Taylyn HadleyJanuary 11, 2025
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Jacobe Smith provided a spectacular knockout success in his UFC launching versus Preston Parsons on Saturday at UFC Vegas 101.
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The 29-year-old welterweight protected the knockout simply 1:13 into the preliminary.
With simply 8 days' notification, Smith, a previous Dana White's Contender Series fighter, landed a definitive shot to Parsons' chin at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Smith formerly contended in the Fury Fighting Championship and Xtreme Fighting League, preserving an unbeaten expert record with 7 wins by knockout and 6 first-round surfaces.
Following his success, Smith made it clear that he aspires to go far for himself in the UFC after his dominant win over the previous 11-5 fighter, Parsons.
“This is my home,” Smith stated in his post-fight interview, per MMA Junkie's Mike Bohn. “Dana White, I value the chance, however this is my home. Belal (Muhammad), knock knock.”
Muhammad beat previous champ Leon Edwards in the primary occasion of UFC 304, protecting a consentaneous choice triumph to declare the Welterweight title.
The 36-year-old Muhammad boasts a dominant 24-3 expert record, with 5 wins by knockout and one by submission.
The leading 3 fighters in the Welterweight department– Edwards, Shavkat Rakhmonov and Kamaru Usman– would likely intervene in Smith's high aspirations for the title in the extremely competitive weight class.
The callout might be a bit early for the launching fighter, however if he continues to carry out with the supremacy and grit he showed on Saturday, he'll definitely work his method towards a title battle in the future.
