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 Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 on 16th November 2024 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten 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.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 on 8th February 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at Toyota Center, Houston.

Before that, he was victorious against 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.

He had won 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.

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 Jon Jones.

Going to this contest, Jon Jones had last fought 7 months and 10 days ago, while Anthony Smith's last outing had been 3 years, 9 months and 8 days ago.

Jones' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 6 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 5 years, 1 month and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 9 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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