Glover Teixeira beat up, battered and eventually stopped Anthony Smith in the 5th and final round of their light heavyweight bout at the VyStar Memorial Coliseum in Jacksonville, Florida.
In round one, Teixeira was cut over his left eye. Smith continued to land heavy blows in round two that swelled up that eye.
Teixeira landed some vicious shots in the 3rd and had Smith in trouble, and close to being stopped in the 3rd. Teixeira pounded away at a bloody Smith for much of the round while Smith could only cover up on the ground,. Round four was much of the same as Teixeira beat up Smith with much of it being on the ground where Teixeira landed countless blows to the head.
Finally in round five, Teixeira got Smith on the ground and pounded away at a prone Smith, and the fight was mercifully stopped at 1:04. The fight could have been stopped in between rounds, and Smith lost at least one tooth.
Teixeira, 205 1/2 lbs of Danbury, CT is 31-7. Smith, 205 lbs of Omaha, NE is 32-15.
Ben Rothwell won a split decision over Ovince Saint Preux in a heavyweight bout.
In round two, Saint Preux began to bleed from his nose. The fight was a toe to toe brawl at times that had Rothwell winning 29-28 on two cards, and Saint Preux take a card 29-28.
Rothwell, 265 lbs of Kenosha, WI is 38-12. Saint Preux, 240 1/2 lbs of Knoxville, TN is 24-14.
Drew Dober stopped Alexander Hernandez in the 2nd round of their lightweight fight.
After a fairly even 1st round that saw , Hernandez get cut over his left eye from punches landed by Dober, Dober landed some vicious punches that hurt Hernandez several times in the 2nd frame. Hernandez desperately was successful on a couple of takedowns, but he was too hurt to sustain any type of ground advantage. Hernandez got to his feet, but was hurt by a couple of vicious shots, and the fight was stopped at 4:25.
Dober, 156 lbs of Denver, CO is 23-9-1. Hernandez, 155 lbs of San Antonio, TX is 11-3.
Ricky Simon won a split decision over former title challenger Ray Borg in a bantamweight fight.
Simon, 135 lbs of Vancouver, WA won by two scores of 29-28; Borg won a card 29-28.
Simon is now 16-3. Borg, 135 1/2 lbs of Albuquerque, NM is 13-5.
Former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski won a unanimous decision over Phillipe Linz in a heavyweight bout.
Arlovski, 238 lbs of Coconut Creek, FL won by scores of 30-27 twice and 29-28 and is now 29-19-2. Linz, 236 lbs of Coconut Creek, FL is 14-4.
Thiago Moises made Michael Johnson tap in round two of their lightweight bout.
Johnson had a good round one, but Moises came out early in round two to take Johnson down, and eventually get him in a leg lock that made Johnson tap at 25 seconds.
Moises, 155 1/2 lbs of Sao Paulo. BRA is 13-4. Johnson 156 lbs of Boca raton, FL is 20-16.
Sijara Eubanks won a unanimous decision over Sarah Moras in a bantamweight bout.
Eubanks won by scores of 30-27 twice and 30-26, and is now 5-4. Moras is 6-6.
Omar Morales remained undefeated with a unanimous decision over Gabriel Benitez in a lightweight fight.
Morales won by scores of 30-27 and 29-28 twice to go to 10-0. Benitez is 21-8.
Brian Kelleher stopped previously undefeated Hunter Azure in round two of their featherweight bout.
Kelleher landed a a booming left hook in round two that dropped Azure hard on his back. Kelleher landed two more crushing blows on a defenseless Azure, and the bout was stopped at 3:40.
Kelleher, 145 1/2 lbs of Seldin, NY is 21-10. Azure, 145 lbs of Phoenix, AZ.
Chase Sherman stopped Ike Villanueva in the 2nd round of their heavyweight bout.
Sherman backed Villanueva back against the cage in round two, and landed a short but vicious elbow to the chin that sent Villanueva down, and the fight was stopped at 49 seconds.
Sherman, 253 lbs of Mississippi is now 15-6. Villanueva, 232 lbs of Houston is 16-10.