John Dodson is fired up and frustrated in advance of his co-main event assignment opposite Pedro Munhoz this weekend in Belem.
After returning to the bantamweight ranks with a swift knockout of Manvel Gamburyan just under two years ago, the former Ultimate Fighter winner has come away from two of his last three contests on the wrong side of split decision verdicts. In both instances, Dodson put up quality numbers according to Fight Metric, but his penchant for being evasive seems to have been his downfall.
Additionally, both losses came against Brazilian fighters and now he’s set to face another, and this time he’s ceding home court advantage to his opponent, so he’s hoping to keep the judges out of things.