LAS VEGAS — Canadian welterweight Christien (Tiger) Savoie was stopped in the second round by unbeaten American Jacobe Smith on Dana White's Contender Series on Tuesday. The 32-year-old from Saint John, N.B.
LAS VEGAS — Canadian welterweight Christien Savoie was stopped in the second round by unbeaten American Jacobe Smith on Dana White's Contender Series on Tuesday.
Savoie came into the bout unbeaten in his last three outings in Fight League Atlantic where he was the promotion's inaugural welterweight champion.Smith, who has been campaigning of late in the Fury Fighting Championship, is a former two-time national junior college wrestling champion at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College. He then transferred to Oklahoma State where he earned All-American honours in 2018.
Savoie, who was cut on the back of his head, could not deal with Smith's grappling and spent most of the round trying to fend off the American. An elbow from above resulted in another Savoie cut and the under-pressure Canadian was warned to defend himself by Smith.Smith caught Savoie's leg during a kick and took him down again early in the second round. Smith warned Savoie again —"You've got to move" — as the Canadian took damage on the ground.
Savoie was six when he started in taekwondo, switched to MMA at age 15 and was 22 when he made his pro MMA debut in 2015. He won his first eight fights before being submitted by American Bassil Hafez in November 2020 in Cage Fury Fighting Championships action.Brazilian Nicolle Caliari submitted flyweight Corinne Laframboise for a first-round win last month after fellow Canadian Shannon Clark was knocked out in vicious fashion by Venezuelan flyweight Yuneisy Duben, an 8-1 underdog.
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