Can Elijah Smith make it 6 in a row?
Five straight wins, two first-round finishes and a complete grappler profile. Elijah Smith faces Davey Grant: trap or goldmine for your picks?
First round. Toshiomi Kazama will never see the second. Elijah Smith, tagged as a grappler, just reminded everyone he can also turn out the lights standing up. Five fights, five wins, and one more opponent on the road: Davey Grant.
🥊 Quick Profile
Name: Elijah Smith
Record: 10-1-0
Trademark: A grappler who finishes one fight out of two, by submission as well as by KO
The High-Five Block
His last 5 results:
- ✅ SuYoung You — Submission (R2) UFC Fight Night
- ✅ Toshiomi Kazama — KO/TKO (R1) UFC Fight Night
- ✅ Vince Morales — Unanimous decision UFC Fight Night
- ✅ Aaron Tau — Unanimous decision Dana White's Contender Series
- ✅ Josh Walker — KO/TKO (R1) Fury Fighting Championship 92
The Origin Story
His childhood? His first pair of gloves? The file is empty, and we won't make things up. What's left is the trajectory, and it speaks for itself.
Fury Fighting Championship first. Fury FC 92, Josh Walker, KO/TKO in the first round. A calling card that doesn't get written with a pen, it gets written with a fist.
Then Dana White's Contender Series: Aaron Tau, unanimous decision. No finish, no fireworks, but a clean job in front of the decision-makers.
The profile is easy to read: a guy who moves forward, who wrestles, and who strikes without hesitation. The official MMX archetype says GRAPPLER. The numbers say the rest of his game works too.
Five for Five, and It Isn't Stopping
In the UFC, Smith didn't go sightseeing. Vince Morales lost on the scorecards. Kazama was stopped in the first round. SuYoung You tapped out in the second. Three UFC fights, three wins, two of them finishes.
That's no accident: he lands more than he takes, and he takes people to the ground.
| UFC Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Strikes landed/min | 4.2 |
| Strikes absorbed/min | 3 |
| Striking accuracy | 48% |
| Striking defense | 46.9% |
| Takedowns/15 min | 3 |
| Takedown accuracy / defense | 53.3% / 53.3% |
| Finish rate | 50% |
The strike differential is +1.2 strikes per minute in his favor. Not overwhelming, but positive, and it holds up against different styles.
That's why he's being pushed on the card: Featured Fight, UFC Fight Night: Cortes Acosta vs. Walker. Against Grant, he's playing for a lot. One more win and we stop talking about a streak and start talking about a real contender.
Useless Knowledge
- Two of his last five wins ended by KO/TKO in the first round, one at Fury FC 92, the other in the UFC.
- His takedown accuracy and takedown defense are identical: 53.3% on both sides.
- He went through the Contender Series, then strung together three wins in UFC Fight Night.
The MMX Eye
The stat to watch: takedown defense, 53.3%. Almost one time in two, you can put him on the mat. If Grant wants to wrestle, Smith won't be rolling out a red carpet. His striking defense (46.9%) is also decent, but nothing more.
On Grant's side, the file has no data. No record, no stats, no style. We won't invent an opponent just to make the picture look nice.
What we know: Smith comes in with five straight wins, a solid finish rate and a complete profile. Friendly pick: Smith, by submission or on points. Safe? Pretty much, but not locked in, because his defenses leave openings. If you're playing in La Ligue, don't put him in without checking.
Elijah Smith is five straight wins and a grappler's profile that can also finish standing. Do you think he'll win his next fight? Come make your picks and challenge your friends on MMX.
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