TAMPA, Fla. – After a 3rd win in 4 fights, maybe Davey Grant figured it was an excellent time to shoot his shot.
Grant (14-7 MMA, 7-6 UFC) on Saturday outworked Ramon Taveras (10-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) for a unanimous resolution on the prelims at UFC on ESPN 63. And whereas the victory moved him merely simply previous the .500 mark in his UFC profession, the Brit thinks it’s time for an enormous one.
Grant mentioned he’s hoping for a struggle towards former featherweight champion and UFC Corridor of Famer Jose Aldo, who lately retired – and lately unretired, too.
However Grant additionally needed to pull out of a matchup towards Cody Gibson earlier this 12 months and mentioned he’s additionally amenable to a rebooking, doubtlessly in England within the first quarter of 2025.
“Cody Gibson mentioned, ‘Look, hopefully you may get the win after which possibly we are able to struggle once more in London.’ So if I can go and struggle him in London, (I’ll do it),” Grant mentioned at his post-fight information convention at Amalie enviornment in Tampa, Fla.
“And if we speak on dream matchups, Jose Aldo – I’ve been watching him for years. If I used to be going to decide on anybody, completely – that’s no disrespect to him in any respect. He’s an absolute legend of the game. So if we have been speaking dream matchups, that’s who it might be. If Cody Gibson needs to go, hopefully London in March, then let’s do it.”
Grant’s win over Tavares was his first since a bonus-winning submission of Raphael Assuncao in March 2023 and got here on the heels of a break up resolution loss to Daniel Marcos. Grant has 5 post-fight bonuses in his most up-to-date eight fights.
Take a look at Grant’s full post-fight interview within the video above.
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