Tyson Griffin Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Bart Palaszewski Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	2:45	UFC 137: Penn vs. Diaz	Oct 29, 2011
W	Manvel Gamburyan Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry	Jun 26, 2011
L	Nik Lentz Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida	Nov 20, 2010
L	Takanori Gomi Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:04	UFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko	Aug 1, 2010
L	Evan Dunham Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 115: Liddell vs. Franklin	Jun 12, 2010
W	Hermes Franca Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	3:26	UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort	Sep 19, 2009
W	Rafael Dos Anjos Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann	Apr 1, 2009
L	Sean Sherk Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 90: Silva vs. Cote	Oct 25, 2008
W	Marcus Aurelio Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 86: Jackson vs. Griffin	Jul 5, 2008
W	Gleison Tibau Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 81: Breaking Point	Feb 2, 2008
W	Thiago Tavares Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 76: Knockout	Sep 22, 2007
W	Clay Guida Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 72: Victory	Jun 16, 2007
L	Frankie Edgar Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 67: All or Nothing	Feb 3, 2007
W	DL David Lee Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	1:50	UFC 63: Hughes vs. Penn	Sep 23, 2006

Outside the UFC

9-2across 11 bouts · 11 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 2 sub · 2 decURCC 34 · WSOF 10 · WSOF 4 · RFA 4 · Strikeforce +6

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Jordan Bailey8-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	URCC 34	Aug 4, 2018
L	Luiz Firmino20-10	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WSOF 10	Jun 21, 2014
L	Gesias Cavalcante22-12-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	1:37	WSOF 4	Aug 10, 2013
W	Efrain Escudero32-17	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RFA 4	Nov 2, 2012
W	Duane Ludwig21-14	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:57	Strikeforce	Jun 9, 2006
W	Chuck Kim6-7	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:34	GC 49	Apr 8, 2006
W	Melchor Manibusan2-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:05	FFCF 5	Jan 27, 2006
W	Jorge Evangelista8-3-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:14	GC 46	Dec 11, 2005
W	Urijah Faber35-11	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	0:05	GC 42	Sep 10, 2005
W	Cody Williams0-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:05	GC 36	Apr 9, 2005
W	Ryan Frost0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:16	GC 32	Nov 18, 2004

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

6 wins, 3 losses

W6

L3

Submission

3 wins, 0 losses

W3

L0

Decision

8 wins, 5 losses

W8

L5

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Below avg · 11%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.14

Below avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

1

Above avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.71

Above avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Tyson Griffin

PowerChin

Knockout rate

7%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

2

0.63 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

2

0.77 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

4 scorecards on file

Tyson Griffin

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 2 coin-flip decisions — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls.

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–2

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

None on file

Unanimous2 decisions · 50%

1W1L

Split2 decisions · 50%

2L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB61st

41%612 / 1,455

Striking accuracy

65%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.41 differential

Landed3.71

Absorbed2.30

62%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+6%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head52%52nd319
Body22%65th134
Leg26%83rd159

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

74%Standing

Standing74%455
Clinch14%83
Ground12%74

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Tyson Griffin

Landed per 15

Head

C

52nd

29.2

52nd

Body

B

68th

12.2

68th

Leg

A+

87th

14.5

87th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

B

67th

23.8

67th

Body

B

66th

7.5

66th

Leg

A

76th

4.0

76th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	29.2	319	1,082	29%
Body	12.2	134	180	74%
Leg	14.5	159	193	82%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	23.8	260	956	27%
Body	7.5	82	93	88%
Leg	4.0	44	54	81%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Tyson Griffin

45%

Takedown accuracy

60%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-0.3 min net

On top3.2

On bottom3.5

Offense

Takedowns

B

64th

1.8

64th

TD accuracy

B

68th

45%

68th

Sub attempts

A

74th

0.9

74th

Control

B

59th

3.2 min

59th

Defense

TD defense

C

47th

60%

47th

Controlled

3.5 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	20 / 44
Submission attempts	10
Control time	35:15

Defense

TDs defended	50 / 84
Control absorbed	38:16

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (164min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Tyson Griffin

14 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 164 min

91%

R3 pace · 10 bouts

Griffin holds steady (-2% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Griffin keeps 91% of round-1 output by round 3 (10 bouts).

Griffin — HOLDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Griffinlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Griffinattempts / min

Control time

Griffin% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.6	3.6	2.3	0.33	24%	14
R2	5.3	3.8	2.2	0.24	19%	11
R3	5.3	3.8	2.5	0.22	21%	10

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Tyson Griffin

14 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

38/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

38th

28%

38th

Win quality

A

83rd

52%

83rd

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

1

4

2

1

4

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	1-0	100%
Top-15	1	0-1	0%
Cross-div ranked	4	2-2	50%
Contender-level	2	1-1	50%
Established	1	1-0	100%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	4	2-2	50%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Bart Palaszewski	Unproven	8	Oct 29, 2011
W	Manvel Gamburyan	Building	18	Jun 26, 2011
L	Nik Lentz	Cross-div ranked	36	Nov 20, 2010
L	Takanori Gomi	Unproven	8	Aug 1, 2010
L	Evan Dunham	Top-15	49	Jun 12, 2010
W	Hermes Franca	Established	30	Sep 19, 2009
W	Rafael Dos Anjos	Champion	68	Apr 1, 2009
L	Sean Sherk	Contender-level	40	Oct 25, 2008
W	Marcus Aurelio	Unproven	12	Jul 5, 2008
W	Gleison Tibau	Contender-level	36	Feb 2, 2008
W	Thiago Tavares	Cross-div ranked	32	Sep 22, 2007
W	Clay Guida	Cross-div ranked	32	Jun 16, 2007
L	Frankie Edgar	Cross-div ranked	32	Feb 3, 2007
W	David Lee	Unproven	8	Sep 23, 2006

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

14 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

1-1

2 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

5-4

9 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-1

2 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

3-2

5 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

4-4

8 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

7y 11mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Tyson Griffin

Extended layoff

7y 11mosince last bout

vs Jordan Bailey · Aug 4, 2018

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 4-4As underdog 0-1

60.2

DK avg

70.7

Median

99.3

Ceiling

18.1

Floor

36%

Boom

21%

Bust

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