Jones vs Smith

Who won Jones vs Smith?

Jon Jones beat Anthony Smith by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC 235, on Saturday 2nd March 2019 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jon Jones.

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).

This contest was for the UFC Light Heavyweight championship.

Jones vs Smith stats

Jon Jones stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Anthony Smith made his way to the cage with a record of 32 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by knock out and 11 by submission.

This was Jon Jones' 24th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2008. Anthony Smith marked his 25th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2013.

Jon Jones' UFC record stood at 22-1-0, while Anthony Smith's came in at 13-12-0.

The stats suggested Smith had an advantage in power over Jones, with a 56% knock out percentage over Jones' 43%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Smith had a slight advantage over Jones, with a 34% submission rate over Jones' 26%.

Jon Jones was the older man by 1 year, at 37 years old.

Jones had a 9-inch reach advantage.

Jones was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 21 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2008, 1 month later than Smith, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 30 less professional rounds, 86 to Smith's 116.

Jones vs Smith form

Jones had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 opponent and going to the judges 4 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Ciryl Gane at UFC 285 on 4th March 2023 by submission in the 1st round in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 on 8th February 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at Toyota Center, Houston.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Thiago Santos at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by split decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Anthony Smith at UFC 235 on 2nd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had won against Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 232 on 29th December 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood.

Anthony Smith had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Roman Dolidze at UFC 303 on 29th June 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Vitor Petrino at UFC 301 on 4th May 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Khalil Rountree at UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez on 9th December 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had defeated Ryan Spann at UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Korean Zombie on 26th August 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

He had been defeated by Johnny Walker at UFC Fight Night – Rozenstruik vs. Almeida on 13th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Spectrum Center, Charlotte, United States.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Jon Jones had last fought 2 years, 2 months and 25 days ago, while Anthony Smith's last outing had been 11 months ago.

Jones' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 5 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

Smith's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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