Key Stats: 63% significant strike defense (10th), 47.6% significant strike accuracy (10th), 45.8% takedown accuracy (5th)
What It Means: Grant is a scrapper with fast, powerful hands and a love for a firefight. The Englishman does well to mix up his targets with his hands, and he can string together smooth and powerful combinations on the feet. He likes to switch stances and throw a couple punches off the switch, but from distance, he’ll throw a variety of kicks to his opponent’s body. His two-punch combinations are fast and powerful, and he wings them out of both stances, and if the fight hits the ground, Grant is even more comfortable and exhibits good skills on the mat.
What to Look For in the Fight: Between the two, Vera is the cleaner and more technically proficient fighter on the feet. On the ground, it’s a little closer, even though Vera has the more expansive submission record. That said, they both like going back and forth on the feet and throwing teep kicks to the body to manage distance and timing. Grant might be the more dangerous striker in terms of one-shot power, but Vera makes the most of his windows of opportunity, as well. It’s a fight almost guaranteed to end before the three rounds are up, but where it finishes is the biggest question mark.
