One year ago this month, Thiago Santos stopped Anthony Smith in a middleweight bout. Next week, Smith will challenge Jon Jones for Jones’ UFC light heavyweight title. Today in the Czech Republic, Santos improved to 3-0 in his own move up to 205 lbs, TKOing Jan Blachowicz in the third round of the UFC Prague main event.
It was a slow-moving fight through two rounds, but Santos turned the fight permanently in his favor with a right hook-left hand combo as Blachowicz recklessly waded forward, and Jan was dropped to the canvas. Five billion hammerfists later, it was over.