Former UFC title challenger Anthony Smith isn’t completed but.

Within the UFC 301 featured bout Saturday, Smith (38-19 MMA, 13-9 UFC) submitted Vitor Petrino (11-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) with a guillotine choke two minutes into Spherical 1. The occasion passed off at Farmasi Enviornment in Rio de Janeiro.

After a sense out course of on the ft at distance, the 2 mild heavyweights engaged within the clinch. Smith grabbed a maintain of Petrino’s neck with a guillotine try. Petrino elevated Smith and so they crashed to the canvas. Smith’s grip appeared to deepen. Petrino strained earlier than the panic faucet got here.

Smith, 35, rebounds from a knockout loss to Khalil Rountree and strikes to 2-1 in his most up-to-date three bouts. Petrino, 26, loses for the primary time as an expert.

Up-to-the-minute UFC 301 outcomes embody:

  • Anthony Smith def. Vitor Petrino vs. by way of submission (guillotine choke) – Spherical 1, 2:00
  • Michel Pereira def. Ihor Potieria by way of submission (guillotine choke) – Spherical 1, 0:54
  • Caio Borralho def. Paul Craig by way of knockout (punches) – Spherical 2, 2:10
  • Joanderson Brito def. Jack Shore by way of TKO (damage) – Spherical 2, 3:35
  • Iasmin Lucindo def. Karolina Kowalkiewicz by way of unanimous resolution (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
  • Myktybek Orolbai def. Elves Brener by way of unanimous resolution (29-27, 29-27, 29-27)
  • Drakkar Klose def. Joaquim Silva by way of unanimous resolution (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
  • Mauricio Ruffy def. Jamie Mullarkey by way of TKO (strikes) – Spherical 1, 4:42
  • Dione Barbosa def. Ernesta Kareckaite by way of unanimous resolution (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
  • Ismael Bonfim def. Vinc Pichel by way of unanimous resolution (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
  • Alessandro Costa def. Kevin Borjas by way of TKO (strikes) – Spherical 2, 1:35

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