Smith vs Lombard

Who won Smith vs Lombard?

Anthony Smith beat Hector Lombard by knockout in the 3rd round during the main card of UFC Fight Night 116, on Saturday 16th September 2017 at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Smith vs Lombard stats

Anthony Smith stepped into the octagon with a record of 28 wins, 12 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 10 by submission.

Hector Lombard made his way to the cage with a record of 34 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 22 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.

Anthony Smith's UFC record stood at 13-12-0, while Hector Lombard's came in at 3-8-0.

The stats suggested Lombard had an advantage in power over Smith, with a 65% knock out percentage over Smith's 54%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Smith had a large advantage over Lombard, boasting a 36% submission rate over Lombard's 12%.

Anthony Smith was the younger man by 11 years, at 36 years old.

Smith had a height advantage of 7 inches over Lombard. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Smith was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2008, 3 years and 5 months later than Lombard, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 22 more professional rounds, 116 to Lombard's 94.

Smith vs Lombard form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against 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 beaten 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 had defeated 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

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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