La Ronge fighter Smith goes the distance
La Ronge based Mixed Martial Arts fighter Devon Smith turned his seventh bout into a three-round war.
Smith (3-5) took on Saskatoon’s Tyler Weran (3-0) in the light heavyweight division at a Modern Fighting Championship mixed martial arts event in Saskatoon on Feb. 23. Despite losing on the scorecards, the Air Ronge Fighter managed to keep the fight close throughout all three five-minute rounds.
The fight started in Weran’s favour, as the hometown fighter took Smith to the canvas and rained strikes onto his ribs, but Smith managed to slip out of the attempted choke and reverse the position, drawing cheers from the sold-out crowd.
Both men continued to show off their jiu-jitsu during the second round, and while Weran was more often in control, Smith showed both heart and technical skill by escaping a full mount and another attempted choke.