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Farah Hannoun and Ken Hathaway

Hakeem Dawodu hopes to kickstart title run with finish of Julian Erosa at UFC 279: ‘My time is now’

LAS VEGAS – Minus a setback to Movsar Evloev, Hakeem Dawodu has been on a role at 145 pounds.

Winner of six of his past seven, Dawodu (13-2-1 MMA, 6-2 UFC) meets Julian Erosa (27-9 MMA, 5-5 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 279 featured prelim at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Dawodu won’t underestimate Erosa, but expects to be a problem for him no matter where the fight goes.

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