UFC UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2 Final

Welterweight

Preston Parsons vs Jacobe Smith

Preston Parsons
United States

Preston Parsons

“Pressure”

11-6

VS
Jacobe Smith
United States

Jacobe Smith

“Cobe”

12-0

Winner

Winner

Jacobe Smith

KO/TKO (Punch · Head · At Distance) · Round 1 — 1:13

11 January 2025 · Meta Apex, Las Vegas, USA

Key takeaways

  • Jacobe Smith beat Preston Parsons by KO/TKO in round 1 at 1:13.
  • Jacobe Smith landed 12 of 23 total strikes, with 0:11 of control time.

Tale of the tape

Preston ParsonsJacobe Smith
11-6Record12-0
29Age on fight night28
5′11″ (180 cm)Height5′10″ (178 cm)
71″ (180 cm)Reach72″ (183 cm)
170 lb (77.1 kg)Weight170 lb (77.1 kg)
OrthodoxStanceSouthpaw
Elevate MMATeamRanger 47
Jacksonville, Florida, United StatesFromMuskogee, Oklahoma, United States

Fight statistics

8of 15 · 53%Total strikes landed12of 23 · 52%
6of 12Head strikes8of 17
2of 2Body strikes2of 3
0of 1Leg strikes2of 3
0Knockdowns1
0:00Control time0:11

Counts are total strikes thrown and landed — the source does not separate significant strikes.

Round by round

Preston ParsonsRoundJacobe Smith
8/15strikes0/0TD0KD0:00controlR112/23strikes0/0TD1KD0:11control

Form going into the fight

Preston Parsons

  1. LOban Elliottunanimous decision2024
  2. WMatthew Semelsbergerunanimous decision2024
  3. LTrevin Gilessplit decision2023
  4. WEvan Elderunanimous decision2022
  5. LDaniel RodriguezKO/TKO R1 3:472021

Jacobe Smith

  1. WChristien SavoieKO/TKO R2 2:552024

Also on this card

Mackenzie Dern vs Amanda RibasWomen's Strawweightsubmission R3 4:56Santiago Ponzinibbio vs Carlston HarrisWelterweightKO/TKO R3 3:13Cesar Almeida vs Abdul Razak AlhassanMiddleweightKO/TKO R1 4:16Chris Curtis vs Roman KopylovMiddleweightKO/TKO R3 4:59Christian Rodriguez vs Austin BashiFeatherweightunanimous decision

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