Grant Dawson would love the chance to battle Rafael dos Anjos.
Dawson (19-1-1 MMA, 7-0-1 UFC) is on the rise at 155 kilos and can look to proceed his ascent up the ladder when he meets Damir Ismagulov on July 1 at UFC on ESPN 48. He hopes a win can propel him to a reputation like Justin Gaethje.
After submitting Mark Madsen in his previous outing, Dawson referred to as out Tony Ferguson. He didn’t find yourself getting the battle however mentioned names like Ferguson or former UFC light-weight champion and present welterweight dos Anjos (33-14 MMA, 21-12 UFC) are what he’d like to have on his resume.
“The aim for me is to be a world champion after which there’s a bunch of little aspect targets there,” Dawson advised MMA Junkie. “I might like to battle with RDA. He was one in all my favourite fighters rising up. That one is only for myself to be like, ‘Wow, that is actually cool. We’ve made it. I’m enjoying catch with Brett Favre’ sort of state of affairs. However he went as much as 170, so it’s sort of like, ‘Eh, possibly I can get Tony (Ferguson),’ after which it was like no.”
Dos Anjos will not be a battle Dawson will instantly chase, however he’s open to entertain a future transfer as much as welterweight simply to get that battle.
“Down the road when possibly title implications aren’t on the road a lot, I’d wish to go to 170 and possibly check myself towards him,” Dawson mentioned. “However that’s me mendacity awake at evening interested by what ifs.”
Dos Anjos, who’s coming off a submission of Bryan Barberena at UFC on ESPN 42 in December, meets Vicente Luque on Aug. 12.
