Todd Duffee

Todd Duffee
Born	December 6, 1985 (1985-12-06) Evansville, Indiana, United States
Other names	Duff Man
Nationality	American
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	252 lb (114.3 kg; 18.0 st)
Division	Heavyweight (265 lb)
Reach	78 in (198 cm)
Style	Boxing
Stance	Orthodox
Fighting out of	Denver, Colorado
Team	Grudge Training Center
Years active	2007-present
Mixed martial arts record
Total	8
Wins	6
By knockout	6
Losses	2
By knockout	2
University	University of Georgia
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Todd Duffee (born December 6, 1985) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the heavyweight division. Duffee fought for the Ultimate Fighting Championship until his surprise release in September 2010, which came as a result of an apparent dispute with UFC President Dana White.

Background

Duffee was born in Evansville, Indiana and grew up in Raleigh, Illinois as the 3rd son of a coal miner father and nurse mother. He was working on a degree from the University of Georgia before leaving to train MMA full time.

Mixed martial arts

Duffee got his start into MMA after enrolling in boxing, at the age of sixteen. After moving down to Atlanta, Georgia; Duffee was able to take classes at a boxing gym. After learning more about MMA, he immediately went out and rented old UFC fights and three days later, Duffee was training at a local MMA gym.

Duffee won his first three fights against Mike Walbright, Mark Haniger and Josh Bennett. Duffee then agreed to fight UFC and PRIDE FC veteran, Assuerio Silva in the main event of Jungle Fights 11. Duffee dominated the fight and won by knockout in the second round.

Todd currently fights and trains out of http://grudgetrainingcenter.com in Denver, CO. His official fan page is found at http://www.toddduffee.tv

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Duffee was set to make his UFC debut against Mostapha Al Turk at UFC 99 until the UFC pulled Duffee from the fight for Mirko Filipović. He was next announced by the UFC to face fellow UFC newcomer Mike Russow however Duffee was then pulled from that match to face Tim Hague.

Duffee fought at UFC 102 on the undercard against Hague, gaining the joint UFC record for the second fastest KO by knocking out Hague in only seven seconds after throwing the first punch that knocked him down. After he knocked Hague out, he celebrated to the camera by saying "That was an appetizer, I want to eat now Dana, let me eat!"

Duffee was expected to face Paul Buentello at UFC 107 but pulled out due to a back injury.

Duffee fought Mike Russow at UFC 114 in which he lost via upset knockout in the third round. After dominating the first two rounds, Duffee looked to be on his way to a unanimous decision win, when Russow knocked Duffee out cold with one punch behind the ear. Joe Rogan stated that the nature of the knockout was "like something out of a Conan movie". Russow broke his left ulna while deflecting Duffee's punches at the end of Round 1.

Duffee was expected to face Jon Madsen on October 23, 2010 at UFC 121, but Duffee was forced off the card and replaced by Gilbert Yvel.

Release from the UFC

On September 7, 2010, Duffee was surprisingly released from the UFC for unknown reasons. Dana White later said in an interview with Ariel Helwani that he had an attitude problem and that it seemed to him that "he doesn't want to be in the UFC, he doesn't like being in the UFC." He also said that he could work his way back into the organization via fighting in smaller leagues. Following his release Duffee said that he couldn't understand his release and has never been told why.

Dream

After his release from the UFC, Duffee was scheduled to compete in the Titan Fighting Championships in the beginning of 2011. However when Dream, a promotion based out of Japan, was unable to secure an opponent for MMA superstar Alistair Overeem in Dream's first heavyweight title bout at Dynamite!!, Duffee had his manager throw his name in the mix of potentials for the bout. Less than two weeks before the event, he was officially named to take on Overeem in the title fight, leaving him very little time to prepare but an opportunity to fight a big name in the Sport. Overeem knocked Duffee out at 19 seconds of the first round.

Duffee was scheduled to face Nick Gaston on July 16, 2011 at Dream 17, but an injury forced him to withdraw from the event.

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
8 matches	6 wins	2 losses
By knockout	6	2
By submission	0	0
By decision	0	0

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Loss	6–2	Alistair Overeem	KO (punches)	Dynamite!! 2010	02010-12-31 December 31, 2010	1	0:19	Saitama, Saitama, Japan	For the Dream Heavyweight Championship.
Loss	6–1	Mike Russow	KO (punch)	UFC 114	02010-05-29 May 29, 2010	3	2:33	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	6–0	Tim Hague	KO (punches)	UFC 102	02009-08-29 August 29, 2009	1	0:07	Portland, Oregon, United States
Win	5–0	Assuerio Silva	TKO (punches)	Jungle Fight 11	02008-09-13 September 13, 2008	2	1:17	Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Win	4–0	Josh Bennett	KO (punches)	Alianza National Full Contact 2	02008-08-08 August 8, 2008	1	1:25	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Win	3–0	Mark Honneger	TKO (punches)	Crazy Horse Fights	02007-12-11 December 11, 2007	1	3:22	Miami, Florida, United States
Win	2–0	Mike Walbright	TKO (punches)	Beatdown Fight Party: Head On Collision	02007-06-01 June 1, 2007	1	0:16	Kennesaw, Georgia, United States
Win	1–0	Jonathan Spears	TKO (punches)	Beatdown Fight Party: Invasion	02007-02-09 February 9, 2007	1	0:15	Kennesaw, Georgia, United States

External links

• Professional MMA record for Todd Duffee from Sherdog