Jacobe Smith stays unbeaten with unanimous decision over Randy Brown at UFC Vegas 123
All three judges scored the welterweight co-main event 30-26 for Smith, who took Brown down in every round and left him badly cut in the second.
Jacobe Smith beat Randy Brown by unanimous decision in the welterweight co-main event of UFC Vegas 123 at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas on Saturday night. All three judges scored the fight 30-26 for Smith.
Smith landed low kicks early and took Brown down in the first round, then worked with punches from top position. He took him down again in the second and landed elbows and punches on the ground, and Brown was cut on the face and bled heavily. Smith took Brown down once more in the third and kept him on the mat until the final bell.
Smith went into the fight 13-0, with four of those wins in the UFC. He replaced the injured Carlos Leal as Brown's opponent, about four weeks after stopping Bruce Whitehead in the first round at UFC 332 on 3 October.
Brown has now lost three fights in a row. He had lost his previous two, to Gabriel Bonfim and Kevin Holland.
Earlier on the same card, Julian Erosa knocked out JeongYeong Lee in the first round in his retirement fight.
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