Dawson vs Ferreira

Who won Dawson vs Ferreira?

Grant Dawson beat Diego Ferreira by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 311, on Saturday 18th January 2025 at Intuit Dome in Los Angeles.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Grant Dawson.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Dawson vs Ferreira stats

Grant Dawson stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 13 by submission.

Diego Ferreira made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Grant Dawson's 13th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019. Diego Ferreira marked his 16th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2014.

Grant Dawson's UFC record stood at 11-1-1, while Diego Ferreira's came in at 10-6-0.

The stats suggested Ferreira had a slight advantage in power over Dawson, with a 26% knock out percentage over Dawson's 23%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Dawson had a large advantage over Ferreira, boasting a 59% submission rate over Ferreira's 37%.

Grant Dawson was the younger man by 9 years, at 31 years old.

Dawson had a height advantage of 1 inch over Ferreira. Despite this, Ferreira had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Dawson was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 3 years and 4 months later than Ferreira, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 6 less professional rounds, 52 to Ferreira's 58.

Dawson vs Ferreira form

Dawson had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Rafa Garcia at UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira on 12th October 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Joe Solecki at UFC 302 on 1st June 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Prudential Center, Newark.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Bobby Green at UFC Fight Night – Green vs Dawson on 7th October 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Damir Ismagulov at UFC Fight Night – Strickland vs. Magomedov on 1st July 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Mark O Madsen at UFC Fight Night: Mitchell vs. Evloev on 5th November 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Diego Ferreira had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been beaten by Grant Dawson at UFC 311 on 18th January 2025 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Intuit Dome, Los Angeles, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Mateusz Rebecki at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento on 11th May 2024 by knockout in the 3rd round at Enterprise Center, St. Louis.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Michael Johnson at UFC Fight Night – Pennington vs. Aldana 2 on 20th May 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Mateusz Gamrot at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round.

He had lost to Gregor Gillespie at UFC Vegas 26 on 8th May 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Grant Dawson had been fighting more than Diego Ferreira.

Going to this contest, Grant Dawson had last fought 6 months and 18 days ago, while Diego Ferreira's last outing had been 3 months and 12 days ago.

Dawson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Ferreira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What time did Dawson vs Ferreira start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 1:05 AM UTC , which was 8:05 PM EST or 5:05 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 1:05 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Dawson vs Ferreira?

Grant Dawson was a 9/25 (-280) favourite going into the contest, while Diego Ferreira made his way into the ring at 9/4 (+230) with oddsmakers.