Glover Teixeira was brilliant. Anthony Smith was courageous. And his corner was foolhardy.
Smith’s corner, headed by Marc Montoya and James Krause, inexplicably allowed their man to take a brutal pummeling from the 40-year-old Teixeira, who after a slow start in the first round looked like he was 25 and on top of his game.
After Smith won the first round with a series of straight right hands, Teixeira took over in the second. But the fight turned roughly 90 seconds into the third round when a right uppercut hurt Smith and a clubbing left hand dropped him.