MMA · Athlete

Grant Dawson

United States
32 years old
178 cm

Ranking: 11.
Form
Last 11 games: 9–2

Fighter profile

Source: OrcaScore

24-3-1 Record

2 wins in a row UFC Lightweight — ranked #14

By method

Wins · 9

KO / TKO1

Submission3

Decision5

Losses · 2

KO / TKO2

Submission0

Decision0

Based on 11 fights recorded by the source

Physical

Height: 178 cm
Reach: 183 cm
Weight: 70 kg
Weight class: Lightweight
Style: MMA
Age: 32 years old
Birthplace: Lee's Summit, Missouri, USA

Last 5 fights

WUD — Win, Decision
WTKO — Win, KO / TKO
WUD — Win, Decision
LTKO — Loss, KO / TKO
WSUB — Win, Submission

Career statistics

Strikes landed per round: 41.1
Significant strikes per round: 13.5
Takedowns landed per 15 min: 2.2
Takedown success: 44.4%
Takedown defence: 10%
Submission attempts per 15 min: 0.7

Significant strike target

Head 77.1%
Body 16.2%
Legs 6.7%

Significant strike position

Distance 27.6%
Ground 72.4%

Averages from the fights recorded by the source

Fight history

Win: Nurullo Aliev UFC · UFC 333: Volkanovski vs. Evloev · Lightweight 24 Oct 2026Decision · round 3, 5:00 Win: Mateusz Rębecki UFC · UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland · Lightweight 10 May 2026Submission · round 3, 4:36 Loss: Manuel Torres UFC · UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 · Lightweight 7 Dec 2025KO / TKO · round 1, 2:26 Win: Diego Ferreira UFC · UFC 311: Makhachev vs Moicano · Lightweight 19 Jan 2025Decision · round 3, 5:00 Win: Rafa Garcia UFC · UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira · Lightweight 13 Oct 2024KO / TKO · round 2, 1:41 Win: Joe Solecki UFC · UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier · Lightweight 2 Jun 2024Decision · round 3, 5:00 Loss: King Green UFC · UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green · Lightweight 8 Oct 2023KO / TKO · round 1, 0:34 Win: Damir Ismagulov UFC · UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov · Lightweight 2 Jul 2023Decision · round 3, 5:00 Win: Mark O. Madsen UFC · UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos · Lightweight 6 Nov 2022Submission · round 3, 2:06 Win: Nad Narimani UFC · UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2 · Catchweight 19 Jul 2020Decision · round 3 Win: Darrick Minner UFC · UFC on ESPN+ 27: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo · Catchweight 1 Mar 2020Submission · round 2

Recent matches11

Ended 24 Oct UFC

Nurullo Aliev Ended 10 May UFC

Mateusz Rębecki Ended 7 Dec UFC

Manuel Torres Ended 19 Jan UFC

Diego Ferreira15 Ended 13 Oct UFC

Rafa Garcia Ended 2 Jun UFC

Joe Solecki Ended 8 Oct UFC

King Green15 Ended 2 Jul UFC

Damir Ismagulov14

Grant Dawson11 Ended 6 Nov UFC

Mark O. Madsen Ended 19 Jul UFC

Nad Narimani Ended 1 Mar UFC

Source: OrcaScore