ABU DHABI – It took no time at all for T hales Leites to sneak a right hand over the top of Trevor Smith ’s defenses, and even less time for him to follow up with two more that planted Smith on his rear, leading to a TKO stoppage due to punches at 0:45 of round one. The middleweight bout was part of today’s UFC Fight Night 39 preliminary card. It streamed on UFC Fight Pass from du Arena in Abu Dhabi. It wasn’t exactly the route that many were expecting Leites to take. Coming into this bout, 13 of his 22 victories came via submission, and he had never TKO’d an opponent in the UFC
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UFC Fight Night 39 results: Thales Leites takes out Trevor Smith in 45 seconds – MMA Junkie