A few years later, the Ultimate Fighting Championship is at it again with an interesting lightweight slant.
On Thursday, Fight Bananas revealed the rebookings of Grant Dawson (22-2-1) and Diego Ferreira (19-5) for January 18th. The two 155ers will square off at UFC 311 inside the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. Angeles. Dawson then confirmed the pairing on his Instagram on Thursday. This will be the second attempt at a bout as both men were previously scheduled to compete at UFC Fight Night 193 in 2021 after the fight was canceled due to Ferreira’s injury.
Dawson bounced back in a big way from his first loss in years, outscoring Joe Solecki and stopping Rafa Garcia in 2024. His 33-second KO loss to Bobby Greene ended his nine-fight undefeated streak inside the Octagon. That included wins over names like Jared Gordon and Julian Erosa. With an 82% completion rate, “KGD” worked his way up to the promotion in 2017 as part of the inaugural season of Dana White’s Contender Series.
Ferreira, who turned 40 on the night of the fight, has found a new beginning in life after a three-fight fiasco in 2021. The Brazilian, who came by way of Texas, returned in May 2023 to beat Michael Johnson and a year later let go of the rising Mateusz Rebecchi. His first loss in 10 years. Although Ferreira didn’t go on a nine-fight unbeaten streak, he rose to the rankings thanks to a six-fight winning streak from 2016 to 2020 and wins over names like Anthony Pettis, Gordon and Olivier Aubin. -Mercier.
UFC 311 does not currently have a headliner, but its main attraction spot is rumored to feature a lightweight strap bout between Islam Makhachev and Arman Tsarukyan. Other bouts likely to be featured on the main card include a grappler’s delight in a heavyweight bout between Jailton Almeida and Sergei Spivac, and undefeated Peyton Talbot pitted against eternal rival Raoni Barcelos. There is a possibility that he will pass the torch fight at 135 pounds against.
