Forrest Griffin

Forrest Griffin signed (2010)

Forrest Griffin (born July 1, 1979 in Columbus , Ohio ) is a retired American mixed martial arts fighter . He played 26 fights, of which he won 19 and lost seven.

Griffin graduated from high school in Evans, a suburb of Augusta , Georgia . He then attended the University of Georgia and earned a degree in political science. During this time he worked intermittently as a police officer for the Richmond County Sheriff's Office . He gave up this job to pursue a full career as a professional martial artist.

Griffin fought for various organizers before participating in the first season of The Ultimate Fighter in 2005, where he won the light-heavyweight final against Stephan Bonnar . Since then he has played all of his fights in the Ultimate Fighting Championship . For the seventh season of The Ultimate Fighter he was hired as a coach. On July 5, 2008, after defeating Quinton Jackson, he became UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, but lost this title to Rashad Evans in December 2008. In 2012 he played the last fight of his career and won against Tito Ortiz on points. Griffin trained at Xtreme Couture Mixed Martial Arts .

MMA career

Result	opponent	Siegart	event	date
victory	Tito Ortiz	on points	UFC 148: Silva vs. Suns 2	July 7, 2012
defeat	Mauricio Rua	KO	UFC 134: Silva vs. Okami	August 27, 2011
victory	Rich Franklin	on points	UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort	February 5, 2011
victory	Tito Ortiz	on points	UFC 106: Ortiz vs Griffin 2	November 21, 2009
defeat	Anderson Silva	KO	UFC 101: Declaration	August 8, 2009
defeat	Rashad Evans	TKO	UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008	December 27, 2008
victory	Quinton Jackson	on points	UFC 86: Jackson vs. Griffin	July 5, 2008
victory	Mauricio Rua	task	UFC 76: Knockout	September 22, 2007
victory	Hector Ramirez	on points	UFC 72: Victory	June 16, 2007
defeat	Keith Jardine	TKO	UFC 66: Liddell vs. Ortiz	December 30, 2006
victory	Stephan Bonnar	on points	UFC 62: Liddell vs. Sobral	August 26, 2006
defeat	Tito Ortiz	on points	UFC 59: Reality Check	April 15, 2006
victory	Elvis Sinosic	TKO	UFC 55: Fury	October 7, 2005
victory	Bill Mahood	task	UFC 53: Heavy Hitters	June 4, 2005
victory	Stephan Bonnar	on points	The Ultimate Fighter 1 Finale	April 9, 2005
victory	Edson Silva	KO	Heat FC 2 - Evolution	December 18, 2003
defeat	Jeremy Horn	KO	IFC - Global Domination	September 6, 2003
victory	Chael Sonnen	task	IFC - Global Domination	September 6, 2003
victory	Ebenezer Fontes Braga	task	Heat FC 1 - Genesis	July 31, 2003
victory	Steve Sayegh	task	KOTC 20 - Crossroads	December 15, 2002
victory	Travis Fulton	TKO	CC 1 - Halloween Heat	October 26, 2002
victory	Jeff Monson	on points	WEFC 1 - Bring It On	June 29, 2002
victory	Kent Hensley	task	ISCF - Battle at the Brewery	April 12, 2002
victory	Jason Braswell	on points	RSF 7 - Animal Instinct	January 26, 2002
victory	Wiehan Lesh	task	Pride and Honor - Pride and Honor	November 24, 2001
defeat	Dan Severn	on points	RSF 5 - New Blood Conflict	October 27, 2001

Books

• Full on the twelve: The Ultimate Fighter explains how you win every fight. Riva Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-86883-106-1 . Original edition: Got Fight? The 50 Zen Principles of Hand-to-Face Combat. (2009, with Erich Krauss)
• Be Ready When the Shit Goes Down: Forrest Griffin's Survival Guide to the Apocalypse (2010, with Erich Krauss).

Web links

• Official website
• Forrest Griffin in the database of Sherdog (English)
• Profile on UFC.com
• Official Myspace page
• Fighter profile on K-1sport.de

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Forrest Griffin in the Sherdog database , accessed October 8, 2010.
2. ^ The Augusta Chronicle - Ex-Evans resident goes from reality show to the real deal
3. ↑ forrestgriffin.net - Biography ( Memento of the original from December 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ ultimatefighter.com Retrieved April 8, 2011.
5. ↑ telegraph.co.uk - Forrest Griffin triumphs over Quinton Jackson
6. ↑ mmaweekly.com - RASHAD EVANS TKO'S FORREST GRIFFIN TO WIN TITLE  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ xtremecouture.tv - XCMMA Fight Team ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
8. ↑ barnesandnoble.com
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