Elijah Smith knocks out England's Davey Grant in 60 seconds, then tells UFC: "I'm a free agent"
Smith is 4-0 in the UFC after the last fight on his contract, and Bishop Auckland's Grant had said at media day that he wanted a first-round knockout himself.
Elijah Smith knocked out England's Davey Grant 60 seconds into their bantamweight fight at UFC Vegas 124 at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas on Saturday, then told the UFC he is a free agent.
The pair traded punches early and Grant landed, but Smith answered with a burst of punches that put him down, and the fight was over at 1:00 of the first round.
The win makes Smith 4-0 in the UFC. "I knew I could do it. He's a crafty vet ... I just had to believe in myself," he said after the fight. "Hey Sean [Shelby], Hunter [Campbell] I'm a free agent, I know that's been talks around all fight week. Talk to me."
Smith had said at UFC Vegas 124 media day that this was the last fight on his contract and that nobody had spoken to him about a new deal.
Grant, 40, had planned on the same finish. "Ideally, I'll knock him out in the first round, you know," he said at the same media day. "That's always going to be the plan. But I expect a war."
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