Make the light-weight rankings make sense. That’s all division standout Grant Dawson is asking for.
After placing collectively a powerful run contained in the Octagon over the past 5 years, Dawson will look to notch his eleventh UFC win and twenty third total when he squares off with Diego Ferreira at UFC 311 on January 18.
Sadly, the victory will seemingly do little in the best way of getting him into the light-weight prime 15. In the meantime, former Bellator champion Michael Chandler continues to be holding robust as No. 7 regardless of a lowly 2-4 document underneath the promotional banner.
“There are people who do not belong in the top 15 let alone the top 10,” Dawson mentioned throughout a latest interview with Inside Preventing. “In case you have a look at anyone like Michael Chandler, he’s 2-4 within the UFC. You set his document up towards my document, 11-1 within the UFC, assuming I beat Diego.
“11-1 in the UFC compared to 2-4 in the UFC, and you say, ‘Yeah, the 11-1 guy [is] not ranked. The 2-4 guy ranked in the top ten, top seven.’ It doesn’t make any sense” (h/t Bloody Elbow).
Dawson added, “You’ve got these guys, they’re not looking to fight the up-and-comers. They need to take Michael Chandler out of there.”
Michael Chandler has solely overwhelmed light-weight stars dan hooker and ‘el cucuy’ contained in the octagon
Chandler made his UFC debut with a powerful first-round knockout of Dan Hooker UFC 257. Since then, he’s just one gained battle which got here towards Tony Ferguson in Might 2022. Earlier than returning to the Octagon for a rematch with ‘Do Bronx’ at UFC 309, Chandler sat on the sidelines whereas ready to money in on a conflict with Conor McGregor.
The 2 have been scheduled to scrap in June, however McGregor bowed out of the bout after breaking his pinky toe. As an alternative of selecting to proceed to attend round for the Irishman, Chandler accepted a rematch with Oliveira. ‘Iron’ misplaced the battle through a decisive unanimous choice.
