Maurice L. Smith (born December 13, 1961) is a retired American

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and

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. In kickboxing, he held the WKC (World Kickboxing Council) world light heavyweight championship, the WKA (World Kickboxing Association) world heavyweight championship, and the ISKA (International Sport Karate Association) world heavyweight championship. In mixed martial arts, he held the Heavyweight championship in

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and the UFC, and became a member of the

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in 2017. A professional competitor since 1980, Smith has formerly competed in kickboxing for the companies All Japan Enterprise and

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, RINGS,

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, Strikeforce,

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and

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Career

Raised in Seattle, Washington, Smith got into martial arts at the age of 13 after watching

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's ''

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'', and having had to retreat from a fight. He trained in

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and

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, until he found the sport of

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at age 18. Smith attended West Seattle High School, where he played football and participated in gymnastics.

Kickboxing career

Smith won his first seven amateur kickboxing matches and then turned professional. His first fight was on March 4, 1982 against

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's Light Heavyweight Champion Tony Morelli, who defeated him by decision after the seventh round. Seeing he had lost due to his lack of cardio, Smith started to train extensively to improve it, and fourteen months later, he went to his rematch as a new fighter. He then defeated Morelli by KO via roundhouse kick also in the seventh round, winning the championship. Later that year, he was called for a non-title fight in Japan against the renowned

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, and although Smith lost the fight, he had shown heads in the kickboxing world that he was on the way up. Maurice moved up a weight class and won the World Kickboxing Association Heavyweight Championship from Travis Everett, knocking him out via low kicks. In 1984, Smith went to compete in Holland, beating Marcel Swank in the first round. Smith went ten straight years without a loss. He also had a notable win in 1991 over

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who, at the time, was tearing through the ranks and was regarded as a super up and coming fighter. Maurice won this 12 round match by split decision after coming back from a knockdown in the first round by Stan and surviving an early onslaught. In 1993, Smith was invited to the K-1 Grand Prix '93 along with seven of the world's best Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight kickboxers. Smith won his first match by defeating Japanese fighter Toshiyuki Atokawa in the quarterfinals by unanimous decision. In the semifinals he met Dutch fighter and future K-1 legend, Ernesto Hoost, where after a hard-fought battle Smith was knocked out by left highkick in the final round, ending his tournament.

Mixed martial arts career

Smith had his first contact with mixed rules of fight, when he was invited in November 1989 by the Japanese

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promotion UWF Newborn. He was scheduled to face up-and-coming wrestler Masakatsu Funaki in a mixed rules fight, but his opponent got injured and was replaced with training partner

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. During the fight, Smith kept negating Suzuki's takedown attempts by employing the pro wrestling-ruled rope scapes and a rudimentary sprawl ability, knocking him out several times with strike before finishing him with a right punch at the fourth round. The event sold out the Tokyo Dome and broke record gates. On October 4, 1992, Smith would face Funaki in an exhibition fight for Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi, ending in a draw. In 1993, Smith debuted for the mixed martial arts promotion

founded by Funaki and Suzuki. He took part in a kickboxing rules fight against Suzuki in the event Yes, We Are Hybrid Wrestlers 3. Later, he was scheduled to compete in a special rules MMA fight, in which the first and third rounds would be fought wearing boxing gloves, the second and fourth barehanded, and the fifth with only Smith wearing them. However, Smith lost the fight when Suzuki took him down at round 3 and made him tap to an

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. The next year, he took part in the King of Pancrase tournament. Maurice beat Takaku Fuke on the first round but fell to

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via

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. He would go to lose twice to

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, however his loss to Shamrock was more instrumental to his career, as he became friends with him and was sent to his dojo in United States, the Lion's Den, to learn proper MMA. There he met

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, who he formed a close relationship with. Shamrock and Smith worked synergistically; Shamrock, a submission specialist, improved Smith's ground game, while Smith in return improved Shamrock's striking. Along with Japanese fighter Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, who had befriended Frank after a fight between them in Fighting Network RINGS, Smith and Shamrock eventually formed their own MMA team, called the Alliance. Smith joined Battlecade Extreme Fighting in 1996 to fight against the Heavyweight Champion Marcus "Conan" Silveira. Throughout the fight, Maurice showed excellent use of the sprawl technique which negated the

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fighter's attempts at takedowns, as well as a remarkable submission defensive whenever Silveira was able to engage him on the ground. Smith then knocked out Silveira in the third round with a roundhouse kick to the head. In doing so, he became the Extreme Fighting Heavyweight Champion and became the first legitimate striker to win a top-end MMA event. He then defended his title in the fourth show against judo and pro wrestling exponent Kazunari Murakami. Although Murakami surprisingly dropped Smith with a palm strike at the beginning, Smith escaped from his ground game and hit a barrage of leg kicks against the prone Japanese, and later knocked him out with a single punch. After the win, the company folded and Maurice joined the largest MMA promotion in the United States, the UFC. At

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on July 27, 1997, Smith faced UFC Heavyweight Champion

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in a title fight. Smith was considered to be a massive underdog for the bout, but shocked the mixed martial arts world with a unanimous decision victory to win the

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. With this win, Smith became the first striker to survive the attack of a world class wrestler. Through the use of an active guard, Smith was able to negate Coleman's vaunted ground and pound attacks. After nearly 15 minutes of attempting to damage Smith through his guard, Coleman was exhausted, allowing Smith to capitalize on the feet. Eventually, he won the decision against an exhausted and damaged Coleman. Smith then successfully defended his belt against David "Tank" Abbott winning after Abbott was too exhausted to continue, before losing his belt to MMA legend

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by majority decision, in a controversial fight that many viewers deemed as a fight that Smith should have won; especially since Smith was the reigning and defending UFC heavyweight champion.

Return to MMA

On May 19, 2007 Maurice Smith had his first MMA bout in almost seven years when he defeated

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by TKO in a rematch at an

show held in

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. He saved his energy for the first rounds, making little action, before turning to attack and dropping Ruas thrice with striking combinations for the towel throw. On February 23, 2008 at a Strikeforce event entitled ''Strikeforce: At The Dome'' held at the Tacoma Dome in

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, Smith defeated kickboxer Rick Roufus, who was making his MMA debut, by submission at 1:53 of the first round. Maurice Smith was the coach of the Seattle Tiger Sharks of the

from 2006 to 2007. He is currently associated with ''Team Alliance''. Smith returned to MMA on March 30, 2012 at the second Resurrection Fighting Alliance (RFA) card against Jorge Cordoba, his first career fight as a Light Heavyweight. After spending the first two rounds picking apart Cordoba with various strikes, Maurice finished the fight with a head-kick knockout. He was scheduled to fight Ryan Lopez on June 30, 2012 at Resurrection Fighting Alliance's third event, RFA 3. Weeks before the fight, though, Lopez was forced to pull out of the fight due to an unspecified illness. Smith returned to the Heavyweight division and lost a unanimous decision to Matt Kovacs at Cage Warrior Combat (CWC) 9 on November 2, 2013.

Championships and accomplishments

Kickboxing

** 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix Preliminary USA winner ** K-1 World Grand Prix '93 Tournament Semifinalist * International Sport Karate Association ** I.S.K.A. World Muay Thai Heavyweight Champion (1996) * World Kickboxing Association ** W.K.A. World Kickboxing Heavyweight Champion (1983) ** W.K.A. World Muay Thai Heavyweight Champion (1994) * Other ** W.K.C. Light-Heavyweight World Champion (1983)

Mixed martial arts

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(One time) ** One successful title defense **

(Pioneer wing, class of 2017) * Extreme Fighting ** Extreme Fighting Heavyweight Championship 3 Marcus "Conan" Silveira ** Extreme Fighting Heavyweight Championship 4 Murakami Kazanari *

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** 1997 Most Outstanding Fighter ** 1997 Fight of the Year vs. Mark Coleman on July 27 *

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** 2001 Full-Contact Fighter of the Yea

Kickboxing record

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, United States , , TKO (Low kicks) , , 8 , , 0:55 , , , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1986 , , Win , , align=left, Raymond Horsey , , , , Atlanta, Georgia, USA , , KO (Low Kicks) , , , , , , , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1984 , , Win , , align=left, Marcel Schwank , , , , Netherlands , , KO , , 1 , , , , , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1983 , , Win , , align=left, Dana Goodson , , , , , , , , , , , , , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1983 , , Win , , align=left, Travis Everett , , , , Mexico City, Mexico , , KO (Low Kicks) , , , , , , 13-2 , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1983 , , Win , , align=left, , , , , , , , , , , , , 12-2 , - , - bgcolor="#FFBBBB" , 1983-05-21 , , Loss , , align=left, Don Wilson , , , ,

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Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only ...

, United States , , KO (Kick) , , 7 , , , , 10-1 , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1983-00-00 , , Win , , align=left, Don Nakaya Nielsen , , , ,

, United States , , Decision , , 7 , , 2:00 , , 9-1 , - , - bgcolor="#FFBBBB" , 1983-00-00 , , Loss , , align=left, Tony Morelli , , , , Surrey, Canada , , Decision , , 7 , , 2:00 , , 8-1 , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1981-00-00 , , Win , , align=left, Marcus Ector , , , , Everett, WASHINGTON , , KO , , , , , , 7-0 , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1981-00-00 , , Win , , align=left, Pat Peters , , , , Surrey, Canada , , KO , , , , , , 6-0 , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1981-00-00 , , Win , , align=left, Scott Rohr , , , ,

Portland Portland most commonly refers to: * Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States * Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...

, OR , , KO , , , , , , 5-0 , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1981-00-00 , , Win , , align=left, Ken Orr , , , , Everett, WASHINGTON , , KO , , , , , , 4-0 , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1981-02-26 , , Win , , align=left, Wade Woodbury , , , ,

Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

, Canada , , Decision (Split) , , , , , , 3-0 , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1981-01-17 , , Win , , align=left, Rich Mason , , , , Everett, WASHINGTON , , KO , , , , , , 2-0 , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1980-09-20 , , Win , , align=left, Kelly Worden , , , , Tacoma, WASHINGTON , , KO , , , , , , 1-0 , - , colspan=9 , ''Legend'':

Mixed martial arts record

, - , Loss , align=center, 14–14 , Matt Kovacs , Decision (unanimous) , CWC 9: Cage Warrior Combat 9 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 , Kent, Washington, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 14–13 , Jorge Cordoba , KO (head kick) , RFA 2: Yvel vs. Alexander , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 2:05 ,

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, United States , , - , Loss , align=center, 13–13 ,

Hidehiko Yoshida is a Japanese gold-medalist judoka and retired mixed martial artist. He is a longtime veteran of Japan's PRIDE Fighting Championships, competing in the Middleweight (93kg) and Heavyweight divisions. He won gold at the 1992 Summer ...

, Submission (neck crank) , World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 3 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:23 , Saitama, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 13–12 , Rick Roufus , Submission (straight armbar) , Strikeforce: At The Dome , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:53 ,

, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 12–12 ,

, TKO (corner stoppage) , IFL: Chicago , , align=center, 4 , align=center, 3:43 ,

Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count ...

, United States , , - , Loss , align=center, 11–12 ,

Renato Sobral Renato da Cunha Sobral (; born 7 September 1975), also known as "Babalu", is a retired Brazilian Luta Livre submission grappler, mixed martial artist, and was the former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion. Sobral previously fought in the Ul ...

, Decision (unanimous) , UFC 28 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

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, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 11–11 , Bobby Hoffman , Decision (majority) , UFC 27 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

Renzo Gracie Renzo Gracie (; born March 11, 1967) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. A member of the Gracie family of Brazil, Renzo is a 7th Degree Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Carlos Gracie Jr. He is the ...

, Submission (straight armbar) , RINGS: King of Kings 1999 Block B , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:50 ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 10–10 , Branden Lee Hinkle , Decision (majority) , RINGS: King of Kings 1999 Block B , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 9–10 , Marcus Silveira , Submission (arm-triangle choke) , WEF 7: Stomp in the Swamp , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 2:48 ,

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, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 9–9 ,

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, Submission (forearm choke) , Pride 7 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 7:33 ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 8–9 ,

, TKO (corner stoppage) , UFC 21 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 5:00 ,

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, United States , , - , Loss , align=center, 7–9 , Kevin Randleman , Decision (unanimous) ,

UFC 19 ''UFC 19: Ultimate Young Guns'' was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 5, 1999 at the Casino Magic in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The event was seen live on pay-per-view in the United States, and later ...

, , align=center, 1 , align=center, 15:00 ,

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, United States , , - , Loss , align=center, 7–8 ,

, Decision (majority) ,

UFC Japan ''UFC Japan: Ultimate Japan '' (also known as ''UFC Ultimate Japan'' or ''UFC 15.5'') was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on December 21, 1997 in Yokohama, Japan. The event was seen on pay per view in the Unit ...

, , align=center, 1 , align=center, 21:00 ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 7–7 ,

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, TKO (leg kicks) , UFC 15 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 8:08 ,

, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 6–7 ,

, Decision (unanimous) ,

, , align=center, 1 , align=center, 21:00 ,

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, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 5–7 , Kazunari Murakami , KO (punch) , Extreme Fighting 4 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:23 ,

Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines () is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small part of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moine ...

, United States , , - , Loss , align=center, 4–7 ,

Akira Maeda (born Go Il-myeong (Hangul: 고일명, Hanja: 高日明), January 24, 1959) is a Japanese mixed martial arts promoter, writer and retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist of Korean descent. Maeda was also known by the ring name ...

, N/A , RINGS: Budokan Hall 1997 , , align=center, N/A , align=center, N/A ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 4–6 , Marcus Silveira , TKO (head kick) , Extreme Fighting 3 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 1:36 ,

Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the U.S. state, state of Oklahoma and List of United States cities by population, 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. ...

, United States , , - , Loss , align=center, 3–6 , Kiyoshi Tamura , Submission (armbar) , RINGS: Maelstrom 6 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 10:58 ,

, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 3–5 , Tsuyoshi Kohsaka , N/A , RINGS: Budokan Hall 1996 , , align=center, N/A , align=center, N/A ,

, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 3–4 ,

, Submission (rear-naked choke) , Pancrase: Eyes Of Beast 6 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:34 ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 3–3 , Manabu Yamada , KO (punch) , Pancrase: 1995 Anniversary Show , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 1:46 ,

, , - , Loss , align=center, 2–3 ,

, Submission (kneebar) , Pancrase: Eyes Of Beast 4 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:10 , Chiba, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 2–2 ,

, Submission (arm-triangle choke) , Pancrase: King of Pancrase Tournament Opening Round , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:23 ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 2–1 , Takaku Fuke , KO (knee) , Pancrase: King of Pancrase Tournament Opening Round , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:48 ,

, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 1–1 ,

, Submission (armbar) , Pancrase: Road to the Championship 1 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 0:36 ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 1–0 ,

, KO (punch) , Pancrase: Yes, We Are Hybrid Wrestlers 3 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 0:52 ,

, Japan ,

Mixed rules

, Win , align=center, 1–0 ,

, KO (punch) , UWF U-Cosmos , , align=center, 4 , align=center, 1:05 ,

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