It was clear to all who saw Louis Smolka ‘s UFC debut that the 22-year-old has a tremendous amount of potential in the flyweight division. With many 125-pound fighters already established as former bantamweights and the division’s champ lording over challengers, new blood isn’t hard to notice. By dominating Alptekin Ozkilic en route to a unanimous decision at UFC Fight Night 35, Smolka drew raves from hardcore MMA evens. The intensity of the praise even surprised the young fighter. “After my fight, I was going to the forums, and people were comparing me to Jon Jones and Nick Diaz,” he told MMAjunkie Radio
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UFC Fight Night 40′s Louis Smolka surprised by comparisons to Jones, Diaz – MMA Junkie