Maurice "Mo" Smith (born December 13, 1961) is first and foremost a kickboxer with a great career in kickboxing, before he crossed over to MMA. He won his first professional world title in 1983 for the W.K.C. World Kickboxing Council against then World Light-Heavyweight champoin Tony Morelli out of Canada, in Hawaii for his title, Maurice won in the seventh round with a kick knock-out, then later that year he won another title for the W.K.A. World Kickboxing Association for their Heavyweight title against then champion out of Mexico, Travis Everett with low kicks KO. Then he went almost 10 years undefeated. He is a member of Team Alliance and has a professional MMA record of 11-9-0 as of November 17, 2000. In 1997, he defeated Mark Coleman via unanimous decision after two overtimes to win the Ultimate Fighting Championship Heavyweight Championship. He successfully defended his belt against David L. Abbott via strikes, before losing his belt to Randy Couture, via judge's decision. He is now a coach for the Seattle Tiger Sharks of the International Fight
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