When Dwight Grant steps into the Octagon at UFC 236, it will be his third UFC fight in just under four months.
Seizing on the opportunity afforded him by winning a contract on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series last June, Grant is determined to make up for the years he spent adrift in other promotions, watching matchups fall through and going through extended periods without plying his trade.
A beyond-avid collector and player of video games (“Anytime I go anywhere, I bring games with me. Even if I go to the store and I’m gonna be outside for 10 minutes with nothing to do, I bring my games”) it’s only fitting that his short stint in the UFC has been propelled by a video game-like viral highlight clip of Grant knocking Carlos Pedersoli’s mouthpiece into orbit last February in Prague.