With a new year of 2026, we are set to keep our eyes out for the UFC’s newest, brightest prospects and future champions. Currently 2-0 in the UFC after earning a second-round TKO victory on the Contender Series to kick off 2025, Jacobe Smith is set for his second full year in the UFC. Not having gone the distance since 2023, Smith has all the makings of a future UFC welterweight champion.
Jacobe Smith Has Fighting in His DNA
As with many of the most successful fighters of all time, it is embedded in their DNA.