Ankalaev vs Smith

Who won Ankalaev vs Smith?

Magomed Ankalaev beat Anthony Smith by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC 277, on Saturday 30th July 2022 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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).

Ankalaev vs Smith stats

Magomed Ankalaev stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Anthony Smith made his way to the cage with a record of 36 wins, 16 losses and 0 draws, 19 of those wins coming by knock out and 14 by submission.

This was Magomed Ankalaev's 15th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018. Anthony Smith marked his 24th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2013.

Magomed Ankalaev's UFC record stood at 12-1-1, while Anthony Smith's came in at 13-11-0.

The stats suggested that Ankalaev and Smith have similar power, both with a 53% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Smith had a massive advantage over Ankalaev, boasting a 39% submission rate over Ankalaev's 0%.

Magomed Ankalaev was the younger man by 4 years, at 32 years old.

Smith had a height advantage of 1 inch over Ankalaev. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Ankalaev was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 36 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 5 years and 10 months later than Smith, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 55 less professional rounds, 60 to Smith's 115.

Ankalaev vs Smith form

Ankalaev had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 opponents and going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Thiago Santos at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Volkan Oezdemir at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Ion Cutelaba at UFC 254 on 24th October 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he was victorious against Ion Cutelaba at UFC on ESPN+ 27 on 29th February 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Chartway Arena, Norfolk, United States.

He had won against Klidson Abreu at UFC on ESPN+ 3 on 23rd February 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic.

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten Ryan Spann at UFC Vegas 37 on 18th September 2021 by submission 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 was victorious against Devin Clark at UFC Vegas 15 on 28th November 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Magomed Ankalaev had last fought 3 years and 17 days ago, while Anthony Smith's last outing had been 3 years, 6 months and 11 days ago.

Ankalaev's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Smith's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 10 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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