Interview with Elijah Smith beneath
Elijah Smith (6-1) discusses his bantamweight combat towards Aaron Tau (8-0) at DWCS On Sept. 18. Elijah additionally spoke about how this chance got here collectively, why his opponent is simple to determine and the affect his father, former UFC welterweight Gilbert Smith has had on his profession,
“I wouldn’t be right here if it wasn’t for him. Lots of people prefer to assume I’ve been doing MMA my complete life, which isn’t the case. I began doing MMA in 2020 when Covid hit, the place like I stated, I used to be blessing sufficient to have a father that constructed his personal health club. It was simply him within the health club coaching, till I made a decision to take my first combat. From there it was historical past, he was in my nook since Day 1.”
