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✓ Grant Dawson won · by Submission · R3
lightweight
Other bouts 12
Fight Card
UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland
May 9, 2026 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
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Corner A
Grant Dawson
#6 12-2-1
Elo 1642
VS
Corner B
Mateusz Rebecki
#38 5-4-0
Elo 1514
Final result · recorded May 10, 2026
Grant Dawson
defeated Mateusz Rebecki by Submission in round 3

Honest Elo mode pre-fight: Grant Dawson 74.2% · Mateusz Rebecki 25.8%

Pure Elo pre-fight: Grant Dawson 66.4% · Mateusz Rebecki 33.6%

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Other fights on this card · 12
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Notable

Dawson

Reach advantage of ~6".

Tale of the tape

12-2-1 UFC record 5-4-0
KO 2 · Sub 5 Finishes KO 2 · Sub 1
+1 Streak +1
32 Age 33
5'10" 178 cm Height 5'7" 170 cm
72" 183 cm Reach 66" 168 cm
Switch Stance Southpaw
1689 Global Elo 1557
1642 Elo rating 1514
Grant Dawson — Notable ▼
At a glance
Mateusz Rebecki — Notable ▼
At a glance
  • Earned a bonus in 3 of last 5 fights
  • 60% of wins by KO or submission
  • 40% of wins finished in round 1

Grant Dawson — Striking profile

Where significant strikes land — by target zone and by position. 528 landed total · career

Targets head · body · leg
69% Head
  • Head 69%
  • Body 19%
  • Leg 13%
Positions distance · clinch · ground
50% Distance
  • Distance 50%
  • Clinch 10%
  • Ground 40%

Mateusz Rebecki — Striking profile

Where significant strikes land — by target zone and by position. 570 landed total · career

Targets head · body · leg
72% Head
  • Head 72%
  • Body 15%
  • Leg 13%
Positions distance · clinch · ground
71% Distance
  • Distance 71%
  • Clinch 5%
  • Ground 25%

Performance comparison

Career averages. Edge highlighted on the side that's better. = division average.

3.11
5.43
div avg 4.53
51%
49%
div avg 51%
2.20
4.29
div avg 3.76
45%
55%
div avg 53%
3.62
2.86
div avg 1.86
39%
50%
div avg 37%
70%
53%
div avg 72%
1.24
0.29
div avg 0.65
10
4
div avg 4

Division-adjusted profile

each axis = percentile in own division
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The size-fair view: each fighter is measured against his own division, so a heavyweight's lower raw pace isn't punished. Toughness inverts strikes absorbed. Raw career numbers are in Performance above.

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Finish & durability

How each tends to win, against how hard the other is to finish.

Grant Dawson
58% finish rate
KO 2 · Sub 5
can finish?
Mateusz Rebecki
finished 50%
2 of 4 losses
Mateusz Rebecki
60% finish rate
KO 2 · Sub 1
can finish?
Grant Dawson
finished 100%
2 of 2 losses

Strength of schedule in UFC

Comparable recent competition — last-5 avg 1573 (Grant Dawson) vs 1563 (Mateusz Rebecki).

Grant Dawson red corner
Avg opp Elo (last 5)
1573
UFC level
Quality wins (1600+)
4
of 12 UFC wins
Toughest win
Leonardo Santos
Elo 1666 at fight time
Expected wins
8.9
+3.0 above schedule
Opponent Elo over career · 15 fights
1460
1558
Notable wins
Leonardo Santos 1666 Mark Madsen 1616 Diego Ferreira 1611 Damir Ismagulov 1608
Mateusz Rebecki blue corner
Avg opp Elo (last 5)
1563
UFC level
Quality wins (1600+)
0
of 5 UFC wins
Toughest win
Myktybek Orolbai
Elo 1573 at fight time
Expected wins
4.5
+0.5 above schedule
Opponent Elo over career · 9 fights
1500
1405

Common opponents

1 shared opponent · Corner A's result on the left, Corner B's on the right.

  • W
    Diego Ferreira
    L
    Decision - Unanimous
    KO/TKO · R3
    Jan 18, 2025
    May 11, 2024
Corner A recent form
Grant Dawson
Corner B recent form
Mateusz Rebecki
Source Per-fighter stats and bout records from Grant Dawson & Mateusz Rebecki on UFCStats. Honest Elo Meter samples each fighter's rating uncertainty (1,000 Monte Carlo iterations). Data analysis, not betting advice. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Ultimate Fighting Championship.