1. Tyson Lee Griffin was born on April 20,1984 and is a retired American mixed martial artist who competed in the lightweight division.
28 Facts About Tyson Griffin
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Tyson Griffin competed for the UFC, Strikeforce, the RFA, and the World Series of Fighting.
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Tyson Griffin began training at David Terrell's NorCal Fighting Alliance and the Cesar Gracie Academy.
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Tyson Griffin's mother supported him during his first year of training, but after his professional debut he had to get side jobs to support himself through his early career.
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Tyson Griffin began his professional career in 2004 in the Gladiator Challenge promotion.
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Tyson Griffin went on to win all of his first six fights before facing Duane Ludwig at Strikeforce: Revenge.
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Tyson Griffin won the bout by TKO in the first round, attracting the attention of major promotions.
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Tyson Griffin made his UFC debut at UFC 63 against David Lee.
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Tyson Griffin won the bout via rear-naked choke submission in the first round, and later used the prize money to move to Las Vegas and joined the Xtreme Couture camp.
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Tyson Griffin began 2007 with a fight against Frank Edgar at UFC 67.
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Tyson Griffin rebounded with two decision victories over Clay Guida and Thiago Tavares at UFC 72 and UFC 76, respectively.
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In 2008, Tyson Griffin won unanimous decisions over Gleison Tibau at UFC 81 and Marcus Aurelio at UFC 86.
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Tyson Griffin next faced Sean Sherk at UFC 90, in a fight with title contention implications.
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Tyson Griffin defeated Rafael dos Anjos at UFC Fight Night: Condit vs Kampmann via unanimous decision.
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Tyson Griffin won against Hermes Franca via KO in the second round at UFC 103, earning his first victory via stoppage in three years.
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Tyson Griffin was scheduled to face Jim Miller on January 2,2010 at UFC 108, but was forced off the card with an injury.
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Tyson Griffin fought Xtreme Couture training partner Evan Dunham on June 12,2010 at UFC 115.
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Tyson Griffin faced former PRIDE Lightweight Champion, Takanori Gomi on August 1,2010 at UFC Live: Jones vs Matyushenko, replacing an injured Joe Stevenson.
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Tyson Griffin lost via KO at 1:04 of the first round.
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Tyson Griffin was visibly upset with the loss; pacing around the octagon and refusing to shake Gomi's hand.
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Tyson Griffin was defeated by Nik Lentz on November 20,2010 at UFC 123 by split decision.
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Tyson Griffin next faced Manvel Gamburyan in his featherweight debut on June 26,2011 at UFC on Versus 4.
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Tyson Griffin lost to Bart Palaszewski on October 29,2011 at UFC 137 via first-round KO.
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Tyson Griffin signed a 3-fight contract with the Resurrection Fighting Alliance.
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Tyson Griffin faced TUF 8 winner Efrain Escudero in a lightweight bout at Resurrection Fighting Alliance 4 on November 2,2012.
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In June 2013, it was announced that Tyson Griffin had signed a multi-fight deal with World Series of Fighting.
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Tyson Griffin lost the fight via TKO in the third round.
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Tyson Griffin faced Luiz Firmino at WSOF 10 on June 21,2014.