Grant Dawson has had a tough time getting a combat.
Dawson hasn’t fought since April when he submitted Jared Gordon. Since then, he revealed he was supplied six opponents with a few of the names being Dan Hooker, Rafael dos Anjos, Damir Ismagulov, and Gregor Gillespie, however all six turned him down. Though some obtained totally different fights, Dawson says it’s irritating ready on the sidelines.
“Man, all of it labored out. I’ve been by six totally different opponents not together with Mark, they usually all didn’t pan out,” Dawson stated on Just Scrap Radio on BJPENN.com. “I stated sure to all of them and they’re all booked in opposition to totally different individuals. The date that I used to be speculated to combat has stayed the identical. So, I’ve been in camp for eight weeks, my weight is sweet, and my conditioning is sweet. I’m able to rock and roll. I’m very pleased with the opponent, very robust opponent. I undoubtedly assume a winner of this combat will get ranked so I’m very pleased with that.”
Why Dawson thinks individuals turned him down is because of the reality he believes he’s excessive risk-low reward. He is aware of beating him doesn’t do rather a lot as a result of he’s not ranked whereas a loss units them again fairly a bit.
“I believe there may be quite a lot of danger in preventing me and never quite a lot of reward as a result of I’m not ranked but which is form of ridiculous when you ask me,” Dawson defined. “In the event you beat me you don’t get a complete lot as a result of I don’t have a quantity subsequent to my title. In the event you lose to me, you’re simply one other man on the record. I believe 2023 can be rather a lot simpler to search out me fights as a result of I’ll have a quantity subsequent to my title.”
Dawson Eyes Stoppage Win
With Grant Dawson having a tough time getting fights, he ended up taking a shot-notice scrap in opposition to Mark Madsen at UFC Vegas 64. Nonetheless, Dawson says it wasn’t brief discover in any respect as he was getting ready to face Gregor Gillespie on this date, so he was getting ready for a wrestler anyway.
Though Madsen is a silver medalist in Greco wrestling, Dawson believes he would be the higher wrestler on Saturday. He expects to show this right into a wrestling match and see if Madsen can cling for quarter-hour.
“I’m not frightened about his wrestling. If we had been wrestling in a Greco match he would tech-fall me. If we had been wrestling in a folkstyle match I’d pin him and/or tech-fall him,” Dawson stated. “I’m not underestimating my wrestling expertise on this combat; I’m going to see if he can cling with me within the wrestling division. If he can then we’ll fall again on the placing and the cardio and the jiu-jitsu. We’ll work out who the higher wrestler might be within the first spherical. If this can be a placing match, it’s as a result of he stuffed each certainly one of my takedowns.”
Ought to Grant Dawson flip this right into a wrestling match up for your entire combat, he expects Mark Madsen will get drained. As soon as he will get drained, Dawson is assured he’ll get a stoppage win and enter the light-weight ranks.
“I’ve obtained 18 wins and 16 are by end. I’m coming right here to complete anyway I can. If I can seize a neck, I’ll seize a neck. If it’s placing a knee throughout his face, nonetheless, I can get this end I’m going to do it,” Dawson stated. “As I stated, he’s a competitor, I’m pleased with a win. If I win by a unanimous resolution, I’ll be pleased with that, if I win by end, I’ll be pleased with that. Getting a win over Mark Madsen is the primary purpose come November 5.”
If Dawson defeats Madsen on Saturday at UFC Vegas 64, he hopes a ranked opponent is subsequent. He additionally has two names in thoughts, Tony Ferguson and Dan Hooker.
“I’m considering Tony Ferguson, Dan Hooker, guys like that subsequent,” Dawson concluded.
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