Tyson Griffin gets his first KO after eight fights with the UFC

By Gavin Vincent September 20, 2009"Even if I don't get knockout of the night tonight, you know a bonus is great but I want solid finishes to prove I'm at the top. You can't "expect to finish everyone in here. These guy are world-class athletes in the UFC and guys that are good at everything. I just feel like with Hermes, maybe one of his weaknesses was his stand-up game. He's got that knockout power but not everyone gets the chance to touch his chin like I did tonight. Sometimes you hit them on the button and they fall. Sometimes they don't. I'm not usually the guy who shoots first and sometimes I'll just take guys down to try and ground-and-pound them out. But it's kinda been my downfall. I dropped him and went to ground-and-pound him and it worked." -Tyson Griffin Tyson Griffin gets his first knockout victory with the UFC after seven previous fights all going to decision. Griffin said he felt the pressure to get the finish and ...