Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2025-04-26, nice and tough exchanges: the mma bout Anthony Smith vs Mingyang Zhang gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).Zhang vs Smith is scheduled to take place Saturday, April 26th, at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City (Missouri, United States), in a 3-round light heavyweight (205 lbs, 93 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Ian Garry vs Carlos Prates – UFC on ESPN 66. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Anthony Smith record
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Anthony Smith entered this fight with a mma record of 38-21-0 (92% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.15 light heavyweight in the world.
He won just one out of his last four bouts, against Vitor Petrino (Anthony Smith vs Vitor Petrino), then he has lost to Roman Dolidze (Anthony Smith vs Roman Dolidze) and to Dominick Reyes (Dominick Reyes vs Anthony Smith).
Mingyang Zhang record
His opponent, Mingyang Zhang, has an official record of 18-6-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.40 in the light heavyweight division.
He was defeated by Luan Aguirre Elias in 2019 but since then he has won ten consecutive fights beating Brendson Ribeiro and Osman Diaz in his last two.
Fight card
Here is the UFC on ESPN 66 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN2 / ESPN+)
Ian Garry vs Carlos Prates
Anthony Smith vs Mingyang Zhang
Giga Chikadze vs David Onama
Michel Pereira vs Abusupiyan Magomedov
Randy Brown vs Nicolas Dalby
Ikram Aliskerov vs Andre Muniz
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN2 / ESPN+)
Matt Schnell vs Jimmy Flick
Evan Elder vs Ahmad Sohail Hassanzada
Chris Gutierrez vs John Castaneda
DaMon Blackshear vs Heili Alateng
Malcolm Wellmaker vs Cameron Saaiman
Jaqueline Amorim vs Polyana Viana
Timothy Cuamba vs Roberto Romero
Chelsea Chandler vs Joselyne Edwards
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Anthony Smith vs Mingyang Zhang as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Result
Who won Smith vs Zhang fight?
Mingyang Zhang defeated Anthony Smith via TKO at 4:03, round 1.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC on ESPN 66 post-fight octagon interview of Anthony Smith and Mingyang Zhang.
