Former Cowboy Jacobe Smith Looking to Remain Unbeaten at UFC 317

There’s a big UFC event this weekend where a former Cowboy will defend his unbeaten MMA record.

Jacobe Smith (10-0) will fight Niko Price (16-8) on the early prelims, which start at 6 p.m. Saturday on UFC Fight Pass.

This will mark Smith’s first bout on a proper UFC pay-per-view. He beat Christien Savoie via some second round ground and pound back in October at Dana White’s Contender Series. He then stepped into a UFC Fight Night card on short notice in January and finished Preston Parsons with a left hook in the first round. Of his 10 wins, eight have finished via either KO or TKO.

Price enters this match having lost three of his past four fights, but he’s a longtime UFC veteran. The first UFC card he appeared on was UFC 207 back in 2016. Like Smith, Price started his MMA career 10-0.

Still, Smith is a MASSIVE favorite Saturday night. FanDuel has him at -2500. DraftKings has him at -2100.

Smith was an All-American wrestler at Oklahoma State in 2018 after winning a pair of NJCAA national titles with NEO.