The UFC Apex Facility off the Las Vegas Strip will be the site for a showdown between lightweights Grant Dawson and Bobby Greem on UFC Fight Night. The fight will be held on Saturday, October 7 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+ and headline a six-fight main card, There are also six fights scheduled for the preliminary card that will start at 4 p.m. on ESPN+.
Fighter history
Dawson (20-1-1) cut his teeth on Dana White’s Contender Series in 2017 and has gone 9-0-1 in his fights under the UFC banner. He started out as a featherweight but had issues making weight and moved to lightweight. At times Dawson has had issues with weight at 155 too, so it’s stopped some of his forward momentum. Five of his nine UFC wins have come by submission, more specifically a rear-naked choke.
For over a decade, Bobby Green (30-14-1) has been one of the more consistent gatekeepers for the UFC. He has managed to win many fights but is more known as a “final test” for fighters looking to get into the top five. This includes current lightweight champion Islam Makhachev, former lightweight interim champion Dustin Poirier and other contenders like Rafael Fiziev. His big wins include former lightweight champion Tony Ferguson and Al Iaquinta.
Dawson is an early betting favorite at -410 on DraftKings Sportsbook. Green is betting at +320.
Full card for UFC Fight Night: Grant Dawson vs. Bobby Green
Main Card, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN+
- #10 Grant Dawson vs. Bobby Green, lightweight
- Joe Pyfer vs. Abdul Razak Alhassan, middleweight
- Alex Morono vs. Joaquin Buckley, welterweight
- Drew Dober vs. Ricky Glenn, lightweight
- Alexander Hernandez vs. Bill Algeo, featherweight
Preliminary Card, 4 p.m. ET, ESPN+
- Philipe Lins vs. Ion Cutelaba, light heavyweight
- #15 Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Diana Belbita, women’s strawweight
- Aori Qileng vs. Johnny Munoz, bantamweight
- Vanessa Demopoulos vs. Kananko Murata, women’s strawweight
- Nate Maness vs. Mateus Mendonca, flyweight
- Montana De La Rosa vs. JJ Aldrich, women’s flyweight