| Cole Smith | |
| Other Names: | The Cole Train |
| Birth Name: | Cole Jesse Smith |
| Birth Date: | 5 April 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Squamish, British Columbia, Canada[1] |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Weight Lb: | 135 |
| Weight Class: | Bantamweight |
| Reach: | 67inches |
| Team: | Squamish Martial Arts (formerly)[2] Dynamic MMA Team Quest Thailand Xtreme Couture[3] |
| Rank: | Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Adam Ryan Green belt in Taekwondo[4] |
| Years Active: | 2016–present |
| Mma Kowin: | 2 |
| Mma Subwin: | 3 |
| Mma Decwin: | 2 |
| Mma Decloss: | 3 |
| Box Win: | 1 |
| Box Kowin: | 0 |
| Box Loss: | 1 |
| Sherdog: | 153345 |
| Boxrec: | 763369 |
Cole Jesse Smith (born April 5, 1989)[5] is a Canadian professional mixed martial artist and former boxer in the Bantamweight division. A professional since 2016, he most notably competed in the UFC.
Smith was born and raised in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada as the youngest of four brothers. He started training Brazilian jiu-jitsu at the age of 20.
Fighting out of Thailand, Smith made his debut in a regional Thailand organization, Thailand Ring Wars. Most of his pre-UFC career was spent in the BFL, Battlefield Fight League, based in British Columbia, Canada. He won the Bantamweight Championship and defended it twice before signing to the UFC in 2019.[6]
Smith made his UFC debut as a late replacement for Brian Kelleher against Mitch Gagnon on May 4, 2019, at UFC Fight Night 151.[7] Smith won the fight by unanimous decision.[8]
Smith faced Miles Johns on September 14, 2019, at . Smith lost a close fight by split decision.[9]
Smith faced Hunter Azure on September 5, 2020, at .[10] He lost via unanimous decision.[11]
On December 4, 2020, it was announced that he was released from the UFC.[12]
Smith faced John Sweeney on April 2, 2022, at XMMA 4.[13] He lost the fight via split decision.[14]
|-| Loss| align=center|7–3| John Sweeney| Decision (split)| XMMA 4: Black Magic| | align=center|3| align=center|5:00| New Orleans, Louisiana, United States||-| Loss| align=center|7–2| Hunter Azure| Decision (unanimous)| | | align=center|3| align=center|5:00| Las Vegas, Nevada, United States||-| Loss| align=center| 7–1| Miles Johns| Decision (split)| | | align=center|3| align=center|5:00| Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada| |-| Win| align=center| 7–0| Mitch Gagnon| Decision (unanimous)| ||align=center|3|align=center|5:00|Ottawa, Ontario, Canada| |-| Win| align=center| 6–0| Tyler Wilson| Submission (rear-naked choke)| BFL 59| | align=center| 1| align=center| 1:26| Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada| |-| Win| align=center| 5–0| Carlos Galvan| Decision (unanimous)| BFL 54| | align=center|5| align=center|5:00| Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada| |-| Win| align=center| 4–0| Tyler Dolby| Submission (armbar)| BFL 52| | align=center| 1| align=center| 3:13| Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada||-| Win| align=center| 3–0| Reysaldo Trasmonte| TKO (punches)| Thailand Fighting Championship 2| | align=center| 1| align=center| N/A| Khao Lak, Thailand||-| Win| align=center|2–0| Jamie Siraj| Submission (rear-naked choke)| BFL 46| | align=center|4| align=center|2:15| Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada||-| Win| align=center| 1–0| Komon Ninin| TKO (punches)| Thailand Ring Wars 3| | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:35| Chiang Mai, Thailand||-[6]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Loss | 1–1 |  Connor Bush | 4 | Feb 4, 2017 | | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 |  Narong Bunchan | 6 | Jun 10, 2016 | |