Griffin vs Morales

Who won Griffin vs Morales?

Michael Morales beat Max Griffin by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night – Strickland vs. Magomedov, on Saturday 1st July 2023 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Michael Morales.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Griffin vs Morales stats

Max Griffin stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Michael Morales made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 14 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Max Griffin's UFC record stood at 8-8-0, while Michael Morales' came in at 4-0-0.

The stats suggested Morales had a massive power advantage over Griffin, boasting a 79% knock out percentage over Griffin's 47%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Griffin had a slight advantage over Morales, with a 11% submission rate over Morales' 7%.

Max Griffin was the older man by 14 years, at 38 years old.

Morales had a height advantage of 1 inch over Griffin. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Griffin was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 14 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 7 years and 10 months earlier than Morales, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 53 more professional rounds, 83 to Morales' 30.

Griffin vs Morales form

Griffin had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Tim Means at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen on 29th October 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Neil Magny at UFC Fight Night Columbus on 26th March 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Nationwide Arena, Columbus.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Carlos Condit at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Kenan Song at UFC Vegas 22 on 20th March 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Alex Oliveira at UFC 248 on 7th March 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Griffin's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Morales' last 2 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Griffin vs Morales?

Max Griffin was a 2/1 (+200) underdog going into the contest, while Michael Morales made his way into the ring at 2/5 (-250) with oddsmakers.