
Anthony Smith was the older man by 1 year, at 36 years old.
Smith had a height advantage of 4 inches over Clark. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.
Smith was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 33 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 5 years and 5 months earlier than Clark, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 62 more professional rounds, 116 to Clark's 54.
Smith vs Clark form
Smith had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.
In his last fight before 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 lost to 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 beaten 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
Smith's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 3 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.
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