Tyson Griffin

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name = Tyson Griffin
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nationality =American
hometown = Sacramento, California
fightingfrom = Las Vegas, Nevada
fightteam = Xtreme Couture
url=http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=11689
title=Fight Finder: Tyson Griffin
year=2007
accessdate=2007-08-15
publisher=Sherdog]
fightstyle = Wrestling
wins = 12
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Tyson Lee Griffin (born April 20, 1984 in Sacramento, California) is a professional mixed martial arts fighter from Albany, CA. Griffin currently fights as a Lightweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He has an 12-1 record in MMA, and is 4-1 in the UFC. He is also the only man to defeat WEC Featherweight champion Urijah Faber.

Tyson Griffin had 3 fights in the UFC in 2007 which all made a list of 10 best of 2007 fights. He ranked #9 when he fought Thiago Tavares at , where he won by a unanimous decision. He suffered his first loss at to Frank Edgar where he lost a close unanimous decision, ranking #7 on the list. Tysons best fight of 2007 ranked #3 when he fought and won a very close split desision against Clay Guida at .cite web
url=http://www.mmafighting.com/articles/features/top_10_ufc_fights_of_2007.html
title=Best 10 UFC fights of 2007
author=
date=2008-01-05
accessdate=2008-02-12
publisher=mmafighting.com]

Griffin's latest fight was against Marcus Aurelio at UFC 86 on July 5, 2008 which he won by unanimous decision.

Griffin's entrances to UFC matches are often marked by his notorious use of Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger".Griffin will fight Sean Sherk at UFC 90.

MMA record

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losses=1
draws=0
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References

External links

*sherdog|id=11689
* [http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=fighter.detail&pid=484 Tyson Griffin's UFC profile]