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Earns contract in main event
Smith defeated Arron Tau via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) at Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series 72. After the show, he was one of five fighters to be awarded an official UFC contract.
ANALYSIS
Smith came out hot, winning the significant striking battle in each of the first two rounds -- dominantly in Round 1 and narrowly in Round 2. He also executed multiple takedowns in each of those two frames, but it barely amounted to over a minute of control time in each. Smith was visibly fatigued by the third round, and his desperate opponent came away with a 56-to-31 significant striking advantage in the frame. Smith dug deep to hang around, but he'll need to budget his cardio for a full 15 minutes by the time he's facing UFC opponents. Nonetheless, Smith is now an addition to the UFC's bantamweight division, and as the son of UFC veteran Gilbert Smith, he becomes the second second-generation fighter in company history.
Smith came out hot, winning the significant striking battle in each of the first two rounds -- dominantly in Round 1 and narrowly in Round 2. He also executed multiple takedowns in each of those two frames, but it barely amounted to over a minute of control time in each. Smith was visibly fatigued by the third round, and his desperate opponent came away with a 56-to-31 significant striking advantage in the frame. Smith dug deep to hang around, but he'll need to budget his cardio for a full 15 minutes by the time he's facing UFC opponents. Nonetheless, Smith is now an addition to the UFC's bantamweight division, and as the son of UFC veteran Gilbert Smith, he becomes the second second-generation fighter in company history.