A victorious Anthony Smith (image via UFC/YouTube)

By FCF Staff

Anthony Smith demonstrated once again at UFC Vegas 37 that he remains a significant threat in the light heavyweight division, by quickly finishing the powerful Ryan Spann.

Smith stunned Spann with thumping punches early on, and proceeded to finish the fight with a first round, rear-naked-choke.

The victory was Smith’s third straight since he lost via decision to Aleksandar Rakic in August, 2020.

Here are the card’s complete results, which took place at the Apex Facility (results via MMA Junkie).

Anthony Smith def. Ryan Spann via submission (rear-naked choke) R1, 3:47
Ion Cutelaba def. Devin Clark via unanimous decision (30-26, 29-26, 29-27)
Ariane Lipski def. Mandy Bohm via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Arman Tsarukyan def. Christos Giagos via TKO (punches) R1, 2:09
Nate Maness def. Tony Gravely via TKO (punches) R2, 2:10
Joaquin Buckley def. Antonio Arroyo via TKO (punches) R3, 2:26
Tafon Nchukwi def. Mike Rodriguez via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Raquel Pennington def. Pannie Kianzad via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Rong Zhu def. Brandon Jenkins via TKO (strikes) R3, 4:35
Montel Jackson def. JP Buys via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Erin Blanchfield def. Sarah Alpar via unanimous decision (30-25, 30-25, 30-26)
Carlston Harris def. Impa Kasanganay via TKO (punches) R1, 2:38
Heili Alateng vs. Gustavo Lopez declared draw (28-28, 28-28, 28-28)
Hannah Goldy def. Emily Whitmire via verbal submission (armbar) R1, 4:17