Anthony Smith and Glover Teixeira was a tale of two fights, and part two was rather grisly. Smith largely controlled the first seven minutes of the fight, battering Glover with endless jabs, hard rights, and body work. Glover couldn’t find his range for the most part.
Then Glover landed a punch right to Smith’s eye.
Smith thought it was a poke, but it wasn’t. And it was all downhill from there. Teixeira put a sustained, ugly beating on Smith for the next 13 minutes, but wasn’t able to put Smith away. Anthony really lived up to his Lionheart nickname, but he was getting absolutely savaged on the feet and the ground.