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Smith returned at UFC 6 facing Rudyard Moncayo, a kenpo karate stylist from Ecuador. Finally, Smith reached the finals and his desired match against Royce Gracie, but it was short and one-sided, with Gracie taking him down and landing several palm strikes from mount before the kickboxer tapped out. Smith next fought karate expert Johnny Rhodes, whom he submitted with a second guillotine choke after a brief exchange of hits. This finish is considered one of the most brutal in the history of UFC. The peak of his performance, however, came technically through striking: after being pitted against ninjutsu fighter Scott Morris in the second round, Smith dropped him with knee strikes from the clinch, mounted him on the ground, and then unloaded barrage after barrage of punches and elbow strikes, completely knocking Morris out. Smith had spent the time between shows working on his grappling to perform better on the ground, which paid off with a victory by guillotine choke against Ray Wizard in the first round. The fans in Denver booed heavily as they were unaware of the submission rules and were displeased with the fact that the match ended so quickly without a knockout.ĭespite his loss, Smith's performance got him invited to UFC 2, now a 16-man tournament, where he entered with the expressed intent of a shot at the previous winner Royce Gracie. Smith's first and only match was against shoot wrestler Ken Shamrock, who took Smith down easily and submitted him with a heel hook. With the event being held in Smith's hometown of Denver, he was an easy addition. Art Davie, the promoter, placed advertisements in martial arts magazines and sent letters to anyone in any martial arts directory he could find to recruit competitors for the event. The event featured an eight-man single-elimination tournament with very few rules, awarding $50,000 to the winner. Smith participated the first Ultimate Fighting Championship event, UFC 1, in November 1993. Mixed martial arts career Ultimate Fighting Championship Despite little international success, Smith had more success at home, accumulating an overall 66-8 kickboxing record by the time he retired in 2000. His last match in K-1 was against rising local star Musashi, a match he lost by KO, and he was released from his K-1 contract, finishing 1 and 4 with the organization. He lost to Andy Hug in a rematch at the K-1 Revenge event and then failed to qualify for the following year's K-1 Grand Prix at K-1 Grand Prix '95 Opening Battle. Īfter the Hug victory, Smith's K-1 career never took off. Some pundits, most notoriously Dave Meltzer, have expressed their belief that Hug's loss was a fight fixed in order to increase Smith's popularity. Smith was unable to build on this success as he was soundly defeated by eventual champion Peter Aerts in the semifinals. In 1994 he entered the K-1 Grand Prix '94 where he caused one of the biggest upsets in K-1 history by flooring three times and subsequently knocking out legendary karateka and future K-1 star Andy Hug with an uppercut after just 19 seconds of the first round in their quarterfinal match. Patrick Smith first rose to fame in the US for his kickboxing prowess.

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He was the 1993 Enshin Karate Sabaki Challenge Heavyweight champion, an annual full contact karate tournament held in Denver which allows grabs, sweeps and throws, and competed in the 1993 Seidokaikan full contact Karate World Cup tournament in Japan.

1 as a Super Heavyweight kickboxer in the United States and held a ranking of No. He was a 3rd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and also held a black belt in Hapkido, American Kenpo, and Tang Soo Do. He started his mixed martial arts career by participating in the first two Ultimate Fighting Championship events. Patrick Smith (AugJune 18, 2019) was an American Kickboxer and mixed martial artist. Taekwondo, Kickboxing, Tang Soo Do, Hapkido, Kenpo, Jiu-Jitsu, Boxing