Max Griffin
USAMax Griffin, “Pain”, is a Welterweight from the United States with an official record of 20-13. Cage Brothers holds 26 of those bouts: 15 wins and 11 losses, the wins coming 6 by knockout, 2 by submission and 7 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a decision loss to Victor Valenzuela at UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal on 25 April 2026, the third defeat in a row.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2026 | Victor Valenzuela | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal |
| Jul 12, 2025 | Chris Curtis | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira |
| Dec 7, 2024 | Michael Chiesa | LOSS | SUBRear Naked Choke | R3 · 1:56 | UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura |
| Feb 10, 2024 | Jeremiah Wells | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Pyfer |
| Jul 1, 2023 | Michael Morales | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov |
| Oct 29, 2022 | Tim Means | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen |
| Mar 26, 2022 | Neil Magny | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Daukaus |
| Jul 10, 2021 | Carlos Condit | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3 |
| Mar 20, 2021 | Song Kenan | WIN | KOPunch | R1 · 2:20 | UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland |
| Nov 8, 2020 | Ramiz Brahimaj | WIN | KOElbow | R3 · 2:03 | UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixeira |
| Mar 8, 2020 | Alex Oliveira | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero |
| Oct 12, 2019 | Alex Morono | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson |
| Apr 13, 2019 | Zelim Imadaev | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2 |
| Feb 2, 2019 | Thiago Alves | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Assuncao vs. Moraes 2 |
| Jul 8, 2018 | Curtis Millender | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier |
| Feb 24, 2018 | Mike Perry | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Stephens |
| Oct 29, 2017 | Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida |
| Nov 6, 2016 | Erick Montano | WIN | KOPunch | R1 · 0:54 | UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Ferguson |
| Aug 21, 2016 | Colby Covington | LOSS | KOPunches | R3 · 2:18 | UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2 |
| Jan 23, 2016 | David Mitchell | WIN | KOKO (Punch) | R1 · 0:43 | WFC 16: Griffin vs. Mitchell |
| Oct 10, 2015 | Buddy WallaceTitle | WIN | KOTKO (Punches) | R4 · 1:44 | WFC 15: Griffin vs. Wallace |
| Jun 19, 2014 | Buddy Wallace | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R2 · 2:20 | TPF 19: Throwback Thursday |
| Jan 25, 2014 | Waachiim Spiritwolf | WIN | DECSplit Decision | R3 · 5:00 | TWC 19: Blackout |
| May 3, 2013 | Kito AndrewsTitle | WIN | DECUnanimous Decision | R5 · 5:00 | WFC 5: Andrews vs. Griffin |
| Jan 18, 2013 | Richard Rigmaden | WIN | SUBSubmission (Anaconda Choke) | R1 · 0:56 | WFC 4: Huckaba vs. Williams |
| Jan 7, 2012 | Jaime Jara | WIN | KOKO (Punch) | R1 · 0:56 | WFC: Bruvado Bash |
Wins, losses and draws are Max Griffin’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 26 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Max Griffin’s record, in numbers
Max Griffin’s official record is 20-13. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 26 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 15 wins, 11 losses — because 7 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 15 wins break down as 6 by knockout, 2 by submission and 7 by decision — 8 of 15 inside the distance, a finish rate of 53%. Across all 26 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 12 minutes 10 seconds.
Max Griffin has been stopped twice in the 26 bouts on file — 1 by knockout and 1 by submission — which is 8% of them. The last 3 bouts on file are all losses.
Of the 26 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 2 were for a title and 1 was the main event of the card. Three of them have come since September 2024.
Set against the 568 Welterweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Max Griffin has a finish rate above 25% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 81% of them and a two-year bout count above 83% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Max Griffin is listed at 5ft 11in with a reach of 76in, fights orthodox and is 40, born 28 November 1985.
These figures are recomputed from Max Griffin’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.