UFC News · Feb 15, 2025
Elijah Smith | Poised For The Spotlight
Dana White’s Contender Series Grad Elijah Smith Primed For Success Ahead Of UFC Debut At UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs Rodriguez
By Thomas Gerbasi, On X: @TGerbasi • Feb. 15, 2025
The way Elijah Smith puts it, the advice his father, Gilbert Smith Jr., has given him about fighting in the UFC is simple. Correction, “really simple.”
“Just stay focused and look to achieve greatness,” said Elijah. “The motive hasn't changed from when I first started, so it shouldn't change. Now that I finally got to the big stage, we always got into this game to be world champions and that's still the goal. And this is just step one to becoming a world champion.”
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