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Tyson Griffin

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Association: American Kickboxing Academy
Pro Debut Date: 2004-11-18
Pro Record: 17-8-0
Win Finish %: 52.9%
Quality Perf. %: 60.0%
Last Ranked: 7/01/2015

#115 Lightweight

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 7/01/2006

#7 Lightweight
Last Loss Date: 6/21/2014
Last Loss: [NR] Luiz Firmino
UFC Record: 8-6-0
Octagon Time: 2:44:05
Longest Win Streak: 4 (2007-2008)
Next Best Win Streak: 2 (2009)
UFC Debut: 2006-09-23
Last UFC Fight: 2011-10-29

Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

  Opponent Outcome
W Jordan Bailey Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  URCC 34: Destiny
Saturday, August 4th 2018
L Luiz Firmino
#23 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  WSOF 10 - Branch vs. Taylor
Saturday, June 21st 2014
L Gesias Cavalcante
#104 Lightweight 		TKO (Punches)
Round 3
  WSOF 4 - Spong vs. DeAnda
Saturday, August 10th 2013
W Efrain Escudero
#110 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  RFA 4 - Griffin vs. Escudero
Friday, November 2nd 2012
L Bart Palaszewski
#67 Lightweight 		KO (Punches)
Round 1
  UFC 137 - Penn vs. Diaz
Saturday, October 29th 2011
W Manny Gamburyan
#5 Featherweight 		Decision (Majority)
Round 3
  UFC Live 4 - Kongo vs. Barry
Sunday, June 26th 2011
L Nik Lentz
#34 Lightweight 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
  UFC 123 - Rampage vs. Machida
Saturday, November 20th 2010
L Takanori Gomi
#20 Lightweight 		KO (Punch)
Round 1
  UFC Live 2 - Jones vs. Matyushenko
Sunday, August 1st 2010
L Evan Dunham
#33 Lightweight 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
  UFC 115 - Liddell vs. Franklin
Saturday, June 12th 2010
W Hermes Franca
#25 Lightweight 		TKO (Punches)
Round 2
  UFC 103 - Franklin vs. Belfort
Saturday, September 19th 2009
W Rafael dos Anjos
#148 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  UFC - Fight Night 18
Wednesday, April 1st 2009
L Sean Sherk
#8 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  UFC 90 - Silva vs. Cote
Saturday, October 25th 2008
W Marcus Aurelio
#16 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  UFC 86 - Jackson vs. Griffin
Saturday, July 5th 2008
W Gleison Tibau
#42 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  UFC 81 - Breaking Point
Saturday, February 2nd 2008
W Thiago Tavares
#21 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  UFC 76 - Knockout
Saturday, September 22nd 2007
W Clay Guida
#47 Lightweight 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
  UFC 72 - Victory
Saturday, June 16th 2007
L Frankie Edgar
#117 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  UFC 67 - All or Nothing
Saturday, February 3rd 2007
W David Lee
#157 Welterweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
  UFC 63 - Hughes vs. Penn
Saturday, September 23rd 2006
W Duane Ludwig
#13 Welterweight 		TKO
Round 1
  Strikeforce: Revenge
Friday, June 9th 2006
W Chuck Kim
#170 Middleweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
  GC 49 - Face Off
Saturday, April 8th 2006
W Melchor Manibusan TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  FFCF 5 - Unleashed
Friday, January 27th 2006
W Jorge Evangelista KO (Punches)
Round 1
  GC 46 - Avalanche
Sunday, December 11th 2005
W Urijah Faber
#5 Featherweight 		TKO (Punches)
Round 3
  GC 42 - Summer Slam
Saturday, September 10th 2005
W Cody Williams Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
  GC 36 - Proving Grounds
Saturday, April 9th 2005
W Ryan Frost TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  GC 32 - King of the Hill
Thursday, November 18th 2004
  Opponent Event Outcome
W Jordan Bailey   URCC 34: Destiny
Saturday, August 4th 2018 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Luiz Firmino
#23 Lightweight 		  WSOF 10 - Branch vs. Taylor
Saturday, June 21st 2014 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Gesias Cavalcante
#104 Lightweight 		  WSOF 4 - Spong vs. DeAnda
Saturday, August 10th 2013 		TKO (Punches)
Round 3
W Efrain Escudero
#110 Lightweight 		  RFA 4 - Griffin vs. Escudero
Friday, November 2nd 2012 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Bart Palaszewski
#67 Lightweight 		  UFC 137 - Penn vs. Diaz
Saturday, October 29th 2011 		KO (Punches)
Round 1
W Manny Gamburyan
#5 Featherweight 		  UFC Live 4 - Kongo vs. Barry
Sunday, June 26th 2011 		Decision (Majority)
Round 3
L Nik Lentz
#34 Lightweight 		  UFC 123 - Rampage vs. Machida
Saturday, November 20th 2010 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
L Takanori Gomi
#20 Lightweight 		  UFC Live 2 - Jones vs. Matyushenko
Sunday, August 1st 2010 		KO (Punch)
Round 1
L Evan Dunham
#33 Lightweight 		  UFC 115 - Liddell vs. Franklin
Saturday, June 12th 2010 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
W Hermes Franca
#25 Lightweight 		  UFC 103 - Franklin vs. Belfort
Saturday, September 19th 2009 		TKO (Punches)
Round 2
W Rafael dos Anjos
#148 Lightweight 		  UFC - Fight Night 18
Wednesday, April 1st 2009 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Sean Sherk
#8 Lightweight 		  UFC 90 - Silva vs. Cote
Saturday, October 25th 2008 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Marcus Aurelio
#16 Lightweight 		  UFC 86 - Jackson vs. Griffin
Saturday, July 5th 2008 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Gleison Tibau
#42 Lightweight 		  UFC 81 - Breaking Point
Saturday, February 2nd 2008 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Thiago Tavares
#21 Lightweight 		  UFC 76 - Knockout
Saturday, September 22nd 2007 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Clay Guida
#47 Lightweight 		  UFC 72 - Victory
Saturday, June 16th 2007 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
L Frankie Edgar
#117 Lightweight 		  UFC 67 - All or Nothing
Saturday, February 3rd 2007 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W David Lee
#157 Welterweight 		  UFC 63 - Hughes vs. Penn
Saturday, September 23rd 2006 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Duane Ludwig
#13 Welterweight 		  Strikeforce: Revenge
Friday, June 9th 2006 		TKO
Round 1
W Chuck Kim
#170 Middleweight 		  GC 49 - Face Off
Saturday, April 8th 2006 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Melchor Manibusan   FFCF 5 - Unleashed
Friday, January 27th 2006 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Jorge Evangelista   GC 46 - Avalanche
Sunday, December 11th 2005 		KO (Punches)
Round 1
W Urijah Faber
#5 Featherweight 		  GC 42 - Summer Slam
Saturday, September 10th 2005 		TKO (Punches)
Round 3
W Cody Williams   GC 36 - Proving Grounds
Saturday, April 9th 2005 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Ryan Frost   GC 32 - King of the Hill
Thursday, November 18th 2004 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1

Quarterly Generated Historical Rankings
Rating bar represents the fighter's standing relative to the top of the division at the time

Date ↑ ↓ Rank Record Points
07/01/2015 8 #115 Lightweight 16-8-0
79
04/01/2015 1 #107 Lightweight 16-8-0
83
01/01/2015 8 #108 Lightweight 16-8-0
84
10/01/2014 3 #100 Lightweight 16-8-0
85
07/01/2014 4 #97 Lightweight 16-8-0
87
04/01/2014 12 #101 Lightweight 16-7-0
88
01/01/2014 10 #89 Lightweight 16-7-0
90
10/01/2013 31 #79 Lightweight 16-7-0
92
07/01/2013 26 #48 Lightweight 16-6-0
119
04/01/2013 8 #74 Lightweight 16-6-0
97
01/01/2013 NR #66 Lightweight 16-6-0
99
10/01/2012 2 #23 Featherweight 15-6-0
123
07/01/2012 3 #21 Featherweight 15-6-0
126
04/01/2012   #18 Featherweight 15-6-0
127
01/01/2012 8 #18 Featherweight 15-6-0
127
10/01/2011 1 #10 Featherweight 15-5-0
166
07/01/2011 NR #9 Featherweight 15-5-0
166
04/01/2011 4 #45 Lightweight 14-5-0
110
01/01/2011 11 #41 Lightweight 14-5-0
110
10/01/2010 12 #30 Lightweight 14-4-0
124
07/01/2010 5 #18 Lightweight 14-3-0
152
04/01/2010 2 #13 Lightweight 14-2-0
173
01/01/2010 1 #15 Lightweight 14-2-0
173
10/01/2009 3 #14 Lightweight 14-2-0
173
07/01/2009 3 #17 Lightweight 13-2-0
138
04/01/2009   #14 Lightweight 13-2-0
138
01/01/2009 5 #14 Lightweight 12-2-0
138
10/01/2008 6 #9 Lightweight 12-1-0
165
07/01/2008 3 #15 Lightweight 11-1-0
127
04/01/2008 4 #12 Lightweight 11-1-0
127
01/01/2008 2 #16 Lightweight 10-1-0
110
10/01/2007 13 #18 Lightweight 10-1-0
110
07/01/2007 10 #31 Lightweight 9-1-0
81
04/01/2007 10 #21 Lightweight 8-1-0
78
01/01/2007   #11 Lightweight 8-0-0
108
10/01/2006 4 #11 Lightweight 8-0-0
108
07/01/2006 57 #7 Lightweight 7-0-0
106
04/01/2006 1 #64 Lightweight 5-0-0
38
01/01/2006 NR #65 Lightweight 4-0-0
37
10/01/2005 NR #12 Featherweight 3-0-0
38


A fighter's rank (US) state is assigned based on the state that the fighter most frequently fought in professionally, within the past three years. If there is a tie, the most recent state is used. The Win-Loss-Draw record for the fighter in the "Big Leagues". The Big Leagues refer to the top organizations based on a statistical analysis we performed. Some organizations were counted as one, due to mergers, etc. A quality performance is a fight in which the fighter fought an acceptable opponent, and substantiated their current rating (at the time) based on the outcome. At it's most basic level, one can equate "combat age" to "dog years" in that it will mirror the basic human lifecycle. With this computation, we expect fighters to hit their respective "peak" in the years that your typical adult "peaks" in life, somewhere between 25 and 40. We will expect most fighters to start their descent at some point in their 40s and be far removed from their peak by 60. This is an experimental metric that attempts to reflect a fighter's recent opposition quality. The metric goes back 1,080 days, and looks at all the fighter's opponents' W-L-D records within a window of 540 days before, and 540 days after their respective bout(s) with the fighter. All of the records are added up and the cumulative win percentage is presented by this metric in a "strength of schedule" format. These ranking sets have been generated by a recent version of the software, using recent data and will not match previously published issues of the rankings, especially since a majority of these generated sets are for dates much earlier than the site’s inception.
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