Cole Smith

"The Cole Train"

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Record

Age / DOB 37
(Apr 05, 1989)

Height 5' 11"

Weight 135 lbs.

Reach 67.0"

Stance Orthodox

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Career Averages

1.78 Sig. Strikes / Min

35.0% Sig. Strike Acc.

1.96 Absorbed / Min

49.0% Strike Defense

1.67 TD Avg / 15 min

33.0% TD Accuracy

45.0% TD Defense

1.7 Sub. / Fight

Win Methods (1)

KO/TKO 0

Submission 0

Decision 1

Loss Methods (2)

KO/TKO 0

Submission 0

Decision 2

Fight History

Result / Opponent

Event & Date

Method/Round

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Loss

vs Hunter Azure

UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai
Sep 05, 2020

Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) R3 5:00

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Hunter Azure	0	31 of 81	38%	69 of 121	2 of 5	40%	3	0	3:13
Cole Smith	1	42 of 56	75%	75 of 90	5 of 8	62%	0	0	8:02

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Ctrl
1	Hunter Azure	0	11 of 29	37%	14 of 32	0 of 1	0%	1	0:32
1	Cole Smith	1	26 of 29	89%	48 of 51	2 of 3	66%	0	2:48
2	Hunter Azure	0	11 of 17	64%	31 of 38	1 of 3	33%	0	0:43
2	Cole Smith	0	6 of 11	54%	11 of 17	2 of 2	100%	0	3:29
3	Hunter Azure	0	9 of 35	25%	24 of 51	1 of 1	100%	2	1:58
3	Cole Smith	0	10 of 16	62%	16 of 22	1 of 3	33%	0	1:45

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Hunter Azure	31 of 81	38%	16 of 43	8 of 25	7 of 13	20 of 67	5 of 8	6 of 6
Cole Smith	42 of 56	75%	29 of 43	5 of 5	8 of 8	24 of 35	5 of 7	13 of 14

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Hunter Azure	11 of 29	37%	3 of 14	6 of 13	2 of 2	10 of 27	1 of 2	0 of 0
1	Cole Smith	26 of 29	89%	19 of 22	1 of 1	6 of 6	12 of 14	4 of 4	10 of 11
2	Hunter Azure	11 of 17	64%	6 of 8	1 of 2	4 of 7	6 of 12	1 of 1	4 of 4
2	Cole Smith	6 of 11	54%	4 of 9	1 of 1	1 of 1	5 of 10	1 of 1	0 of 0
3	Hunter Azure	9 of 35	25%	7 of 21	1 of 10	1 of 4	4 of 28	3 of 5	2 of 2
3	Cole Smith	10 of 16	62%	6 of 12	3 of 3	1 of 1	7 of 11	0 of 2	3 of 3

Expert Picks (4)

Big Brady Expert Confident picked Sep 2, 2020 (3 days before fight)

Hunter Azure

Big Brady picks Azure, citing his significant striking advantage (4.71 sig strikes/min vs 1.63) and takedown defense. He thinks Smith will try to grind but will gas out, allowing Azure to get a late knockout. He acknowledges Azure's cardio looked poor against Kelleher but gives him the benefit of the doubt.

Azure by knockout, third round

"i'm gonna go with hunter azure here i think he has a significant advantage on the feet"

DFS by the Numbers

Daniel Levi Expert Confident picked Sep 3, 2020 (2 days before fight)

Cole Smith

Daniel Levi picks Cole Smith as an underdog, seeing value at +185. He believes Smith can backpack Hunter Azure for rounds and win a decision, similar to his style. Levi thinks Azure is overrated due to past injuries and being dropped by lesser competition, and that Smith's back-taking ability is a real threat. He acknowledges Smith's sketchy stand-up but trusts his grappling to secure the upset.

Smith by decision

"i think there's some value on cole smith man and i'm actually taking him for the winner"

Half the Battle

MMA Lock of the Night Expert Confident picked Sep 3, 2020 (2 days before fight)

Cole Smith

The host believes Cole Smith is being undervalued as a +185 underdog. He notes Smith's black belt in jiu-jitsu, gangly frame for the division, and effective leg kicks. He thinks Azure is overrated after his loss to Kelleher and that Smith can grind out a decision.

"I like cole here i'm going against the grain i know a lot of people are on hunter azure here but i like cole i think he's a solid spot as a dog"

MMA Lock of the Night

The MMA Guru Expert Hesitant picked Aug 31, 2020 (5 days before fight)

Hunter Azure

The MMA Guru picks Hunter Azure despite concerns about a quick turnaround after a brutal KO loss to Brian Kelleher. He believes Cole Smith lacks the KO power to finish Azure early and that Azure's reach and grappling will be too much. He notes Azure's ability to grind out opponents and doubts Smith can win a decision.

"cole smith versus hunter azure i'm gonna go with hunter azure"

THE MMA GURU

Loss

vs Miles Johns

UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje
Sep 14, 2019

Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) R3 5:00

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Miles Johns	0	11 of 57	19%	26 of 75	1 of 6	16%	0	0	8:32
Cole Smith	0	31 of 65	47%	63 of 104	1 of 2	50%	0	1	2:52

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Miles Johns	2 of 6	33%	10 of 14	0 of 3	0%	0	4:14
1	Cole Smith	2 of 2	100%	2 of 2	0 of 0	---	0	0:16
2	Miles Johns	0 of 6	0%	4 of 12	1 of 1	100%	0	2:05
2	Cole Smith	6 of 9	66%	31 of 40	1 of 1	100%	1	2:34
3	Miles Johns	9 of 45	20%	12 of 49	0 of 2	0%	0	2:13
3	Cole Smith	23 of 54	42%	30 of 62	0 of 1	0%	0	0:02

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Miles Johns	11 of 57	19%	4 of 42	7 of 15	0 of 0	9 of 53	2 of 4	0 of 0
Cole Smith	31 of 65	47%	29 of 62	2 of 3	0 of 0	20 of 53	7 of 7	4 of 5

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Miles Johns	2 of 6	33%	1 of 5	1 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 2	2 of 4	0 of 0
1	Cole Smith	2 of 2	100%	2 of 2	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 0	2 of 2	0 of 0
2	Miles Johns	0 of 6	0%	0 of 6	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 6	0 of 0	0 of 0
2	Cole Smith	6 of 9	66%	4 of 6	2 of 3	0 of 0	0 of 2	2 of 2	4 of 5
3	Miles Johns	9 of 45	20%	3 of 31	6 of 14	0 of 0	9 of 45	0 of 0	0 of 0
3	Cole Smith	23 of 54	42%	23 of 54	0 of 0	0 of 0	20 of 51	3 of 3	0 of 0

Win

vs Mitch Gagnon

UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy
May 04, 2019

Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) R3 5:00

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Cole Smith	1	15 of 54	27%	23 of 62	0 of 1	0%	2	1	2:06
Mitch Gagnon	0	38 of 88	43%	56 of 111	2 of 4	50%	2	0	8:04

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Cole Smith	0	7 of 20	35%	7 of 20	0 of 1	0%	0	0	1:31
1	Mitch Gagnon	0	15 of 35	42%	17 of 37	1 of 3	33%	0	0	1:46
2	Cole Smith	0	5 of 23	21%	13 of 31	0 of 0	---	0	1	0:23
2	Mitch Gagnon	0	15 of 35	42%	19 of 41	1 of 1	100%	1	0	2:30
3	Cole Smith	1	3 of 11	27%	3 of 11	0 of 0	---	2	0	0:12
3	Mitch Gagnon	0	8 of 18	44%	20 of 33	0 of 0	---	1	0	3:48

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Cole Smith	15 of 54	27%	11 of 42	2 of 8	2 of 4	9 of 40	4 of 11	2 of 3
Mitch Gagnon	38 of 88	43%	13 of 41	9 of 26	16 of 21	27 of 72	10 of 15	1 of 1

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Cole Smith	7 of 20	35%	4 of 16	1 of 2	2 of 2	4 of 13	3 of 7	0 of 0
1	Mitch Gagnon	15 of 35	42%	4 of 13	4 of 12	7 of 10	9 of 28	6 of 7	0 of 0
2	Cole Smith	5 of 23	21%	4 of 16	1 of 5	0 of 2	3 of 18	1 of 4	1 of 1
2	Mitch Gagnon	15 of 35	42%	5 of 18	4 of 10	6 of 7	11 of 27	3 of 7	1 of 1
3	Cole Smith	3 of 11	27%	3 of 10	0 of 1	0 of 0	2 of 9	0 of 0	1 of 2
3	Mitch Gagnon	8 of 18	44%	4 of 10	1 of 4	3 of 4	7 of 17	1 of 1	0 of 0