Anthony Smith vs. Glover Teixeira – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC Fight Night 171: Smith vs. Teixeira is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, May 13, 2020, in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Anthony “Lionheart” Smith will take on Glover Teixeira in the Light Heavyweight Bout. You can view the full UFC Fight Night 171 card.

In this post, we will break down Anthony Smith vs. Glover Teixeira matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats and more below ⤵

The 36-year-old, Anthony Smith is coming in with a 32-14-0 record. Smith will be fighting for the first time since a win via submission against Alexander Gustafsson at UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Smith in June.

Teixeira, meanwhile, is coming off a split decision win against Nikita Krylov on June 1, 2019 at UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje and holds a 30-7-0 record.

Anthony Smith has an orthodox fighting stance with a 76″ reach. The 45-year-old, Glover Teixeira is an orthodox fighter with a 76″ reach. An orthodox fighter stands with their left side forward and jabs with their left hand, the southpaw fighter is the opposite, southpaw stands with their right side forward and jabs with their right hand. In most cases, orthodox fighters are right-handed, if you are left-handed, then you fight southpaw.

Smith comes in with 47% striking accuracy, he typically lands about 3.06 significant strikes every minute. His opponent, Teixeira fires at 44% accuracy, landing about 3.41 significant strikes per minute. Anthony Smith also has a 26% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 0.41 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Teixeira’s 2.00 takedowns and 60% takedown accuracy.

Glover spent on average 8:34 minutes in the Octagon and Anthony has an average fight time of 9:32 minutes.

This looks like an fun matchup, at least on paper. UFC Fight Night 171 is live in , who do you think will win, Anthony or Glover? Sound off in the comments.

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