Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-04-15, great fight between
Tim Elliott and Louis Smolka: it gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night).
Tim Elliott entered this fight with a pro mma record of 13-7-1 (62% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.10 flyweight in the world. He fought twice last year beating Pedro Nobre and losing to #1 Demetrious Johnson (=Johnson vs Elliott).
His opponent, Louis Smolka, has a record of 11-3-0 (82% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.17 in the same weight class but he comes off two consecutive losses: against Brandon Moreno (=Smolka vs Moreno) and Ray Borg (=Smolka vs Borg). Tim Elliott vs Louis Smolka is on the undercard of Demetrious Johnson vs Wilson Reis – UFC on Fox 24. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-30, good work on the ground but it is not enough to get three stars:
Louis Smolka vs Ray Borg gets two.
Louis Smolka entered this fight with a pro record of 11-2-0 (82% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.10 flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Demetrious Johnson). He has fought twice in 2016 defeating Ben Nguyen (=Smolka vs Nguyen) and losing to Brandon Moreno (=Smolka vs Moreno).
His opponent, Ray Borg, has an official mma record of 9-2-0 (78% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.23 in the same weight class but he comes off the loss against Justin Scoggins (=Borg vs Scoggins). Smolka vs Borg is on the undercard of Amanda Nunes vs Ronda Rousey – UFC 207. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-10-01, good finish between
Louis Smolka and Brandon Moreno: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Louis Smolka entered this fight with a professional record of 11-1-0 (82% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Demetrious Johnson) while his opponent, Brandon Moreno, has a mma record of 11-3-0 (82% finishing rate). Smolka suffered his only defeat when he faced Chris Cariaso in 2014 (via split decision, Cariaso vs Smolka) but then he has won four bouts beating Ben Nguyen in his last one (=Smolka vs Nguyen) while Moreno was defeated by Brenson Hansen in 2012 but since then he has won eight consecutive fights. Smolka vs Moreno is on the undercard of John Lineker vs John Dodson – UFC Fight Night 96. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-07-13, great performance by both fighters:
Louis Smolka vs Ben Nguyen is close to get four stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Louis Smolka entered this fight with a record of 10-1-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.6 flyweight the world (currently the #1 in this division is Chris Cariaso vs Louis Smolka). He suffered his only loss when he faced Chris Cariaso in 2014 (=Cariaso vs Smolka), after this fight he has won three times beating Patrick Holohan in his last one (=Holohan vs Smolka).
His opponent, the black belt in tae-kwon-do Ben Nguyen, has an official mma record of 14-5-0 (86% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.14 in the same weight class. He lost to Chavalit Sityodtong in 2010 but since then he has collected eight consecutive victories. Smolka vs Nguyen is on the undercard of Michael McDonald vs John Lineker – UFC Fight Night 91. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-10-24, nice back and forth fight between
Patrick Holohan and Louis Smolka: it gets three stars.
Patrick Holohan entered this fight with a professional mma record of 12-1-1 (75% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.13 flyweight in the world while his opponent, Louis Smolka, has an official record of 9-1-0 (78% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.10 in the same weight class (currently the #1 in this division is Demetrious Johnson). Both fighters suffered their only loss in 2014: Holohan was defeated by Chris Kelades but then he came back to win beating Shane Howell and Vaughan Lee, while Smolka lost to Chris Cariaso (=Cariaso vs Smolka) and then he has won over Richie Vaculik and Neil Seery. Holohan vs Smolka is the main event of the UFC Fight Night 76 (replacing the fight Dustin Poirier vs Joseph Duffy because Duffy was forced to pull out of the bout three days prior to the event). Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review: 2014-05-10, pretty good fight between Chris Cariaso and Louis Smolka: it gets three stars. Chris Cariaso entered this fight with a pro mma record of 16-5-0 (31% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.12 flyweight in the world, he lost to Jussier ‘Formiga’ da Silva in his first bout of 2013 but then he defeated Iliarde Santos and Danny Martinez (this last fight in 2014).
His opponent, the undefeated Louis Smolka, has an official record of 7-0-0 (86% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.11 in the same weight class, he is just 22 years old (10 years younger than Cariaso) and he made his Ufc debut just four months ago defeating Alptekin Ozkilic. Cariaso vs Smolka is on the undercard of Matt Brown vs Erick Silva – UFC Ufn Cincinnati. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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