first rounds, making little action, before turning to attack and dropping Ruas thrice with striking combinations for the towel throw. On February 23, 2008 at a Strikeforce event entitled Strikeforce: At The Dome held at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington, Smith defeated kickboxer Rick Roufus, who was making his MMA debut, by submission at 1:53 of the first round. Maurice Smith was the coach of the Seattle Tiger Sharks of the International Fight League from 2006 to 2007. He is currently associated with Team Alliance. Smith returned to MMA on March 30, 2012 at the second Resurrection Fighting Alliance (RFA) card against Jorge Cordoba, his first career fight as a Light Heavyweight. After spending the first two rounds picking apart Cordoba with various strikes, Maurice finished the fight with a head-kick knockout. He was scheduled to fight Ryan Lopez on June 30, 2012 at Resurrection Fighting Alliance's third event, RFA 3. Weeks before the fight, though, Lopez was forced to pull out of the fight due to an unspecified illness. Smith returned to the Heavyweight division and lost a unanimous decision to Matt Kovacs at Cage Warrior Combat (CWC) 9 on November 2, 2013. Championships and accomplishments Kickboxing K-1 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix Preliminary USA winner K-1 World Grand Prix '93 Tournament Semifinalist International Sport Karate Association I.S.K.A. World Muay Thai Heavyweight Champion (1996) World Kickboxing Association W.K.A. World Kickboxing Heavyweight Champion (1983) W.K.A. World Muay Thai Heavyweight Champion (1994) Other W.K.C. Light-Heavyweight World Champion (1983) Mixed martial arts Ultimate Fighting Championship UFC Heavyweight Championship (One time) One successful title defense UFC Hall of Fame (Pioneer wing, class of 2017) Extreme Fighting Extreme Fighting Heavyweight Championship 3 Marcus "Conan" Silveira Extreme Fighting Heavyweight Championship 4 Murakami Kazanari Wrestling Observer Newsletter 1997 Most Outstanding Fighter 1997 Fight of the Year vs. Mark Coleman on July 27 Black Belt Magazine 2001 Full-Contact Fighter of the Year Kickboxing record |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2005-11-07 || Loss ||align=left| Chris Chrisopoulides || No Respect 3 || Melbourne, Australia || Decision || 3 || 3:00 || |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2003-05-02 || Loss ||align=left| Rick Roufus || K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Las Vegas Semi Finals || Las Vegas, Nevada, United States || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 || |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2003-05-02 || Win ||align=left| Giuseppe DeNatale || K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Las Vegas Quarter Finals || Las Vegas,