Newcomer Jacobe Smith Rings in New Year with Brutal First-Round KO

Undefeated newcomer Jacobe Smith scored the UFC’s first knockout of 2025 with a brutal first-round end in opposition to Preston Parsons on Saturday night time.

Following a formidable exhibiting on Dana White’s Contender Collection in October, Smith made his Octagon debut at UFC Vegas 101 boasting a strong 9-0 file. He wasted no time incomes his tenth profession win by way of a vicious right-left mixture that despatched his opponent crashing to the canvas.

73 seconds into the scrap, Smith caught Parsons with a straight proper and promptly adopted it up with a left that caught him clear, knocking him to the mat. Smith pursued, seeking to land some follow-up strikes on the mat, however the referee had already seen sufficient and rapidly known as for the stoppage, giving us our first end of the brand new yr.

Official End result: Jacobe Smith def. Preston Parsons by way of TKO (strikes) at 1:13 of Spherical 1.