Smith vs Petrino

Who won Smith vs Petrino?

Anthony Smith beat Vitor Petrino by submission in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 301, on Saturday 4th May 2024 at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro.

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).

Smith vs Petrino stats

Anthony Smith stepped into the octagon with a record of 37 wins, 19 losses and 0 draws, 20 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 14 by submission.

Vitor Petrino made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 11 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Anthony Smith's 24th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2013. Vitor Petrino marked his 6th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Anthony Smith's UFC record stood at 13-11-0, while Vitor Petrino's came in at 4-2-0.

The stats suggested Petrino had a slight advantage in power over Smith, with a 64% knock out percentage over Smith's 54%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Smith had a large advantage over Petrino, boasting a 38% submission rate over Petrino's 9%.

Anthony Smith was the older man by 9 years, at 36 years old.

Smith had a height advantage of 2 inches over Petrino. Despite this, Petrino had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Smith was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 45 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 11 years and 2 months earlier than Petrino, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 89 more professional rounds, 115 to Petrino's 26.

Smith vs Petrino 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 Jimmy Crute at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Devin Clark at UFC Vegas 15 on 28th November 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

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

Activity check

Smith's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Petrino's last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 1 month and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What time did Smith vs Petrino start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 3:05 AM UTC , which was 11:05 PM EST or 8:05 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 4:05 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Smith vs Petrino?

Anthony Smith was a 5/1 (+500) underdog going into the contest, while Vitor Petrino made his way into the ring at 7/50 (-710) with oddsmakers.