Former UFC title challenger Anthony Smith makes his final walk in Kansas City against Zhang Mingyang. Who takes it?

Anthony Smith did not get his fairytale ending. The longtime UFC veteran suffered a brutal stoppage loss at the hands of China's Zhang Mingyang in his retirement bout on Saturday in the co-main event of UFC Kansas City,

Anthony Smith, the UFC light heavyweight veteran known as “Lionheart,” officially retired from mixed martial arts after a first-round TKO loss to Zhang Mingyang in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night Kansas City on April 26 2025.