Anthony Smith is now 2-0 in the UFC’s light-heavyweight division with two decisive victories over a pair of former champions.
Smith made quick work of Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in the main event of a UFC Fight Night show in Hamburg, Germany on Sunday, finishing the Brazilian legend with strikes in a mere 88 seconds. This victory comes just six weeks after it took Smith just 53 seconds to stop Rashad Evans at UFC 225 in early June.
The 29-year-old Corpus Christi, Texas native went 4-2 in the 185-pound middleweight division over the past two years before moving up in weight following a TKO loss to Thiago Santos in February.
Smith is now 30-13 in mixed martial arts and a name to keep an eye on in the 205-pound division.
Meanwhile, Rua (25-11) had his three-fight winning streak snapped. It was the first time since 2014 that Rua was finished.
In the co-main event, Corey Anderson continued to rise up the 205-pound division with a unanimous decision victory over veteran Glover Teixeira.
Here are the complete results from the event:
MAIN CARD
— Anthony Smith def. Mauricio Rua by knockout
— Corey Anderson def. Glover Teixeira by unanimous decision
— Abu Azaitar def. Vitor Miranda by unanimous decision
— Marcin Tybura def. Stefan Struve by unanimous decision
— Danny Roberts def. David Zawada by split decision
— Nasrat Haqparast def. Marc Diakiese by unanimous decision
PRELIMINARY CARD
— Damir Hadzovic def. Nick Hein by split decision
— Bartosz Fabinski def. Emil Weber Meek by unanimous decision
— Nad Narimani def. Khalid Taha by unanimous decision
— Aleksandar Rakic def. Justin Ledet by unanimous decision
— Manny Bermudez def. Davey Grant by technical submission (triangle choke)
— Darko Stosic def. Jeremy Kimball by TKO
— Liu Pingyuan def. Damian Stasiak by unanimous decision
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