Exclusive | Dwight Grant Talks Sparring Sean Strickland: “He Was Like… We’re Gonna Give Each Other Brain Damage”

Dwight Grant Sean Strickland SparringBefore his fight on July 16th at UFC on ABC 3, Dwight Grant stopped by to spend some time with LowKick MMA, where he talked about his first meeting and sparring session with Sean Strickland, who of course, had something wacky to say. ‘The Body Snatcher’ also talked about his upcoming fight against Dustin Stoltzfus, […]

Dwight Grant Sean Strickland Sparring

Before his fight on July 16th at UFC on ABC 3, Dwight Grant stopped by to spend some time with LowKick MMA, where he talked about his first meeting and sparring session with Sean Strickland, who of course, had something wacky to say.

‘The Body Snatcher’ also talked about his upcoming fight against Dustin Stoltzfus, where he’ll look to end a two-fight skid and get back into the win column. Detailing his first meeting with Strickland, Dwight Grant also described that when they first met, he had no idea that the top-ranked middleweight was a UFC fighter.

Dwight Grant Describes Meeting and Sparring Sean Strickland

“The thing about it is,” Dwight Grant began. “I didn’t know that he was like a high-level guy in the UFC before I trained with him. I met up with this dude and we were going to spar, and he was like: ‘Just so you know, we’re going to give each other brain damage today,’ and I was like, ‘Ok, this sounds like fun.’ And he was like, ‘Are you cool with that?’ and I’m like, ‘Yeah man, let’s go.’”

“I like sparring… If you’re telling me ahead of time we’re gonna spar hard, I’m fine with everything,” Dwight Grant continued. “I don’t like when people are like ‘Hey man, let’s go light,’ and then all of a sudden the fight is crazy. It’s like, hey man, what you doing?”

“So, the fact that he just met me, didn’t know me, and was off the bat like: ‘Hey, this is gonna be crazy just so you know,’ was perfect. We had great sparring sessions… It was cool, I would definitely train with him again,” Grant concluded.

‘The Body Snatcher’ would go on to add that Sean Strickland may be a bit misunderstood, as well. “I think a lot of the other stuff people get into with him, is just based on how people react to him. They probably think about stuff ahead of time, and base that pre-judgment on how he’s gonna be. I didn’t have any because I didn’t know who he was at the time. I was like, ‘this guy’s been straight up and honest with me, so we’re gonna have a good training (session).’”

Check out the full interview below for more!

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UFC Vegas 52 Bonuses: Jessica Andrade Scoops $50,000 For Historic Opening Round Finish

Jessica AndradeFormer undisputed UFC strawweight champion, Jessica Andrade managed to land an extra $50,000 post-fight bonus following UFC Vegas 52 last night in Las Vegas, Nevada – stopping the #10 ranked contender, Amanda Lemos with a stunning, history-making standing arm triangle win in the first round.  Jessica Andrade, who made her first Octagon outing at the […]

Jessica Andrade

Former undisputed UFC strawweight champion, Jessica Andrade managed to land an extra $50,000 post-fight bonus following UFC Vegas 52 last night in Las Vegas, Nevada – stopping the #10 ranked contender, Amanda Lemos with a stunning, history-making standing arm triangle win in the first round

Jessica Andrade, who made her first Octagon outing at the strawweight limit since July 2020 in last night’s main event outing against compatriot, Lemos, entered her third promotional headliner off the back of a dominant flyweight win over Cynthia Calvillo back in September at UFC 266.

The Parana native managed to make good on her weight class return to boot last night, stopping Lemos with an Octagon-first standing arm triangle in the opening round.

Linking up with Lemos inside the clinch, Jessica Andrade quickly powered her fellow South American to the Octagon fence, sinking up in an eventual arm-triangle – and without tripping Lemos to the canvas, forcing the tap from a vertical position. 

Earning a post-fight bonus, Andrade’s standing arm triangle win earned her a Performance of the Night bonus – scooping her eighth career submission win to boot. 

The night’s co-headliner also produced our other Performance of the Night bonus, with Peruvian grappler, Claudio Puelles stopping promotional veteran, Clay Guida with a stunning opening frame kneebar submission win. Puelles managed to land his whopping third kneebar win in the UFC with last night’s victory, and comes as the only one in UFC antiquity to land more than one kneebar win.

Earning Fight of the Night bonuses, welterweight strikers, Dwight Grant and Sergey Khandozhko battled in a hard-fought two round affair – with the latter eventually rallying and finishing Grant with a knockout after suffering a knockdown of his own. 

Jessica Andrade landed the strawweight championship with a slam KO win over current best, Rose Namajunas

With Andrade’s victory, the Brazilian moves herself into prime position to likely challenge for strawweight gold in the future again, ahead of next month’s undisputed title rematch between two-time opponent, champion, Rose Namajunas, and challenger, inaugural division-best, Carla Esparza. 

UFC Vegas 52 Bonuses: Jéssica Andrade Cashes In After 115lb Return

Former UFC strawweight champion Jéssica Andrade made quick work of Amanda Lemos in her return to the 115lb division at UFC Vegas 52. Not only did Andrade earn a massive win for her career, but she also made an extra $50,000 in the process. Andrade and lightweight Claudio Puelles earned ‘Performance of the Night’ bonuses…

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Former UFC strawweight champion Jéssica Andrade made quick work of Amanda Lemos in her return to the 115lb division at UFC Vegas 52.

Not only did Andrade earn a massive win for her career, but she also made an extra $50,000 in the process.

Andrade and lightweight Claudio Puelles earned ‘Performance of the Night’ bonuses at UFC Vegas 52 while a welterweight battle between Sergey Khandozhko and Dwight Grant earned ‘Fight of the Night’.

Andrade put on arguably one of the best performances of her storied career against Lemos, securing a rare standing arm triangle submission in the first round. She made the move back to strawweight following a flyweight win over Cynthia Calvillo at UFC 266.

Andrade moves closer to a potential strawweight title shot with her win. She’ll likely face another top contender in her next outing.

In addition to Andrade, Puelles also earned an extra $50,000 for an impressive first-round submission of Clay Guida. In the co-main event, Puelles used superb technique to secure a nasty kneebar submission against the veteran Guida.

Puelles has now won five in a row in the UFC Octagon, with three of his wins coming by way of kneebar.

The FOTN went to an exciting preliminary card welterweight showcase between Grant and Khandozhko. The two fighters went toe-to-toe on the feet, with each man landing plenty of powerful strikes that wobbled their opponent.

After nearly two full rounds of action in the Octagon, Khandozhko landed an overhand left that stunned Grant and forced him to cover up against a barrage of follow-up punches.

Khandozhko made his return to the UFC following a 17-month hiatus. He made the most of his opportunity and he and Grant earned post-fight bonuses for their efforts.

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Daniel Rodriguez Takes Comeback Knockout Against Dwight Grant – UFC Vegas 7 Highlights

RodriguezAfforded the opportunity to rally an early storm by referee Chris Tognoni, now 13-1 welterweight prospect, Daniel ‘D-Rod’ Rodriguez continued his promotional perfect run. Meeting with Dwight Grant on just a single day’s notice, Tapout LA trainee, Rodriguez gritted out an early knockdown – scoring a massive comeback victory of his own. Twice dropping American […]

Rodriguez

Afforded the opportunity to rally an early storm by referee Chris Tognoni, now 13-1 welterweight prospect, Daniel ‘D-Rod’ Rodriguez continued his promotional perfect run. Meeting with Dwight Grant on just a single day’s notice, Tapout LA trainee, Rodriguez gritted out an early knockdown – scoring a massive comeback victory of his own.

Twice dropping American Kickboxing Academy mainstay, Grant – Rodriguez eventually closed the show with a series of strikes to a fatigued Grant at the Octagon fence. Now 3-0 in the promotion, since his promotional bow in February opposite veteran contender, Tim Means – the 33-year-old can now add Grant to his recent UFC Fight Night Vegas victory over Gabe Green in May.

Catch Rodriguez’s rallying effort, and the opening-frame stoppage, below!

Daniel Rodriguez Fights Through Adversity To Finish Dwight Grant In Round One

RodriguezOpening the main card is a bout between two Welterweight’s, Daniel Rodriguez and Dwight Grant. Round 1: Both men testing the range with their jab. Rodriguez lands a nice left hand after Grant swings big with a right hook. A huge right-hand puts Rodriguez down, Rodriguez covers while Grant lands a volume of ground and […]

Rodriguez

Opening the main card is a bout between two Welterweight’s, Daniel Rodriguez and Dwight Grant.

Round 1: Both men testing the range with their jab. Rodriguez lands a nice left hand after Grant swings big with a right hook. A huge right-hand puts Rodriguez down, Rodriguez covers while Grant lands a volume of ground and pound. Grant takes the back as Rodriguez defends and eventually gets back to his feet. Once back on the feet Rodriguez drops Grant for a moment with a left hook. Grant makes his way back to his feet and the two exchange in the pocket. Rodriguez lands a big left hook dropping Grant before finishing him with another as he began to cover.

Official Result: Daniel Rodriguez def. Dwight Grant via TKO (Punches) 2:24, R1

Alan Jouban Questions Judges Experience at UFC 236

Alan Jouban left the arena unhappy in one of the oddest decision wins of the night from UFC 236. A split decision win for Dwight Grant (29-28, 27-30, 29-28) had Jouban fired up. He wanted to address the judges about the decision and was concerned with …

Alan Jouban left the arena unhappy in one of the oddest decision wins of the night from UFC 236. A split decision win for Dwight Grant (29-28, 27-30, 29-28) had Jouban fired up. He wanted to address the judges about the decision and was concerned with how it will affect his contract negotiations. He mainly […]

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