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