Tyson Lee Griffin (born April 20, 1984) is a retired[1] American mixed martial artist who competed in the lightweight division.

Griffin was a standout wrestler at Albany High School and moved on to wrestle at Santa Rosa Junior College before dropping out.

During his first mixed martial arts training session, Terrell cut two gashes over Griffin's left eye, requiring stitches.

While cornering for David Terrel at UFC 59 in Las Vegas, Griffin had an opportunity to meet members of the Xtreme Couture camp for the first time.

He won the bout via rear-naked choke submission in the first round, and later used the prize money to move to Las Vegas and joined the Xtreme Couture camp.

Griffin defeated Rafael dos Anjos at UFC Fight Night: Condit vs Kampmann via unanimous decision.

Griffin faced former PRIDE Lightweight Champion, Takanori Gomi on August 1, 2010 at UFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko, replacing an injured Joe Stevenson.

[11] Griffin next faced Manvel Gamburyan in his featherweight debut on June 26, 2011 at UFC on Versus 4.

[16] Tyson faced TUF 8 winner Efrain Escudero in a lightweight bout at Resurrection Fighting Alliance 4 on November 2, 2012.

[20] On August 24 2018, after a four year hiatus, Griffin returned to face former Bellator fighter, Jordan Bailey at URCC 34.