Somewhere early in round 3 of Anthony Smith’s headlining fight against Glover Teixeira last Wednesday, Smith appeared to be on his way to getting finished. He had been dropped hard, from which point Teixeira proceeded to put on a clinic of top-control ground-and-pound. Over the course of that round, Smith landed one official strike, compared to 43 from his opponent. The bout, however, went on.
Eventually, Smith made it all the way to the 5th frame before referee Jason Herzog finally stepped in and waived off the fight. By that time, Smith had his nose & orbital bone broken, he had lost two teeth, and he had absorbed 202 strikes.