The bout between Anthony Smith and Vitor Petrino has been reportedly added to the UFC 301 battle card reside from Jeunesse Area in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Sunday, Could 5 (AEST). The competition pits the previous gentle heavyweight title challenger of the U.S. towards the unbeaten opponent of Brazil.
Smith (37-19) seems to return to wining methods after he was stopped by Khalil Rountree Jr. within the third spherical final December. The 35-year-old native of Corpus Christi, Texas challenged Jon Jones for the belt in March 2019, however dropped a unanimous resolution.
Brazil’s 26-year-old Petrino (11-0) is recent off the win by unanimous resolution towards Tyson Pedro this previous weekend at UFC Vegas 87.
The battle was first reported by Laerte Viana by way of submit on X. The promotion is but to formally verify the matchup.
The UFC 301 major occasion and co-main occasion bouts are but to be set. With the addition of Smith vs Petrino the present lineup seems as the next:
Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Iasmin Lucindo, girls’s strawweight
Paul Craig vs. Caio Borralho, middleweight
Joaquim Silva vs. Drakkar Klose, light-weight
Alessandro Costa vs. Kevin Borjas, flyweight
Jack Shore vs. Joanderson Brito, bantamweight
Elves Brener vs. Myktybek Orolbai, light-weight
Anthony Smith vs. Vitor Petrino, gentle heavyweight
