John Dodson has begun to inch toward title contention in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s tumultuous bantamweight division.
Having gone 2-1 since he returned to 135 pounds in 2016, Dodson will confront former World Series of Fighting champion Marlon Moraes in the featured UFC Fight Night 120 prelim on Saturday at the Ted Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk, Virginia. “The Magician” last competed at UFC Fight Night “Swanson vs. Lobov” in April, when he took a three-round unanimous decision from a resurgent Eddie Wineland. Dodson has compiled an 8-3 record under the UFC flag, with two of those losses coming to reigning flyweight champion and pound-for-pound ace Demetrious Johnson.