The UFC Jacksonville salaries are in. The Florida State Boxing Commission has released the fight purses. Topping the list is Andrei Arlovski at $325,000. His opponent, Philipe Lins, receives $80,000. Arlovski defeated Lins via unanimous decision. The h…
The UFC Jacksonville salaries are in. The Florida State Boxing Commission has released the fight purses. Topping the list is Andrei Arlovski at $325,000. His opponent, Philipe Lins, receives $80,000. Arlovski defeated Lins via unanimous decision. The headliners were Glover Teixeira and Anthony Smith. Teixeira’s boxing and ground-and-pound became too much for Smith, who expended […]
Anthony Smith’s cornermen have taken a lot of flak and “Lionheart” is coming to their aid. Last night (May 13), Smith collided with Glover Teixeira in the main event of UFC Jacksonville. Smith was hoping to win his second straight bou…
Anthony Smith’s cornermen have taken a lot of flak and “Lionheart” is coming to their aid. Last night (May 13), Smith collided with Glover Teixeira in the main event of UFC Jacksonville. Smith was hoping to win his second straight bout but it was not meant to be. Instead, Teixeira extended his winning streak to […]
UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was paying close attention to Anthony Smith’s loss to Glover Teixeira Last night (May 13), Smith and Teixeira shared the Octagon in a light heavyweight tilt. The bout headlined UFC Jacksonville inside the …
UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was paying close attention to Anthony Smith’s loss to Glover Teixeira Last night (May 13), Smith and Teixeira shared the Octagon in a light heavyweight tilt. The bout headlined UFC Jacksonville inside the empty VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. Teixeira may have been the underdog going into the bout but […]
The UFC Jacksonville bonuses have been released. On May 13, the UFC held an event inside the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. The event was held behind closed doors, meaning no fans were in attendance. The card was headlined by …
The UFC Jacksonville bonuses have been released. On May 13, the UFC held an event inside the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. The event was held behind closed doors, meaning no fans were in attendance. The card was headlined by a light heavyweight battle. In the main event, Glover Teixeira and Anthony Smith […]
Earlier tonight (Wed. May 13, 2020) UFC Jacksonville took place from the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. The empty arena hosted a light heavyweight bout between Anthony Smith and Glover Teixeira in which Teixeira secured a TKO finish in the 5th round. In the co-main event of the evening, we saw Ovince Saint […]
Earlier tonight (Wed. May 13, 2020) UFC Jacksonville took place from the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida.
The empty arena hosted a light heavyweight bout between Anthony Smith and Glover Teixeira in which Teixeira secured a TKO finish in the 5th round. In the co-main event of the evening, we saw Ovince Saint Preux make his heavyweight debut against Ben Rothwell. The move didn’t go quite as planned for OSP who lost a split decision after what was a slow performance. Outside of the main events, there were plenty of great fights and moments throughout the card that could have warranted bonuses.
Fight of the Night came early on the card as Brian Kelleher def. Hunter Azure in the second bout of the evening. In what was a stand-up war the two exchanged on the feet fairly evenly throughout the first round. Going into the second Kelleher’s aggressive style saw him find the knockout left hook towards the end of the round.
The First Performance of the Night bonus went to Drew Dober following his victory against prospect Alexander Hernandez. Dober asserted his dominance early pushing the pace and finding a home from his punches forcing Hernandez to shoot for a takedown. After returning to his feet Dober slowly worked away at Hernandez slowing him down with every punch that connected. The second round would see Dober’s combinations and aggression be too much for Hernandez finishing him via TKO 4:25 into the round.
The final Performance of the Night bonus went to Glover Teixeira for him main event win against Anthony Smith. What started as a dominant performance for Smith in the first two rounds quickly turned in round three. Round three saw Smith start to fatigue and Teixeira capitalized on this, he pushed the pace on the feet landed massive blows dropping Smith on multiple occasions. Once on the ground, Teixeira continued to control the bout with a mixture of ground and pound and submission attempts. This continued throughout the fourth round and into the fifth before being stopped by the ref 1:04 into the round.
Glover Teixeira is still going strong at 40. The Brazilian is now on a four-fight winning streak following his dominant fifth-round TKO victory over Anthony Smith in the UFC Jacksonville headliner on Saturday night. Smith took plenty of damage as he was mounted and beat up by Teixeira over multiple rounds, just doing barely enough […]
Smith took plenty of damage as he was mounted and beat up by Teixeira over multiple rounds, just doing barely enough to survive. In the end, it was too much to handle as Teixeira earned the stoppage win.