Anthony Smith didn’t have a problem with the stoppage in his fight against Glover Teixeira at UFC Jacksonville. But he definitely didn’t enjoy hearing that the referee is now taking it upon himself to address the situation.
After absorbing a huge number of shots in the third and fourth rounds, Smith was allowed to continue, pausing at one moment during the fight to hand Jason Herzog his teeth that had been knocked out.
There was a lot of damage done, but Herzog didn’t stop the fight until just over a minute into the fifth round, when Smith clearly couldn’t defend himself any longer.