Glover Teixeira vs Anthony Smith 5/13/20 - UFC Fight Night - Jacksonville 1 Picks & Predictions

Anthony Smith is going to be taking part in the light heavyweight main event at fight night. Smith is coming into the bout sitting on a 32-14 record overall. However, he is coming in with a slight height advantage, which just provides Teixeira a bigger target to hit.

Smith uses the Orthodox style of stance to fight weight. At the same time when it comes to his style he is more of a striker than what is expected. The last 5 bouts for Smith have seen him go 4-1 and oddly the last 2 wins that Smith picked up were not from the striking position, but actually submission wins.

Teixeira is coming in at only 6’2” and that presents a little bit of a smaller target for Smith to throw punches at. However, Teixeira is coming in with the better record that is sitting at 30-7 in his career.

Teixeira does use the same style of stance in the Orthodox manner when he is fighting. However, he also is styled more of a striker as well. Teixeira is 4-1 in the last 5 bouts and his last loss actually came in 2018 and he was undefeated in 2019. Out of Teixeira last 3 bouts he won 2 by submission and the last bout that he fought in was a split decision win.