Tyson Griffin vs. Manny Gamburyan Set for UFC on Versus 4
by Nick Thomas on Apr 5, 2011 9:50 PM EDT
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Xtreme Couture product, Tyson Griffin, will drop down to the featherweight division to take on former featherweight title contender, Manny Gamburyan at UFC on Versus 4 on June 26th. The UFC announced the bout on their website today. Gamburyan competed on the 5th season of TUF at lightweight, losing to Nate Diaz in the finals, but found greater success at 145 lbs in the WEC. Griffin also had success at 145 lbs earlier in his career, which included a TKO win over Urijah Faber in 2005.
Tyson Griffin (14-5) [Num. 37]
Loss Nik Lentz - Decision (Split) UFC 123
Loss Takanori Gomi - KO (Punch) UFC Versus 2
Loss Evan Dunham - Decision (Split) UFC 115
Manny "The Anvil" Gamburyan (11-5) [Num. 4]
Loss Jose Aldo - KO (Punches) WEC 51
Win Mike Thomas Brown - KO (Punches) WEC 48
Win Leonard Garcia - Decision (Unanimous) WEC 44
Jun 26th, live on Versus from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania:
Pat Barry vs. Cheick Kongo
Rich Attonito vs. Matt Brown
Tyson Griffin vs. Manny Gamburyan
Joe Stevenson vs. Javier Vazquez
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Hell yeah!
I gotta go w my stunt double. Manny G!!
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by ANance on Apr 5, 2011 8:59 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Sweet I love this matchup. Excited to see Tyson at his proper weight
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by Mr.Kib on Apr 5, 2011 4:09 PM EDT reply actions 9 recs
I don't think any of these fights really belong on the main card
and if they are and there’s no amazing headliner, then it sounds like they’ve given up on Versus.
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Well this is dumb
Guys like Griffin were the exact reason Gamburyan dropped down. This is a solid 155er against a bad 155er. I’d rather see Griffin test another top 10 FW who’s never fought at LW.
Not really.
Puts Tyson right in the upper tier if he wins and injects some life in the title picture. Gamburyan is incredibly overrated at this point anyways.
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by lowellthehammer on Apr 5, 2011 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed
I’m actually shocked they gave Tyson some so high for his FW debut.
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by LRaunThaDamaja on Apr 5, 2011 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Gamburyan is incredibly overrated at this point anyways.
That’s kind of the point. I want to see if a guy like Mendes (who’s never fought above FW, as far as I know) can handle a solid LW. We already know Gamburyan can’t – that’s why he dropped down.
I mean, I guess they have to get Griffin a win… it’s just not very exciting to me because Gamburyan’s shown he can’t hang with a decent LW.
I can see your point.
It’s essentially a way for Griffin to show he can cut the weight well and see how he looks at FW going forward. Also a way for him to get a win under his belt for the first time in forever.
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by lowellthehammer on Apr 5, 2011 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions
You warned me, but I still read your comment. I'm a little mad at myself now.
Well this is dumb
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by Richard Wade on Apr 5, 2011 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Tyson literally isn't solid at 155
He’s puffed up at lightweight. Featherweight is definitely the right division for him.
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by ElliotMatheny on Apr 6, 2011 8:09 AM EDT up reply actions
I think crazybones meant solid 155er as in a good 155er, not necessarily his shape. But you’re right, Tyson Griffin isn’t a solid 155er either way.
Exactly.
Tyson’s a good fighter, but these days, you can’t afford to be in the wrong weight class. I think ’45 will be a much better fit.
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by ElliotMatheny on Apr 6, 2011 8:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Dana's word isn't gospel.
Loss wasn’t bullshit.
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by lowellthehammer on Apr 5, 2011 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Have you watched that fight?
I did, and I scored it 30-27 for Tyson Griffin. It wasn’t even particularly competitive.
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Obviously, if I'm talking about it.
Scored it 29-28 for Lentz. Regardless, a competitive fight that goes one way or another isn’t ‘bullshit’. Griffin didn’t get robbed. He lost a close fight. Tough.
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by lowellthehammer on Apr 5, 2011 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Please tell me what Lentz did to win that fight, besides pushing Griffin into the fence trying to take him down.
In the clearing stands a boxer And a fighter by his trade And he carries the reminders Of ev'ry glove that layed him down Or cut him till he cried out In his anger and his shame "I am leaving, I am leaving" But the fighter still remains
Been awhile since I watched it.
I’ll rewatch.
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by lowellthehammer on Apr 5, 2011 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Goddammit it's impossible to find a video of it and I refuse to pay the UFC for it.
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by lowellthehammer on Apr 5, 2011 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Pony up $10 and buy a used copy of the DVD, like I did.
In the clearing stands a boxer And a fighter by his trade And he carries the reminders Of ev'ry glove that layed him down Or cut him till he cried out In his anger and his shame "I am leaving, I am leaving" But the fighter still remains
Just for the sake of defending my scoring of a fight? No thanks.
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by lowellthehammer on Apr 5, 2011 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
All I have to say is, “Please never become a judge.”
In the clearing stands a boxer And a fighter by his trade And he carries the reminders Of ev'ry glove that layed him down Or cut him till he cried out In his anger and his shame "I am leaving, I am leaving" But the fighter still remains
How dare anyone have a different opinion than you, right?
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by lowellthehammer on Apr 5, 2011 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
How dare anyone score that fight for Nik Lentz……….
In the clearing stands a boxer And a fighter by his trade And he carries the reminders Of ev'ry glove that layed him down Or cut him till he cried out In his anger and his shame "I am leaving, I am leaving" But the fighter still remains
Meh.
I have my opinion, you have yours. Still not a robbery by any means.
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by lowellthehammer on Apr 5, 2011 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Obviously, if I’m talking about it.
As if that means anything around here where some days it seems have the commenters have gotten their info from fight finder, wiki, fightmetric or play-by-play accounts instead of actually watching the damn fights…not you, just in general.
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by The American Ronin on Apr 6, 2011 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
same
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by MattParker117 on Apr 5, 2011 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions
how do you go from
fighting the champion to fighting a guy on a 3-fight losing streak in your very next fight?
I feels ya, but Tyson Griffin is a name though, he isn’t Alex Caceres.
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by SentientAndroid on Apr 5, 2011 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions
3-fight losing streak or not, I think Griffin will rightly be a significant favorite in this. I don’t even see it being particularly competitive unless less Tyson has gone off the deep end after his losses.
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by The American Ronin on Apr 6, 2011 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions
really pulling out the stops for this star-studded lineup, seems like they really care about the terrible viewership on versus
by Austin Martin on Apr 5, 2011 4:45 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Great fight...
White and Silva are on a roll lately. I hope Tyson pulls it off.
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I agree they're on a roll lately
but I’m not sure I count this fight as evidence. Does anybody stay awake nights thinking “I wonder what would happen if Tyson Griffin fought Manny Gamburyan?”
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by Dave Strummer on Apr 5, 2011 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Pat Barry is the only fighter on this card (thus far) who has won his last fight.
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by SSreporters on Apr 5, 2011 5:11 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
Hah!
Nice catch.
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by Dave Strummer on Apr 5, 2011 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions
ain't no way i'm cheering against any of my Armenian peeps.
Team Hayastan all day.
by Victor Rodriguez on Apr 5, 2011 5:19 PM EDT reply actions
I like all of these fights
even if all of them besides barry lost their last fights. Griffin/Manny will be great, Barry/Kongo is gonna be an awesome kickboxing match, and the stevenson fight will at least be entertaining. Its free. Im not complaining
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by ANDERSONS GOT THE JUICE on Apr 5, 2011 5:59 PM EDT reply actions
I dont think so...
Kongo will not be in position to gamble with his contract, trading with such a great kickboxer as Pat. He will try to take him down and G&P him to TKO. I hate Kongo, but that’s the way i see fight finished…
Ditto.
Barry is the best Kick Boxer in that Division bar NONE. No one wants to take a leg kick from Barry. If he was only slightly more aggressive with his strikes especially his punches he would be way more effective. Especially if he worked his high kick more in fights. Three or so leg kicks while looking down, then on the four look down and throw high. Might no work all the time but he could catch some people especially someone like Kongo who doesn’t have that good of striking defense.
PAT by UD.
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Barry is the best Kick Boxer in that Divisionbar NONEaside from Overeem.
Kongo would get lit up on the feet, I agree with Darko that he will take him down and GnP Barry to a UD. Hell, he wouldn’t stand with Buentello (smart game plan actually, but still…)
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by The American Ronin on Apr 6, 2011 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions
I agree.
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by The American Ronin on Apr 6, 2011 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
We could've seen this fight at 155.
Is this what FW is gonna be? The graveyard of lost 155ers? If people are gonna move down I’d love to see them at least fight people they weren’t moving down to avoid. This might be a good match if it were Bellator or Strikeforce, but I expect more from the UFC.
Well, yeah. I hate to break it to you, but FW has long been the graveyard of lost 155lbers. Whether it was Faber beating up Jeff Curran or getting beat up by Mike Brown, the guys near the top of the ladder since the WEC was introduced were often people who fought at lightweight and had no major league options there, but had one at 145 once Zuffa decided to throw some money behind it. Now that real money is behind the division, the rest of the pack of guys who can make the cut will try to and bump all of them out.
Remember when everyone got all defensive about Gamburyan and Mike Brown being so highly ranked and what not, and other people said the division was still in flux and they weren’t really all that good? Yeah.
by VirtualBalboa on Apr 5, 2011 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Faber not only beat Jeff Curran
He beat MMA Legend Jeff Curran.
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I think it was mostly the WEC instead of UFC (and applicable pay grades + sponsorships) that kept more guys from rightsizing their weight class to 145.
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by The American Ronin on Apr 6, 2011 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Versus 4: Decision 2011
I see at least three decisions so far. I doubt that Barry/ Kongo will have a finish as that will more than likely be a clinch fest. Joe Daddy certainly isn’t going to finish Showtime, and Griffin has one finish in his last 11 fights.
Seeing as how this will probably be the first UFC show I'll attend...
I’m ok with the lineup, Barry, Tyson, and Joe Daddy are big favorites of mine, but I hope it gets a litte top-heavy soon.
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I know it's been said before in this post but...
this is a fight that could just as easily take place at lightweight and the guys wouldn’t even have to cut weight. Both these guys started out as lightweights, the only difference now? Cutting weight. The featherweight division is soon going to become the former lightweight division as the new breed of fighters take over the current division.
Tyson has been on a really bad losing streak lately, but I feel that he can beat Gamburyan at 145. Tyson was at one time just a fight or two away from a Title shot at 155, so I wonder if he can be a top ten at Featherweight and maybe even challenge for the title.
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