Light Heavyweight 3 Rnd (5-5-5)
Tito Ortiz v Forrest Griffin
UFC 59: Reality Check, Sat, Apr 15, 2006, Anaheim, California, USA
Referee John McCarthy
Referee John McCarthy
Tito Ortiz won by Split decision, R3 5:00. Hector Hernandez 29 - 28. Cecil Peoples 27 - 29. Abe Belardo 27 - 30.
“The People's Champ”
Height 6'3", Reach 74", Stance Orthodox, Age 31 on the night
Coming in 11-4-0 in the UFC over 15 fights
Height 6'3", Reach 77", Stance Orthodox, Age 27 on the night
Coming in 3-0-0 in the UFC over 3 fights
01/Round by round
3 of 3 Rnd (5-5-5)
| Tito Ortiz | Forrest Griffin | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig strikes | Takedowns | Control | KD | Sig strikes | Takedowns | Control | KD | |
| Round 15:00 | 30 of 48 | 2 of 2 | 3:54 | 0 | 2 of 18 | 0 of 0 | 0:07 | 0 |
| Round 25:00 | 17 of 40 | 0 of 5 | 0:00 | 0 | 29 of 79 | 0 of 0 | 0:01 | 0 |
| Round 35:00 | 14 of 37 | 1 of 5 | 1:08 | 0 | 27 of 73 | 0 of 0 | 0:05 | 0 |
| Fight, 15:00 | 61 of 125 | 3 of 12 | 5:02 | 0 | 58 of 170 | 0 of 0 | 0:13 | 0 |
Landed of attempted in each round, control time as recorded, and knockdowns scored. The fight ran 15.0 minutes. Total strikes are held and not printed; they count the pitter-patter on the ground. A round where control reads “not recorded” is one the source did not time, not one with no control.