Grant Dawson takes umbrage with folks labelling him as boring.
Dawson (21-2-1 MMA, 9-1-1 UFC) takes on Rafa Garcia (15-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) in a light-weight bout at UFC Struggle Evening 244 Oct. 12 from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Exterior from a 33-second upset knockout loss to King Inexperienced within the UFC Struggle Evening 229 headliner final October, Dawson is unbeaten within the UFC. Not solely is he unbeaten, however he’s been in a position to make use of his wrestling to dominate loads of his opposition – most lately Joe Solecki at UFC 302 in June.
Regardless of his prowess on the bottom, Dawson hasn’t gained the recognition as a surging light-weight like he would have wished.
“I’m attempting to be extra thrilling, I actually am,” Dawson advised MMA Junkie Radio. “It’s simply I’m so dominant on the bottom, it’s really easy for me to take folks down, experience them out, get the choke, land plenty of punches, make my share of prime time even farther away from all people else within the division than it already is.
“It’s really easy for me to do this. It’s onerous for me to be, like, in a combat: Any person’s throwing leather-based at my face, and me be like, ‘Nah, I’m not going to take them down, the followers need to see me knock him out.’ I’m preventing for my life in there. I’m preventing for my spouse to not have to return to work. It’s onerous for me to not take any individual down after I know I can do it.”
Dawson says if UFC light-weight champion Islam Makhachev can turn out to be a fan favourite with an elite wrestling model, then why can’t he get some love as nicely.
“The factor that upsets me probably the most about it’s in all probability, they’re so choosy on who they like and who they don’t, and how much model they’re,” Dawson continued. “Everyone thinks that Islam Makhachev is the best factor since sliced bread, however he’s doing the identical stuff I’m doing.
“However then after I go experience any individual out – actually in my final combat I had 13:45 of management time in a 15-minute combat. That’s madness. The place, precisely, do it’s a must to quit being dominant to be a bit extra thrilling? I don’t actually know what these guys need to see. I’m simply going to maintain profitable.”
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