Smith vs Crute

Who won Smith vs Crute?

Anthony Smith beat Jimmy Crute by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 261, on Saturday 24th April 2021 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

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 Crute stats

Anthony Smith stepped into the octagon with a record of 34 wins, 16 losses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 13 by submission.

Jimmy Crute made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Anthony Smith's 25th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2013. Jimmy Crute marked his 10th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Anthony Smith's UFC record stood at 13-12-0, while Jimmy Crute's came in at 4-4-2.

The stats suggested Smith had an advantage in power over Crute, with a 53% knock out percentage over Crute's 42%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Smith had a slight advantage over Crute, with a 38% submission rate over Crute's 33%.

Anthony Smith was the older man by 7 years, at 36 years old.

Smith had a height advantage of 2 inches over Crute. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Smith was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 37 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 7 years and 11 months earlier than Crute, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 81 more professional rounds, 116 to Crute's 35.

Smith vs Crute form

Smith had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, 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.

Previous to that, he had won against Volkan Oezdemir at UFC Fight Night 138 on 27th October 2018 by submission in the 3rd round at Moncton Events Centre, Moncton, Canada.

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

Before that, 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.

He had defeated Hector Lombard at UFC Fight Night 116 on 16th September 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round at PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, United States.

Crute had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he was victorious against Modestas Bukauskas at UFC Fight Island 6 on 17th October 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had won against Michal Oleksiejczuk at UFC on ESPN+ 26 on 22nd February 2020 by submission in the 1st round at Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Misha Cirkunov at UFC on ESPN+ 16 on 14th September 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

Before that, he had beaten Sam Alvey at UFC 234 on 9th February 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia.

He had defeated Paul Craig at UFC Fight Night 142 on 1st December 2018 by submission in the 3rd round at Adelaide Entertainment Center, Adelaide, South Australia.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Anthony Smith had last fought 6 years, 2 months and 6 days ago, while Jimmy Crute's last outing had been 4 years, 6 months and 21 days ago.

Smith's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 7 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Crute's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

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