Louis Smolka has made it impossible to ignore his presence in the Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight division.
The once-beaten Hawaiian withstood a spirited effort from Patrick Holohan and a partisan crowd to submit the Irishman with a second-round rear-naked choke in the UFC Fight Night “Holohan vs. Smolka” main event on Saturday at the 3Arena in Dublin. Holohan, who had never before finished, tapped the mat 4:09 into round two.
Outside of a split decision loss to Chris Cariaso in May 2014, Smolka has been flawless inside the Octagon.