Grant Dawson Meets Mateusz Rebecki at UFC 328 After December Loss

grant dawson gets a quick chance to reset this Saturday at UFC 328, where he meets Mateusz Rebecki after a December loss to Manuel Torres. The lightweight contender enters at 23-3-1 and needs this bout to halt the slide that followed three straight wins.

UFC 328 Brings Rebecki Next

Rebecki is the next test, and Dawson comes in with the sharper recent resume: wins over Diego Ferreira, Rafa Garcia and Joe Solecki before Torres stopped the run at UFC 323. That sequence is the reason this matchup carries more weight than a standard fight on the card.

UFC 328 has 13 fights, with Khamzat Chimaev vs. Sean Strickland set for the middleweight title at the top of the event. Dawson is not fighting for gold this weekend, but his place on the card puts him back in front of the division after a result that interrupted his momentum in December.

Dawson’s Recent Run

The loss to Torres ended a three-fight winning streak, and that is the central problem Dawson is trying to solve against Rebecki. A win would put him back on track after beating Ferreira, Garcia and Solecki in succession, while another setback would leave the December result looking like the start of a tougher stretch.

Dawson also used the interview to talk about his love of Batman: Under the Red Hood, Jason Todd and his own song, Arkham. He said he is annoyed by Batman’s no killing policy, a detail that fits the offbeat edge he brought into fight week while still heading into a serious lightweight assignment.

Battle For Momentum

For Dawson, the immediate task is simple: answer the loss to Torres with a clean performance against Rebecki. The record says he has spent most of this stretch winning, but Saturday gives him the chance to prove the December result was a pause rather than a turn.