Grant Dawson
15 UFC Fights | 80% Win Rate | 7 Finishes (58%)
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
- Switch
- 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.
- Win vs Mateusz Rebecki · Submission · R3 4:42 · UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland · May 2026
- Loss vs Manuel Torres · KO/TKO · R1 2:25 · UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 · Dec 2025
- Win vs Diego Ferreira · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano · Jan 2025
- Win vs Rafa Garcia · KO/TKO · R2 1:42 · UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira · Oct 2024
- Win vs Joe Solecki · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier · Jun 2024
Striking
Fighter Profile
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Defensive
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Grappling
Takedowns & Control
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Finish Probability by Round
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.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Mateusz Rebecki | Submission | R3 · 4:42 | UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland | 2026-05-09 |
| L | Manuel Torres | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:25 | UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 | 2025-12-06 |
| W | Diego Ferreira | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano | 2025-01-18 |
| W | Rafa Garcia | KO/TKO | R2 · 1:42 | UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira | 2024-10-12 |
| W | Joe Solecki | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier | 2024-06-01 |
| L | King Green | KO/TKO | R1 · 0:33 | UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green | 2023-10-07 |
| W | Damir Ismagulov | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov | 2023-07-01 |
| W | Mark Madsen | Submission | R3 · 2:05 | UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos | 2022-11-05 |
| W | Jared Gordon | Submission | R3 · 4:11 | UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera | 2022-04-30 |
| D/NC | Ricky Glenn | Draw | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori | 2021-10-23 |
| W | Leonardo Santos | KO/TKO | R3 · 4:59 | UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland | 2021-03-20 |
| W | Nad Narimani | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2 | 2020-07-18 |
| W | Darrick Minner | Submission | R2 · 1:38 | UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo | 2020-02-29 |
| W | Michael Trizano | Submission | R2 · 2:27 | UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Lee | 2019-05-18 |
| W | Julian Erosa | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos | 2019-03-09 |
How Dawson Ranks at Lightweight
Percentile among the 300 lightweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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