At UFC 328, Grant Dawson survived a second-round knockdown to attain a formidable third-round submission victory over Mateusz Lembecki.
Dawson landed a giant shot early on, connecting with a head kick as Lembecke tried to catch it. As his opponent backpedaled early, Dawson seemed for a takedown and shortly transitioned to Lembecki’s again. Dawson almost landed a rear-naked choke, however Lembecki escaped the maneuver and took prime management with simply over a minute left within the first spherical.
Dawson effortlessly rose to his toes as Lembecki tried to keep up management with a bodylock. As time neared, Lembecki landed a deft uppercut as Dawson moved away, but it surely in all probability wasn’t sufficient to sway the scorecards in his favor.
Within the trade proper after the second purpose, Lembecki dropped Dawson with a robust proper hand. Lembecki swarmed for a end, however finally selected to slam him into the fence, a lot to the chagrin of the commentary workforce.
Lembecki was unable to complete, however continued to attach after that, touchdown a nasty straight left to clinch the spherical and even issues up going into the third.
Lembecki instantly got here out on the lookout for a takedown within the third. That call backfired, and Dawson instantly backed up and began going for a rear-naked choke. He lastly scored with lower than 20 seconds left, forcing Lembecki to faucet out.
official outcomes: Grant Dawson def. Mateusz Lembecki wins by submission (rear bare choke) at 4:42 of spherical 3.
