Max Griffin (fighter)


Max Griffin is an American mixed martial artist and he competes in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2009, he has also competed for Tachi Palace Fights, where he was Welterweight Champion.

Background

Griffin was born in Santa Barbara, California, United States. He has a black belt in Bok Fu and he also has a black belt in Marinoble's MMA fighting system, various styles of Jiu Jitsu, kickboxing, Muay Thai, and Sanshou; he trained under Dave Marinoble in Roseville.
Max Griffin currently trains under David Marinoble, where he is preparing for fights in the UFC.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Griffin started his MMA career on October 10, 2009. He fought for many promoters, notably Gladiator Challenge, West Coast Fighting Championship, the Warriors Cage, and Tachi Palace Fights in California. He was the former West Coast Fighting Championship welterweight and middleweight champion.. Griffin was also the Tachi Palace Fight welterweight champion, and he amassed a record of 12-2 prior joining UFC.

The Ultimate Fighter

Griffin was selected as one of the contestants for in 2012; he lost to Matt Secor and was eliminated during the entry round.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Griffin made his promotional debut on August 20, 2016 at UFC 202 against Colby Covington. He lost the fight via TKO on round three.
He faced Erick Montano on his next fight at on November 5, 2016. He won the fight and claimed his first UFC win via knockout in the first round.
Griffin was expected to face Sergio Moraes on March 11, 2017 at. He was replaced by Davi Ramos as Griffin pulled out of the fight citing an undisclosed injury.
Griffin faced Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos on October 28, 2017 at. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Despite the loss, Griffin was awarded the Fight of the Night bonus award.
In the last bout of his contract, Griffin faced Mike Perry on February 24, 2018 at UFC on Fox 28 He won the fight via unanimous decision.
Griffin faced Curtis Millender on July 7, 2018 at UFC 226. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.
Griffin faced Thiago Alves at UFC on ESPN+ 2 on February 2, 2019. He lost the back-and-forth fight via split decision. Conversely, 16 of 18 media outlets scored the bout in favor of Griffin.
Griffin faced Zelim Imadaev on April 13, 2019 at UFC 236. He won the fight via majority decision. Imadaev was deducted a point in the first round for grabbing the fence. After the fight, Griffin signed a new, five-fight contract with the UFC.
Griffin faced Alex Morono on October 12, 2019 at UFC on ESPN+ 19. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.
Griffin faced Alex Oliveira on March 7, 2020 at UFC 248. He lost the back-and-forth fight via split decision.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

Max Griffin was born in Santa Barbara and moved to Sacramento at the age of 4. He then joined J. Kane’s Kung Fu Karate and ended up received his first black belt in Bok Fu at the age of 12.
He came back to fightgame at the age of 21 and where he went to Marinobles Martial Arts and was a pupil of World Kickboxing Champion, Dave “Madman” Marinoble. He then started his amateur career with coach Justin Ewen, Marinobles first black belt. He took the fightworld by storm dominating MMA, kickboxing and pankration in the Western United States. He even captured the “Ultimate Reno Combat Welterweight Championship”.
After taking over the amateur scene he decided to turn professional. He won numerous 170lb and 185lb titles around California at the top promotions in the region including “Tachi Palace Fights”, “West Coast Fighting Championship” and the “International Sport Combat Federation”. After being dubbed the “King of Sacramento”. He was signed by the UFC.

Mixed martial arts record