Drew Dober is a cold-blooded fighter with a warm smile. He looks happy and harmless doing interviews. Then you watch his highlights, and wonder how long his opponents take nourishment through a straw after his bouts.
Dober is helping headline UFC’s first card in Denver since 2018. He is known for knockouts. He competes as if everything is personal, like the person across from him is not only trying to beat him but devour him.
Dober finishes take on a common theme. Straight left. Right hook.
Left hook. Opponent’s knees buckle. Head bounces off the mat.
Dober leaps into the air in jubilation. While it’s not his focus leading into Saturday’s fight vs. Jean Silva at Ball Arena, Dober understands the fascination with his power.
He sits tied with Dustin Poirier for the most KOs in UFC lightweight division history with nine. Reaching double figures in Denver, the place he’s long called home, matters. “Truthfully, it snuck up on me,” Dober told The Post.
“I am just out here working hard and having fun and a couple of fights ago I learned I was tied. It’s not something I think about like a lot of other people apparently do. But it means a lot to be part of a UFC world record.
” Dober is not from Colorado, but he might as well be. He shifted from training in Nebraska to the Centennial State in 2012. His career was gaining traction.
From April of 2012 to October of 2013, he posted a 6-1 record. He found his sweet spot. “The guys in Denver were tougher.
I was already.