1. Lyman Good is perhaps best known for his time spent with Bellator, where he was the inaugural Bellator Welterweight Champion, along with being the first Welterweight Tournament Champion, and for competing in the welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Lyman Good began his fighting career in 2005, at the Ring of Combat promotion.
Lyman Good continued to fight in the Ring of Combat promotion, as well as in the IFL and other minor promotions.
Lyman Good controlled the fight on the ground in the second round, gained an edge in the stand-up in the third, and won via unanimous decision.
Lyman Good's first fight with EliteXC was scheduled to be against Paul Daley.
Lyman Good's first fight in tournament fight took place at Bellator II, against Hector Urbina, Good dominated the first round with his powerful strikes and in the second round Urbina was able to gain mount momentarily, but Good quickly reversed and defeated Urbina using a rear naked choke.
Lyman Good scored a takedown early in the first round, trapped De La Cruz against the cage, and pounded his way to a TKO victory.
Lyman Good went on to lose a Unanimous Decision losing his Bellator Welterweight Title.
On March 5,2011, Lyman Good debuted in Bellator's fourth season welterweight tournament quarterfinals against prospect Chris Lozano, He won the fight via unanimous decision.
Lyman Good was scheduled to fight Dan Hornbuckle at Bellator 44 in a bout that was to serve as a qualifier to gain entry into the promotion's Season Five Welterweight tournament, but Lyman Good suffered a hamstring injury that forced him out of the fight.
On September 28,2012, Lyman Good faced UK fighter Jim Wallhead at Bellator 74 in a Quarterfinal bout of Season Seven winning via unanimous decision.
On October 26,2012, Lyman Good faced Michail Tsarev at Bellator 78 in the Semifinals winning via TKO due to punches in the second round.
On November 30,2012, Lyman Good faced Andrey Koreshkov at Bellator 82 in the Finals of Bellator's Season Seven Welterweight tournament losing via unanimous decision.
In March 2014, it was revealed that Lyman Good would be a participant on the UFC's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs Team Penn.
Lyman Good faced Matt Secor at CFFC 36: Secor vs Lyman Good on June 21,2014.
Lyman Good faced Jonavin Webb at CFFC 43: Webb vs Lyman Good on November 1,2014.
Lyman Good made his promotional debut as a short notice replacement against Andrew Craig on July 15,2015 at UFC Fight Night 71, filling in for an injured Edgar Garcia.
Lyman Good won the fight by TKO in the second round.
Lyman Good was expected to face Omari Akhmedov on December 10,2015 at UFC Fight Night 80.
Lyman Good was expected to face Belal Muhammad on November 12,2016 at UFC 205.
Subsequently, USADA released a statement that Lyman Good ingested the drug 1-androstenedione as part of a tainted product and Lyman Good was given a six-month ban retroactive to the date of his initial suspension in October 2016.
Lyman Good was expected to face Sultan Aliev on November 3,2018 at UFC 230.
Lyman Good won the fight via knockout in round one.
Lyman Good faced Demian Maia on February 2,2019 at UFC Fight Night 144.
Lyman Good lost the fight via standing rear-naked choke submission in the first round, the first time he had been stopped in his MMA career.
Lyman Good faced Chance Rencountre on November 2,2019 at UFC 244.
Lyman Good won the fight via TKO in the third round.
Lyman Good was expected to face Belal Muhammad on April 18,2020 at UFC 249.
Lyman Good was pulled from his initial UFC debut on November 12,2016 at UFC 205 from a USADA violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected ten days earlier whereby Lyman Good ingested 1-androstenedione and was given a six-month ban.
Lyman Good filed two complaints suing Gaspari Nutrition, Hi-Tech Pharmaceutials, Vitamin Shoppe and Millennium Sport Technologies for breach of express warranty, false advertising, deceptive practices and assault.