5 reasons to watch UFC Fight Night: Rob Font vs. Marlon Vera
This weekend sees the UFC return to the Las Vegas APEX for its latest Fight Night event. While the last two events were lacking somewhat, this one looks excellent.
UFC Fight Night: Rob Font vs. Marlon Vera features a number of exciting-sounding fights and while not many are likely to impact the title pictures of the promotion’s divisions, they should be watchable.
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So with a number of the wildest fighters on the roster in action, this Fight Night should be one to keep a close eye on, as we could be in for some great scraps.
Here are five reasons to watch UFC Fight Night: Rob Font vs. Marlon Vera.
#5. Grant Dawson is one of the UFC’s most underrated fighters
The UFC’s Fight Night cards tend to be filled with fighters who lack name value for the most part, and this means that many of the promotion’s more underrated fighters tend to fly under the radar at these events somewhat.
One of those underrated fighters – lightweight Grant Dawson – is in action this weekend, facing off with the always aggressive Jared Gordon in what should be one of this event’s most watchable bouts.
Dawson has been with the UFC for just over three years now after earning his shot on Dana White’s Contender Series. Incredibly, ‘KGD’ is still unbeaten in the octagon at 5-0-1. He’s one of those fighters who doesn’t look like a superstar, but when he fights, he’s definitely effective.
Not only is he dangerous with his submissions – as his rear naked choke wins over Mike Trizano and Darrick Minner showed – but he also hits very hard, as we saw when he knocked out expert grappler Leonardo Santos with just one second remaining in their fight.
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Dawson’s most recent bout was a somewhat disappointing one, as he came away from his fight with Ricky Glenn with a controversial draw, despite seemingly winning the first two rounds handily before fading late.
That means he’s likely to come into this bout with Gordon fired up. Given the all-action style of ‘Flash’, not only could these two lightweights produce fireworks, but Dawson is likely to have an edge. Overall, this is definitely one of the better fights on this card, and hopefully with a win, ‘KGD’ will open some more eyes to his skills.