The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned after a week-long hiatus with a main event featuring Grant Dawson versus Bobby Green in the lightweight division. The two men were headed in opposite directions, as was reflected in Dawson being an enormous -500 favorite at . Dawson sported a perfect record of 8 wins and 1 draw in the UFC, with none being more impressive than his last outing, a 15-minute domination of the very tough and skilled Damir Ismagulov. A ferocious grappler who excels at taking foes down and then brutalizing them with ground-and-pound or finishing with tight submissions, Dawson is still improving at the age of 29.
UFC Fight Night 229
