UFC · Bantamweight
10–1–0
5 KO · 2 SUB · 3 DEC
Elijah Smith fights at bantamweight in the UFC.
Colorado is his birthplace. He trains at Factory X, and the pro debut was a corner stoppage of Roger Smith at 0:10 of the third round on August 21, 2022.
He started training in 2020, when a plan to play football at a junior college in California ended, and two amateur fights lasted a combined 22 seconds. The amateur record was 5-0 with two belts, and he holds a brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. A car dealership was the job before he fought.
He is the second youngest of four siblings, started wrestling at five, and was a two-time state qualifier, and he has a five-year-old. Gilbert Smith, his father, went 13-6 as a UFC veteran and a two-time cast member of The Ultimate Fighter. Music, volleyball, football, and hikes are the hobbies he lists, and Swift, the nickname, comes from how fast he moves and how quickly he finishes.
Four of the wins ended in the first round, and Reyes Cortez Jr. knocked him out with a punch at 2:17 of the third round on March 24, 2023, when he was 2-0.
Fight night · UFC
Smith meets Davey Grant at bantamweight on the Saturday main card in Las Vegas, 238 days after he submitted SuYoung You, with hand surgery and four months in the NICU in between.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SuYoung You | Win | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 1:04 | UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Vallejos | |
| Toshiomi Kazama | Win | KO (slam) | 1 | 4:10 | UFC on ESPN: Dolidze vs. Hernandez | |
| Vince Morales | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues | |
| Aaron Tau | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | Dana White's Contender Series 2024, Week 6 | |
| Josh Walker | Win | TKO (punches and elbows) | 1 | 1:44 | Fury FC 92 | |
| Jacob Kreitel | Win | TKOFeatherweight. | 1 | 0:37 | Battle MMA Championships 12 | |
| Robert Trujillo | Win | Decision (unanimous)Vacant Colorado Combat Club bantamweight title. | 3 | 5:00 | Colorado Combat Club 21 | |
| Dimas Chapa | Win | Submission (face crank) | 3 | 2:09 | Fury Challenger Series 6 | |
| Reyes Cortez Jr. | Loss | KO (punch) | 3 | 2:17 | Fury FC 76 | |
| Christian Strong | Win | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:18 | Fury FC 72 | |
| Roger Smith | Win | TKO (corner stoppage)Pro debut. | 3 | 0:10 | Fury FC 68 |