Grant Dawson

LightweightWrestler
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15 UFC Fights | 80% Win Rate | 7 Finishes (58%)

Height
5' 10"
Reach
72"
Weight
155 lbs.
Age
32
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Grant Dawson UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Grant Dawson is 12-2-1 in the UFC across 15 fights, with 2 wins by knockout, 5 by submission and 5 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 24-3-1, 12-1 of it outside the UFC. Dawson competes at lightweight as a switch wrestler, standing 5'10" with a 72" reach at 32 years old. The last bout was a win over Mateusz Rebecki by submission in May 2026.

Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 94th percentile among 300 lightweight fighters (2.7/fight).

Grant Dawson's UFC win rate is 80% (12 of 15 fights), and 58% of those wins came by finish. Dawson averages 2.7 takedowns per fight at 40% accuracy and stops 70% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
24-3-1
UFC Record
12-2-1
Height
5'10"
Reach
72"
Age
32
Stance
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Last Fight
W vs Mateusz Rebecki · Submission · May 2026

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Grant Dawson's Last 5 Fights

Dawson is 4-1 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Win vs Mateusz Rebecki · Submission · R3 4:42 · UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland · May 2026
  2. Loss vs Manuel Torres · KO/TKO · R1 2:25 · UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 · Dec 2025
  3. Win vs Diego Ferreira · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano · Jan 2025
  4. Win vs Rafa Garcia · KO/TKO · R2 1:42 · UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira · Oct 2024
  5. Win vs Joe Solecki · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier · Jun 2024

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
3.3
+1.5x ratio
Accuracy
50%
above avg
Knockdowns / Fight
0.07

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
2.2
0.6x avg
Strike Differential
+1.0
Opp. Accuracy Against
54%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
2.7
above avg
Takedown Accuracy
40%
Takedown Defense
70%
Control Time / Fight
7:17
Sub Attempts / Fight
1.0

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
0% KO
0% Sub
R2
7% KO
14% Sub
R3+
7% KO
21% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Grant Dawson vs Average

Grant Dawson lands 12.4 strikes in R1 but 17.8 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Grant Dawson's UFC Fight History

15 UFC fights on record (12-2-1), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
WMateusz RebeckiSubmissionR3 · 4:42UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland2026-05-09
LManuel TorresKO/TKOR1 · 2:25UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 22025-12-06
WDiego FerreiraDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano2025-01-18
WRafa GarciaKO/TKOR2 · 1:42UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira2024-10-12
WJoe SoleckiDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier2024-06-01
LKing GreenKO/TKOR1 · 0:33UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green2023-10-07
WDamir IsmagulovDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov2023-07-01
WMark MadsenSubmissionR3 · 2:05UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos2022-11-05
WJared GordonSubmissionR3 · 4:11UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera2022-04-30
D/NCRicky GlennDrawR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori2021-10-23
WLeonardo SantosKO/TKOR3 · 4:59UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland2021-03-20
WNad NarimaniDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 22020-07-18
WDarrick MinnerSubmissionR2 · 1:38UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo2020-02-29
WMichael TrizanoSubmissionR2 · 2:27UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Lee2019-05-18
WJulian ErosaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos2019-03-09

How Dawson Ranks at Lightweight

Percentile among the 300 lightweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume3.3 sig. strikes/min
53rd percentile
Striking accuracy50%
81st percentile
Strikes absorbed2.2/min
80th percentile
Takedowns2.7/fight
94th percentile
Takedown defense70%
62nd percentile
Knockdown power0.07/fight
35th percentile

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