Dwight Grant wasn’t interested in any moral victories. His UFC debut against Zak Ottow in December wasn’t his best performance, but he was confident that he won, happy to accept what the legendary boxing trainer George Benton would say:
“Win this time, look good next time.”
But Grant had a bad feeling about where things were heading when he heard the words “split decision.”
“Once I heard that, I prepared myself for the worst,” Grant recalled. “Then I thought, just remember, be cool, don't make any weird faces.”
He laughs now, but he wasn’t in a laughing mood when that split decision went to Ottow.