Fight Night Smith Vs Teixeira

Glover Teixeira’s journey returned to the pinnacle of the pecking order within the light heavyweight division is nearly whole. The 40-year-vintage local of Brazil recorded his fourth immediately win on Wednesday through handing out a savage beating to Anthony Smith earlier than the fight turned into mercifully stopped in round 5 in their predominant event at UFC combat night time in Jacksonville, Florida. 

The second of three fight cards in eight nights for the UFC in the front of an empty Vystar Veterans Memorial arena featured a pairing of former name challengers who formerly got here up empty towards champion Jon Jones. Teixeira (31-7), who dropped a 2014 selection to Jones, may now be one greater win away from a rematch after counting on his power, timing and enjoy to dismantle  .Fight Night Smith Vs Teixeira. 

“it’s now not how you hit, it’s how tough you get hit and preserve coming forward

Teixeira had trouble with the faster and younger Smith (33-14) over the first two rounds earlier than reputedly rallying to hurt Smith in the final moments of round 2. The following rounds became a one-sided beatdown as Teixeira become robotically able to drop Smith however failed in a couple of attempts to complete him at the floor by no longer being lively sufficient and spending an excessive amount of time fruitlessly in search of submissions. 

Smith, 31, who took a beating in going the space while tough Jones in 2018, confirmed an in addition strong chin and could to hold combating no matter dropping tooth and enduring bad swelling on his face. However his corner appeared to act recklessly via sending Smith out for round 5 in spite of his frame language suggesting he become a completed fighter.

 

It did not take long for Teixeira to drop Smith once more in the final spherical before gaining complete mount and in the end flurrying enough with clean punches to offer referee Jason Herzog sufficient motive to jump in. 

“I was hoping [Smith would slow down],” Teixeira stated. “the fellow hits like a truck however

Teixeira reshaped his body over the last two years and made the important changes to attain a trio of victories in 2019 and rejuvenate himself. 

“I have had to do some adjustments, of course. I had to go to UFC [Performance Institute] and learn new diets,” Teixeira stated. “you need to open your thoughts and look for assist when matters start going wrong, and that’s what I did. Right here I am, baby, and I’m going on some other run for that name.”

Smith, who rebounded from the Jones loss by way of retiring Alexander Gustafsson through submission last year, entered the fight on a ten-month layoff following a couple of surgeries on his proper hand. He also survived a horrifying home invasion in April that he defined as “the hardest 

fight” of his career after subduing the intruder