Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-10-12, mma bout not particularly good: Grant Dawson vs Rafa Garcia gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2024).Garcia vs Dawson is scheduled to take place Saturday, October 12th, at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas (Nevada, United States), in a 3-round lightweight (155 lbs, 70 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Brandon Royval vs Tatsuro Taira – UFC Vegas 98. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Grant Dawson record
The black belt in Bjj Grant Dawson entered this fight with a mma record of 21-2-1 (81% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.24 lightweight in the world.
He was defeated by Bobby Green last year (Grant Dawson vs Bobby Green) but he came back to win with Joe Solecki in June 2024.
Rafa Garcia record
His opponent, Rafa Garcia, has an official record of 16-3-0 (62% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought for more than one year.
He lost to Drakkar Klose in 2022 but then he has beat Hayisaer Maheshate and Clay Guida.
Fight card
Here is the UFC Vegas 98 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN+)
Brandon Royval vs Tatsuro Taira
Jun Yong Park vs Brad Tavares
Jared Gooden vs Chidi Njokuani
Grant Dawson vs Rafa Garcia
Alex Morono vs Daniel Rodriguez
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN+)
Ramazonbek Temirov vs CJ Vergara
Jonathan Pearce vs Pat Sabatini
Niko Price vs Themba Gorimbo
Junior Tafa vs Sean Sharaf
Julia Polastri vs Cory McKenna
Dan Argueta vs Cody Haddon
Lucas Rocha vs Clayton Carpenter
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Grant Dawson vs Rafa Garcia as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
IT STARTS AT 49:00
Result
Who won Dawson vs Garcia fight?
Grant Dawson defeated Rafa Garcia via TKO at 1:42, round 2.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC Vegas 98 post-fight octagon interview of Grant Dawson and Rafa Garcia.
