Grant Dawson survived a knockdown within the second to safe a slick third-round submission victory over Mateusz Rębecki at UFC 328.
Dawson landed an enormous shot early, connecting with a head kick as Rębecki tried to catch it. Along with his opponent backpedalling early, Dawson shot in for a takedown and shortly transitioned to Rębecki’s again. Dawson regarded to lock in a rear-naked choke, however Rębecki fought his means out of the maneuver and took high management with simply over a minute to go within the first spherical.
Dawson climbed again to his toes with ease as Rębecki regarded to keep up management with a physique lock. Because the clock wound down, Rębecki landed a slick uppercut as Dawson separated, but it surely probably wasn’t sufficient to swing the scorecards in his favor.
Throughout an alternate within the opening minute of the second, Rębecki landed a booming proper hand that dropped Dawson. Rębecki swarmed in searching for a end, however Rębecki in the end opted to clinch towards the fence, a lot to the chagrin of the commentary staff.
Rębecki was unable to seek out the end, however he continued to attach, touchdown a nasty straight left that helped him seal the spherical and even issues up going into the third.
Rębecki got here out searching for a takedown instantly within the third. That call backfired as Dawson instantly took his again and began fishing for a rear-naked choke. He lastly cinched it in with lower than 20 seconds on the clock, forcing Rębecki to faucet out.
Official End result: Grant Dawson def. Mateusz Rębecki by way of submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:42 of Spherical 3.
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