Anthony Smith submits in the first round and makes amends with victory at UFC Las Vegas 15

A. Smith closed UFC Vegas with victory. Photo: UFC/Disclosure

The clock was already approaching three in the morning, Brasília time, and at that point, the veterans Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr., stars of the exhibition boxing match that caught the public's attention in the early hours of the morning, had already completed their scheduled eight rounds, when Anthony Smith e Devin Clark finally entered the octagon in Las Vegas for the main fight of UFC Vegas 15. But anyone who thinks that Anthony Smith I was comfortable with just being a supporting character on the night. The veteran, who had his 50th fight against Clark, quickly showed what he was coming for and finished in the first round.

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Promoted only yesterday to star status on the card, given the sudden departure of Curtis blaydes e Derrick Lewis programming, Smith and Clark immediately tried to guarantee entertainment and headed straight for the gong.

Clark ended up falling face down, but managed to reverse the position, getting on top. But, despite his advantageous position, Clark exposed himself too much and ended up becoming the victim of a fair triangle from Smith, who just waited for his opponent to give up – which came after just over two and a half minutes of fighting.

As a result, Anthony Smith he reached 36 professional victories, compared to 14 defeats. The “Lionheart”, as he is also known, also won his first victory in 2020, as, until now, he had been defeated by Glover Teixeira and Aleksandar Rakić in the last six months.

Moreover, Devin Clark He had 12 wins and 5 losses on his record and interrupted a streak of two consecutive victories inside the Octagon.

UFC Las Vegas 15 results:

MAIN CARD

Light Heavyweight: Anthony Smith finished Devin Clark with a triangle 2m34s from R1

Welterweight: Miguel Baeza submitted Takashi Sato with a katagatame 4m28s from R2

Heavyweight: parker porter derrotou Josh Parisian in the unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-26, 29-28)

Feather weight: Bill Algeo defeated Spike Carlyle via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Bantamweight: Norm Dumont defeated Ashlee Evans-Smith via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)

Feather weight: Jonathan Pearce derrotou Kai Kamaka by technical knockout at 4m28s of R2

PRELIMINARY CARD

Bantamweight: Anderson Berinja finished Martin Day with a guillotine 4m35s from R1

Fly weight: Gina Mazany defeated Rachael Ostovich via TKO at 4:10 of R3

Fly weight: Su Mudaerji derrotou Malcolm Gordon by technical knockout 44 seconds into R1

Married weight: Nate Maness finished Luke sanders with a rear naked choke at 2m29s of R2