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Subriel Matias vs. Dalton Smith (10-01-2026) Full Fight
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00:00Brad Barkley's are fired up as we take a look at the tail of the tape you see the
00:05reach identical between Matthias and Smith Dalton Smith two inches taller
00:10than Matthias but as we know Matthias is going to cut that distance in an
00:16instant. Round one underway our main event Subriel Matthias and Dalton Smith WBC
00:29light welterweight title on the line.
00:38Dalton Smith can't let the chance of the Puerto Rican crowd which turned out to be
00:44pretty good Corey get to him he's got to remain focused stick to his game plan
00:51no need to go toe-to-toe. Good right hand from Dalton Smith in the early going and
00:57that has been a major weapon for Smith throughout his career particularly on his
01:02way up we've seen him score highlight reel knockouts with that looping right hand.
01:08Yeah he's not a guy that's real busy or gives you a lot of activity but when he
01:14lands his punches are pretty precise you know they're pretty accurate he makes a
01:19count oh nice overhand right there by
01:24Smith but you know like we know uh Matthias takes those shots at the beginning he he
01:32blocks them you know sometimes he will catch some and or or take some that that's
01:37that's his style that that's the way he works. At the same time remember a couple of
01:42fights ago we were there ringside when he was buzzed a little bit by Roberto Ramirez in
01:46one of these quiet rounds. He did get rocked yeah you're right. There is certainly still some danger
01:51there for Matthias who to your point historically has these quiet opening rounds where there's very
01:58little punch output it's kind of surveying the scene. Well since he's a slow starter and
02:02like you said it's not a lot of punch output he's got to be more like I said more defensively
02:07responsible when it's coming in you know at least keep his hands up you know there from
02:12Smith give him some head movement but he doesn't move his head a lot you know he's more like blocks the
02:19shots or takes them he tries to walk you down and kind of show you look I could take your best shots try to mentally
02:26maybe break you or intimidate you. A lot of success from Smith here in the early going you saw that jab
02:36popping the head of Matthias back. But right right after Smith throws you see Matthias taking a double
02:43step and closing that distance you know putting that mental that mental pressure on Dalton Smith.
02:50There he is again. Smith throws some shots and then you see Matthias come forward. Doesn't throw no punches right?
03:01He's just taking him he's like a brick wall coming at you. Yeah he's gonna lose this round. He's losing this round.
03:08But that's the way he he operates Corey. Excellent start here for Dalton Smith.
03:18Looks for another one of those big right hands. He is there in front of him but only absorbing it in that opening round.
03:27That was the first round. Take a deep breath. You gotta work that jab. You gotta
03:42try to counter punch. Get a little bit closer. Long jab. Long jab. Get the right hand.
03:57We see Dalton Smith landed a nice overhand right.
04:07Sending it up with the jab. Overhand left should I say.
04:12You said center put the jab. Second down. Afuera.
04:15That was the right hand. Sorry. Yeah.
04:18It's different angles. So yeah.
04:20Sonnet shot. Good round for Dalton Smith, Corey.
04:25Good signs from Dalton Smith there in that opening round as round two begins.
04:30And Subriel Matthias now starting to open up.
04:33Starting off of a couple of jabs. Just as he was asked.
04:37And you know, Raul, one of the questions surrounding Dalton Smith coming into this fight was,
04:41could he be busy enough to deter Subriel Matthias? And in that opening round,
04:46he showed up a great punch out of foot. But right now, it looks like it's getting
04:50a little bit more real with Matthias starting to open it up.
04:53Yeah, yeah, I think Matthias is letting more punches go for sure in this round.
04:57And you see Dalton holding on to him right away, which, that's what he has to do.
05:02You don't need to get in a toe-to-toe match with Matthias.
05:06He's gotta throw and hold, and he's gotta lean on him.
05:11But at the same time, see, I don't know if that's gonna work.
05:15I don't know if that, it's working for now.
05:17But at the same time, he also, Dalton Smith's gotta get that respect for Matthias.
05:22He's gotta land some hard shots.
05:24Let him know, hey, I'm here too.
05:26I'm gonna land some shots on you, but he's doing it.
05:31Listen, this is also where the crowd comes into play here.
05:34You hear the audience here in New York booing every time
05:38Dalton Smith grabs ahold of Matthias.
05:40Right.
05:41And everyone talks about that Liam Pero fight
05:43as kind of a blueprint of how you beat Matthias.
05:45Yes.
05:46Let's be real.
05:47One of the things Pero did was tie him up on the inside.
05:49Yeah, and not worry about the crowd.
05:51Don't fight off the emotions of the crowd.
05:53You ain't fighting for yourself.
05:55He's trying to win a world title here.
05:57Look at those big shots there by Smith.
06:01Dalton!
06:02But you see-
06:03Here comes Matthias.
06:04Yeah, Matthias.
06:05Yeah, here he comes.
06:06He's laying more shots.
06:07Go.
06:08I believe that Dalton Smith has felt Matthias' power.
06:13Not just because he's holding, but look at those short shots.
06:16A combination there for Matthias.
06:18The first big combination of the fight for the champion.
06:21Back comes Smith, just firing away with those left hooks.
06:25Pretty good combination by Dalton Smith.
06:29Over the top, good uppercut, nice uppercut there.
06:34But here comes Matthias.
06:36Smith has never had to be this busy before.
06:39So in addition to facing the best fighter that he's faced in his career,
06:43he's also being asked to do something he hasn't done before.
06:47Yeah.
06:48He's doing it right now.
06:49Yeah.
06:50He's putting Dalton Smith out of his comfort zone.
06:55He's throwing more punches than usual.
06:58Probably holding more than usual because he has to.
07:01Can he keep up with that pace?
07:03That's always the problem with-
07:05That's always the problem with Matthias.
07:06Blood coming from the nose of Dalton Smith already.
07:09Good chopping right hand there for Matthias.
07:13Stop, step back, step back, step back, stop, stop, stop.
07:18Go, go, listen to me, all right?
07:22This one devolving into a brawl already.
07:39All right, here we see Matthias, good body punch in there, coming up the middle, good uppercuts.
07:50Kind of like being a lot busier in this second round than in the first round.
07:54He was very successful.
07:56I think he's gonna come out stronger.
07:59I think so far now, usually Matthias, Corey gives up maybe two, three rounds before he gets started.
08:06He's already ahead.
08:08I think he won that last round.
08:10That was a good round for Matthias.
08:12That's all right, vamos.
08:13Second down.
08:14Round three on the way and already this fight looking like we thought it would.
08:30Watch your hands.
08:31Matthias has already flipped the switch.
08:33Stop, stop, stop, stop.
08:34Yeah, I really believe that he's forcing Dalton Smith to stay more on the inside than he would prefer to.
08:43He has no choice.
08:44I mean, look at those short uppercuts.
08:46See, Dalton's making a mistake there already, but now he's rushing in with his head.
08:52Stop, stop.
08:54Holding on and look at Matthias coming up the middle.
08:57Sonnet shot for Matthias.
08:59Matthias just doesn't stop punching even when the referee tells him to like that.
09:06And now he's pushing him, trying to create that room, that leverage so he can really land harder shots.
09:12Get that leverage.
09:16Chopping right hand there from Dalton Smith, but you can see what's happened already in this fight.
09:21Stop, stop, stop.
09:22Matthias has created disorder and that's a late shot.
09:25Come here, come here, come here.
09:26Referee trying to get control of this one.
09:28I'm gonna take control of it.
09:29I'm gonna take control of it.
09:30I'm gonna take control of it.
09:31Listen to my commands, all right?
09:33Time in.
09:34I think Dalton Smith needs to take control again of sticking the boxing moving because Matthias is forcing him early on in the trade.
09:45Good exchange there.
09:46Both men getting hit with heavy stuff.
09:49The left hook from Matthias, the right hand of Dalton Smith.
09:53Smile on the face of Subriel Matthias.
09:58Yeah, Matthias is slowly, Matthias is doing what he does though, Corey.
10:06So far I think he's breaking him down slowly.
10:09You can see that Matthias is stronger.
10:11His punches do more damage.
10:13His confidence.
10:15Stop, stop, stop, stop.
10:17Dalton Smith is, he's worried, he's worried, he's concerned.
10:24Now he's freaking wild, now he's opening up.
10:26This is good work here from Matthias, but this, Smith leaning on Matthias forcing him back,
10:31that element is good work from Dalton Smith.
10:34It is, but look, he's leaning forward, he's reaching in, and Matthias is taking a step back
10:39and catching him with uppercuts down the middle.
10:44You're holding too much.
10:45A lot of excessive holding, but hey, look, that's, I've learned that that's a technique,
10:49that's a tactic, obviously.
10:52But sometimes it could be a little bit too much holding, but.
10:55Let him go, let him go, let him go.
10:56Dalton Smith has to do what he has to do to try to stop that momentum,
11:01stop that crazy pressure that Matthias has.
11:07Crowd on his feet now, 25 seconds to go in round three.
11:13Back and forth action in the center of the ring.
11:16Matthias starting to put his shots together.
11:19Let's go, let's go.
11:20Wow, Dalton Smith really showing big heart, big courage by going toe-to-toe like that with Matthias.
11:26He doesn't have to do that with Matthias.
11:28He's gotta move with Matthias.
11:30He's gotta give him angles.
11:32Come back at the end.
11:34No, no, no, no.
11:35Smith letting it fly right at the end of the round.
11:38Always work the jab, always work the jab, working sequence.
12:01Punch while you're walking, punch while you're walking.
12:07Create the space.
12:09Grab one hand, grab the other hand.
12:12Keep working.
12:13Here we see toe-to-toe action.
12:17Dalton Smith with an overhand right, misses big.
12:21Trying to find the right distance.
12:24Leading in, gets caught by a counter.
12:27Left hook by Matthias, perhaps got rocked there a little bit.
12:30Toe-toe action by both, but I believe that Matthias got the best of them in that round.
12:35But, hey, Dalton is showing big heart.
12:38Really big heart.
12:39Yeah, right.
12:40As the replays were going on, I was watching Dalton Smith in his corner.
12:43He is pushing his corner man out of the way to get to the center of the ring,
12:47to get back to this fight.
12:48Dalton Smith signed up for this, and he is ready for the assignment.
12:54Definitely strong, he's a strong fighter, Dalton Smith.
13:07Got respectable power.
13:12But can he keep up with this pace?
13:14Can he, that's the point, can he do that?
13:17Looking for evidence.
13:18Stop, stop, stop, stop.
13:19Of Superiel Matthias as being a guy that will hit you everywhere.
13:22There is blood behind the ear of Dalton Smith right now, and coming from his nose.
13:28And yet, look at him fight right in front of Matthias right now.
13:34Sound of the jab there by Matthias, but Dalton Smith coming back with his overhead right.
13:39Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.
13:46A quick combination there from Smith, back comes Matthias.
13:49That's the three, that's the three, that's the right hand.
13:51Let him go.
13:52Let him go.
13:56Big uppercut on the inside for Matthias.
13:59Hey, he's coming back with something too, and Matthias responds back.
14:08He's more faster than solid jab, more crispy.
14:12Look at this combination by the inside work of Matthias.
14:17Rubbing shots here from Dalton Smith.
14:20And listen, this is what Superiel Matthias demands of you.
14:24Movement isn't enough to deter Matthias, because he will just walk through things.
14:30In order to deter him, he demands that you do this, that you fight with him.
14:35And Dalton Smith is there, punch for punch with Matthias so far.
14:39Absolutely, yeah.
14:40I think he...
14:41Let him go, let him go, let him go.
14:42I think Dalton ain't got no choice, Corey.
14:44There he is going toe-to-toe with him.
14:46That's where you make the mistakes.
14:48He's already been forced to go toe-to-toe.
14:51And he's getting punished.
14:53And he's missing.
14:54And he's still coming forward.
14:56Dalton's coming forward.
14:57He's got a box.
14:58He's gotta move.
15:00Both men for a period of time there with their hands down, exchanging shots in the center of the ring.
15:08Oh, nice.
15:09Big look took from Dalton Smith.
15:11Matthias comes back with three, four, five, six, seven punch combination.
15:16Hands are free, let him go.
15:17Final ten seconds of round four.
15:28Uh-oh.
15:29Is he going down?
15:31But I feel like Smith, uh-oh.
15:32Back comes Smith, and I don't know that they can hear the bell.
15:36What a fight we have in our main event, but Dalton Smith is busted open.
15:43He's gonna be afraid that they might stop the fight, course.
15:56He's gonna force him to go to the toe-toe-toe.
15:59Nice right hand there.
16:09He's trying, but Matthias takes the big shots by Smith.
16:14And here we see Matthias coming back with a barrage of flurries landed.
16:22The end of the round, big overhand left there by Dalton Smith.
16:29I mean, again, show up, big hard fight.
16:31Not fighting the fight that he's supposed to.
16:33He's fighting, now he's really fighting Matthias' fight.
16:36He ain't got no choice.
16:37Let him go, let him go, let him go.
16:39I think that's the perfect verbiage.
16:40Let him go, let him go, let him go.
16:41Let him go, let him go, let him go.
16:42A lot of players, there's an ideal plan against Superiel Matthias, but
16:45trying to enact it is another matter.
16:48Good combination there from Smith.
16:54Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.
16:56The difference here is, I mean, Matthias is used to fighting this kind of pace.
17:00He's used to receiving this kind of damages.
17:04Can Dalton Smith fight this kind of pace?
17:06Can he keep taking those kind of shots?
17:11Left hook on the inside there from Matthias.
17:14And the free.
17:15Wicked body shot there from Dalton Smith.
17:20But again, when you're watching Matthias' fights, Raul, we've been ringside for several of them now.
17:25You're watching body language.
17:27And the facial expression and the body language of Matthias never seems to change.
17:32Never, you're right.
17:34Never, he stays very focused.
17:36Yellow, yellow.
17:37No expression.
17:38Just hurt.
17:39Damaged power.
17:40Hard.
17:41Fast combinations.
17:42But look at, look at Smith coming back.
17:44Then you got Matthias, back and forth action.
17:47Unbelievable action here in the fifth round.
17:51It takes a special athlete to sign up for this, Raul.
18:05Yes, you're right, I mean, to be able to take that kind of punishment.
18:10Again, I know he's repetitive, but this is the kind of fight that Matthias is used to.
18:16Stop, stop, stop.
18:17That's what he brings to the table.
18:19This is not Dalton Smith's type of fight.
18:22He's being forced to fight Matthias' fight, and that's not a good thing for him.
18:27Look at his face.
18:28Don't go, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.
18:31He's getting punished.
18:32He's getting punished.
18:33How much of that is he gonna take?
18:37Look at that solid jab.
18:38Again.
18:39Right hand, again.
18:40Oh!
18:41Subriel Matthias has walked on, and he says, come on, down he goes!
18:46Three, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete.
18:54Matthias is all over the place!
18:56Oh!
18:57And that is it!
18:58Dalton Smith!
18:59Unbelievable!
19:00A dream come true in New York City!
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19:34So beautiful!
19:35Esp� and eigena-
19:36Esp lazست,
19:37And his father, you see him embracing.
19:40Both have a matching tattoo that says never give up in life.
19:47Galton Smith never gave up when it looked like this fight was avalanching
19:53in the wrong direction and he is now the world champion.
20:00It was and out of nowhere he caught him with a power shot and capitalized on it.
20:06Matthias tried to get up, he was out, he was out of his feet.
20:11What a fight, man, wow.
20:17It's a rocky moment.
20:25An unforgettable moment.
20:26Yeah, a rocky unforgettable moment.
20:29Dalton Smith just slayed the boogeyman on his own turf.
20:39Here we see how it happened.
20:50Matthias forcing Smith in a toe-to-toe match, look at his right hand.
20:56Landed that, back it up with his, look, overhand, over the top.
21:02That's what put Matthias down, shakes his head, gets back up.
21:07Here he goes, right in the temple.
21:10Matthias is down and he was out.
21:16There he goes again, good set up, beat him at his own game.
21:20Got back up.
21:26He was hurt, he was moving back and forth, and if they would have let him go he really would have gotten hurt.
21:38Well, that's as conclusive a victory as you could ask for, for Dalton Smith, the oddsmakers had this one relatively even, Raul, and it looks like they knew what they were talking about.
21:56What are you talking about, obviously, obviously.
22:16Ladies and gentlemen, we have the time of two minutes, 24 seconds.
22:21In round number five, a referee in charge, Ricky Gonzalez, stops the contest, he is the winner by way of technical knockout, he is still undefeated, and the new WBC super lightweight champion of the world, Dalton Thundersmith!
22:45Dalton Thundersmith, had to confront a nightmare of a matchup.
22:59Dr. Jayles get the last five minutes on the weekend.
23:05He will be here to try and perform his journey.
23:07He is the hero of the world.
23:11And I think we take his journey, which our journey is being incredible.
23:15He does not want to be there yet.
23:16He is the hero of the world, but he has been the hero of the world.
23:18It is the hero of the world.
23:19The hero of the world, we have to talk about heroes, and the hero of the world.
23:22The hero of the world.
23:24For me, he is the hero of the world.
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