Lightweights Leonardo Santos and Grant Dawson will collide to see who continues unbeaten under the UFC banner when they fight on March 20, multiple people with knowledge of the booking told MMA Fighting following a report from MMA Junkie.
Santos (18-3-1) hasn’t been defeated since winning the second season of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil in 2013, collecting seven wins and one draw in his eight UFC bouts.
The 40-year-old jiu-jitsu specialist returned from the longest layoff of his MMA career in June 2019, finishing Stevie Ray in the opening round, and then earned a decision against Roman Bogatov this past July in Abu Dhabi.