The Breakdown: Dollaway has lost to debutant Sadollah twice, beat a badly injured Mike Massenzio and got choked out in under a minute by Tom Lawlor, making his only credible win against a relatively inexperienced Jesse Taylor. As a result, he has yet to prove he can back up the big talk he talked on TUF and demonstrate that he deserves to be in the UFC from a sporting perspective as well.
Joe Silva has thrown him a bone by feeding him unrenowned grappler Jay Silva. The BJJ purple belt does have heavy hands, but when somebody’s best wins are against opponents who are barely above the .500 mark, it smells as if he has been set up to lose. To give Silva or his management credit, though, he deserves applause for making the UFC after only four years of MMA training.
The Prediction: Expect Dollaway to do what is expected of him and stop the debutant with punches from top position in the first round.