Smith vs Gustafsson

Who won Smith vs Gustafsson?

Anthony Smith beat Alexander Gustafsson by submission in the 4th round during the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 11, on Saturday 1st June 2019 at Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm.

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 Gustafsson stats

Anthony Smith stepped into the octagon with a record of 32 wins, 14 losses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 11 by submission.

Alexander Gustafsson made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 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 Alexander Gustafsson's came in at 10-8-0.

The stats suggested Gustafsson had a slight advantage in power over Smith, with a 61% knock out percentage over Smith's 56%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Smith had an advantage over Gustafsson, with a 34% submission rate over Gustafsson's 17%.

Anthony Smith was the younger man by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Gustafsson had a height advantage of 1 inch over Smith. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Smith was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 23 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 3 months later than Gustafsson, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 61 more professional rounds, 116 to Gustafsson's 55.

Smith vs Gustafsson form

Anthony Smith had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Devin Clark at UFC Vegas 15 on 28th November 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, he had beaten Alexander Gustafsson at UFC on ESPN+ 11 on 1st June 2019 by submission in the 4th round at Ericsson Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden.

He had been defeated by 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.

Activity check

Smith's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Gustafsson's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 11 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 11 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.3 rounds on average.

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