Maurice "Mo" Smith Highlight Video by satanserv

A career highlight of one of the early strikers to make a mark on MMA as a UFC champion following being a kickboxing champion.

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[clintbronson5]

He is damned skilled! To whip Marco KING OF THE STREETS Ruas convincingly TWICE mind you says a lot!

[FranktheShanker12]

smith is the man, his mma record doesnt do justice to how skilled he is

[ShitWrangler]

mo is vital to mma history, gsp or etc prolly won't be. in a time when a 250lb wrestler laid on your chest it was considered a death sentence and the match may as well be stopped or you'd be killed. well he was one of if not the first to show otherwise, and on the highest level.

[BootlegFightVideo]

@jbott614 I don't rate money for how I judge fighters. Some of the greatest standup combat fighters of all-time made puny Thai baht not big American dollars and had no US TV exposure.

[BootlegFightVideo]

@jbott614 His record is his record not my opinion or your opinion/excuses. Don the Dragon beat Alexio, Mo, some OK Thai's, Cikatic, draw Theriault so no chance for Alexio at #3. Other superior Americans Manson Gibson, Cung Le, Benny the Jet, Sugarfoot Cunningham. Carter Williams at one point beat Roufus and Mike McDonald in the same night. Alexio can be listed with guys like Superfoot Wallace and Joe Lewis.

[jbott614]

@BootlegFightVideo and to call him number 10 is crazy he is top 3 no matter what and he beat the fuck outa branko what fight did you watch? and stan the fluke was a lucky ass RE BRAKE of the same broken leg in the same spot froam a yr b4 he was going to MURDER stan the man that shit was a joke and he beat good fighters he did take a lot a bs fights just to stay active and keep the big checks coming in i have no problom with the jet #1 mo #2 but alexio is no worse than #3

[jbott614]

@BootlegFightVideo never said it was the best but legacy didnt mean shit its about the money we all know that if k1 was going to pay you 10 grand and a vegas full contact promoter was going to pay you 50g and put the fight on abc and espn live tell me what fight would you take? I respect your opinion and I know you know kickiboxing but I myself like fc rules i like the high kicks and the spinning backfist and thats what was on tv when i was a kid.

[BootlegFightVideo]

@jbott614 The 70's aren't involved as they were 80's and up fighters. I don't care where the money is it's the best fighters in the best fights and FC may have made Alexio money but it was a lame style compared to MT or K-1. His bank got fat his legacy is FRINGE to where the sport went. Mo and Roufus proved it vs Thai's, Dutch, FC guys, MMA guys, K-1 guys they didn't sit in the 70's making money pretending karate was the best like Alexio or Chuck Norris.

[BootlegFightVideo]

@jbott614 In 98 Smith was RELEVANT, 2x UFC champ fighting K-1 qualifiers, Alexio wound down his career in an outmoded style vs scrubs in HI. You said USA kickboxer you left out FULL CONTACT as Alexio was nothing K-1 modified MT rules. Roufus,Smith knew FC was done and moved on to prove they are greater fighters of multiple styles. Alexio fought 3 big-time fighters going 0-2-1 Wilson, Cikatic, Longinidis. Roufus #1 (beat Mo,Longinidis,Hoost,Kaman,Gibs­on,McDonald,Thierault) Mo #2 Alexio #10.

[jbott614]

in 98 maurice smith turned down a fight vs alexio when alexio called maurice on the phone and asked for a fight under fc rules why? because the promoter was going to pay them each over 60 grand and the k1 could not even pay one of them that much..............smith turned the fight down that is the truth. smith is the 3rd best usa kickboxer of all time..............1 is alexio 2 is rick the jet and 3 is mo smith

[jbott614]

remember kickboxing in the usa in the 70s 80s and early 90s was supposed to be ''pro karate'' not mt. even the stan fight was not mt rules as many of you think even that promoter made the fight ''oriental'' rules and there was no bows or knees aloud it was fc rules with low kicks aloud. k1 only paid fighters less than 5g a fight back then so dont blame dennis alexio who made over 50g a fight for not wanting to fight for chump change in the k1

[jbott614]

@BootlegFightVideo yes but at the time alexio was the biggest paid kickboxer he made over 50 g a fight and k1 at the time didnt pay shit dude trust me ive been around the sport over 20 yr he didnt fight many leg kick fights because the promoters in the usa that paid dennis big money demanded that the rules be full contact rules when people came up with big money like the branko fight he would fight low kicks and i dont care what any of you say he was killing branko and about to ko his ass