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TORONTO -- Canadian T.J. Grant has fought his way to a UFC title shot against lightweight champion Benson (Smooth) Henderson. After reeling off five straight wins at 155 pounds, the 29-year-old from Cole Harbour, N.S., has been rewarded with a main event matchup against the American at UFC 164. The card is slated for Aug. 31 at the BMO Harris Bradley Center in Milwaukee. Grant (21-5) earned his 155-pound title shot by knocking out longtime contender Gray Maynard in the first round at UFC 160 on May 25. "Its been a long, slow road," said Grant. "At times, people have said to me How come youre not getting the exposure and this or that? "I just kept winning fights," he added. "Thats the only thing you can control ... Its tough to get wins in the UFC. But if you keep rattling them off, youre going to make some noise." As a lightweight, the hard-nosed Grant has beaten Shane Roller, Carlos Prater, Evan Dunham, (Handsome) Matt Wiman and Maynard. And he has looked better each time out, disposing of Wiman and Maynard in a combined six minutes 57 seconds. "I dont really necessarily talk a lot of trash but I feel like I have an exciting style," said Grant. "Im not flashy, I dont do any jumping-off-the-cage kicks or anything like that. "But I know if you watch one of my fights, when I go out there I can guarantee win or lose, Im going to put everything I have out there. Im going to take risks, I always do. I feel like the fans can connect with that. "Hopefully I made some fans in my last fight. I just like to go out there and put on some exciting fights, obviously en route to victory always." Grant took it on the chin early from Maynard, who rocked him with some solid strikes. The Canadian weathered the storm and then hit back, stunning Maynard with a shot to the head before finishing him off at the fence. The finish earned him a US$50,000 bonus for knockout of the night. Grant is bidding to become the UFCs third ever Canadian champion. Montreals Georges St-Pierre currently rules the UFCs welterweight division. Carlos Newton of Newmarket, Ont., held the same title in 2001. Grant went 3-3 as a welterweight (170 pounds) in the UFC, alternating wins over Ryo Chonan, Kevin Burns and Julio Paulino with losses to Dong Hyun (Stun Gun) Kim, Johny (Bigg Rigg) Hendricks and Ricardo Almeida. In the 29-year-old Henderson, he meets a fighter at the top of his game. The lightweight champion was arguably the UFCs best fighter in 2012, when he dethroned Frankie (The Answer) Edgar in February at UFC 144 and then won a split decision in their UFC 150 rematch in August. He finished off the year by comprehensively defeating Nate Diaz in December in Seattle. Well-rounded with great cardio and excellent wrestling skills, the Arizona-based champion opened 2013 by beating former Strikeforce title-holder Gilbert Melendez via split decision in April. Henderson (18-2) went 5-1 in the WEC, losing only to Anthony (Showtime) Pettis. He is 7-0 since moving over to the UFC. Hendersons last eight fights have all gone to a decision. "Hes the champion for a reason," said Grant. "Hes beat guys and then hes defended his title. People can criticize him for winning these close, boring fights but Ive never thought anything but how impressive he is. "I know Ive got my work cut out for me. Hes a totally different fighter than my last opponent. ... Hes dangerous in all kinds of areas so its back to work." Notes: Its been a big year for Grant. He and wife Belinda welcomed daughter Casey in April. ... The Milwaukee card is dubbed the Harley-Davidson Hometown Throwdown, since it is happening during the motorcycle manufacturers 110th anniversary celebration. Carlos Zambrano Jersey . Brett Kulak and Jackson Houck of the Vancouver Giants were each charged with assault causing bodily harm on Aug. 18, according to the B.C. court services. 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LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers powered their way back to the top of the NL West on Tuesday night.Howie Kendrick, Yasmani Grandal and Justin Turner homered, and the Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-3 to tie the San Francisco Giants atop the division after being eight games back on June 26 -- the last time ace Clayton Kershaw pitched.Thats just a testament of hard work throughout the season, Kendrick said.The Giants lost 2-0 to the Miami Marlins earlier Tuesday to drop to 64-49. San Francisco had been alone in first place since breaking a tie with the Dodgers on May 15.Los Angeles is a season-high 15 games over .500 and has won four in a row despite a rash of pitcher injuries, including Kershaw, who is on the 60-day disabled list with a mild herniated disc.I think that obviously when you look at the standings, theres something to hang your hat on a little bit, manager Dave Roberts said. I think the picture is how were going about every day. Like I always say, the wins are a byproduct of our preparation and how were playing the game.Kenta Maeda (11-7) yielded six hits and three runs in five innings.Phillies right-hander Vince Velasquez (8-4) has not won in his last five starts. He gave up nine runs on 11 hits, including all three Dodgers homers.The mentality coming in here was to attack the hitters, said Velasquez, who grew up 30 miles east of Dodger Stadium in Pomona. I mislocated some pitches tonight and when you do that, they put them over the wall.They got the best of me tonight. Its a learning experience and I have to check the video and learn from this.Aaron Altherr put Philadelphia ahead 2-0 with a two-run homer in the second, but then Los Angeles scored four runs in its half of the inning.Joc Pederson drilled an RBI single, Kendrick smacked a two-run homer -- his seventh -- and Corey Seager followed with an RBI single. Kendrick got a third RBI with a double in the fifth.If you handle your business, youll be there at the end, Seager said. Its one of those things, you just have to keep going. Yeah, thats what we need. Keeep winning games.dddddddddddd Keep winning series.Grandal homered for the second night in a row -- this one a two-run shot -- in the third to extend his career-high homer total to 18 and his hitting streak to nine games.Grandal leads the NL with 12 home runs since June 30.Freddy Galvis belted his 10th homer in the fourth to cut it to 6-3, but Turners homer in the home half increased the lead to 8-3. Turners 21 homers are also a career high.The Dodgers currently have the second-best home record (37-21) in the NL this season behind the Cubs. Los Angeles improved to 20-10 against Philadelphia since 2012 and has beaten the Phillies four straight and six out of the last seven at Dodger Stadium.In the first two games of the series, the Dodgers have 24 hits, including seven home runs, and 18 runs. The series concludes with an afternoon game Wednesday.TRAINERS ROOMPhillies: RHP Zach Eflin was placed on the 15-day disabled list with patellar tendinopathy in both knees. Eflin, the losing pitcher in Monday nights 9-4 game, allowed seven runs and seven hits, including three homers. ... LHP Elvis Araujo was recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. ... LHP Brett Oberholtzer was claimed off waivers by the Los Angeles Angels.Dodgers: OF Scott Van Slyke was placed on the disabled list Tuesday with right wrist irritation and IF Chris Taylor was recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City. This is Van Slykes second trip to the DL after spending most of April and May there with lower back irritation. ... LHP Rich Hill and RHP Brandon McCarthy threw bullpen sessions on Tuesday and are on schedule to make their respective starts on Friday and Saturday.UP NEXTPhillies: RHP Jeremy Hellickson (9-7, 3.72) pitches Wednesday and is 4-1 in his last seven games with a 2.64 ERA.Dodgers: LHP Scott Kazmir (9-5, 4.51) pitches Wednesdays series finale. He went 5 1/3 innings against Boston on Aug. 5 and gave up five hits and five runs, including two homers. ' ' '