Todd Duffy did not have many fights in the UFC, but is considered to be one of the most spectacular fighters of this authoritative promotion. All fights with his participation ended ahead of schedule, he scored eight wins by knockout and lost three by knockout. Now he is in the status of a free artist due to an open conflict with UFC bosses.
Pressure and aggression
Todd Duffy is a prime example of a tough, uncompromising fighter. He prefers to act in an aggressive, offensive manner, not afraid to go to the exchange with blows, and tries to dominate the cell.
The logical outcome of such tactics is the fact that the American did not completely conduct a single battle. They either ended in knockouts of opponents of Todd, or Todd himself ran into a powerful blow and was poisoned in a short dream.
Boxing is a profile view for Todd Duffy, therefore it is not surprising that he prefers to carry out his fights in a rack, trying to block opponents' attempts to transfer the fight to the ground. To be ready for such a turn of events, he mastered a certain set of technical elements from freestyle wrestling, but still you should not expect spectacular throws and painful tricks from him. Todd Duffy is primarily a boxer, crushing opponents with powerful punches from the right and left.
This manner of battle is fraught with great risk, neglecting protection, he often ran into counter-attacks of opponents, and given the heavy weight category, this leads to regular knockouts.
Ex-soccer player
Todd Duffy was born in 1985 in Evansville, Indiana, but spent his childhood in Illinois. He was lucky enough to grow up in a friendly large family, dad worked as a miner, and mom worked as a nurse.
Todd was the best athlete in school, played baseball, basketball, and track and field equally well. Among other funs was boxing, but at that time he did not pay much attention to it.
In high school, Todd Duffy was seriously interested in American football, coaches predicted a great future for him in professional sports. However, he received an unfortunate injury, which prevented him from concentrating on football and achieving a serious level of training.
At the age of 18, Todd Duffy moved to Atlanta, where he focused on boxing. Unexpectedly for him, the teenager got involved in training and won several local youth tournaments. However, he soon became bored with the noble art of fist fighting, which seemed to him too static and monotonous.
Mixed Style Debut
After seeing one of the UFC tournaments on TV, Todd Duffy immediately realized that mixed-style fights were his calling. However, in order to successfully compete against the best fighters, it was necessary to master the skills of fighting in the stalls, about which the boxer had vague ideas. Todd even dropped out of the university and focused entirely on MMA training.
He spent his first fights as part of tournaments organized by second-rate promotional organizations, and the low level of opponents came from here. It is worth saying that Todd Duffy won his first fights by knockouts fifteen to twenty seconds after the start signal.
Having gained a reputation as a terrible knockout, the ex-boxer entered a serious duel with a strong opponent.
It turned out to be Asuerrio Silva, a veteran of PRIDE and UFC, who at that time participated in tournaments under the auspices of the Brazilian promotion Jungle Fights. Duffy dominated the ring and knocked out his opponent in the second round.
Transition to UFC
After the feats in the tournaments of secondary promotions, it's time to speak in the UFC. Todd's debut in the octagon took place in August 2009, and Canadian heavyweight Tim Haug became his rival. Duffy did not betray himself and rushed to the attack immediately after the referee's signaling. The stunned opponent did not even have time to put the block, and the impudent newcomer sent him in a powerful blow by knockout already in the seventh second of the first round.
In May 2010, Todd Duffy suffered his first career loss. Mike Russou disconnected him in the third round. Later it became known that Todd fought with torn ligaments of his knees.
In October 2010, Duffman was due to meet with John Madsen, however, he had previously withdrawn from the tournament due to injury. Later it was announced that the UFC is stopping cooperation with the fighter, the cause was called dissatisfaction with the terms of the contract by Todd.
For some time, Duffy collaborated with the DREAM promotion and even managed to fight for the world heavyweight title, losing to Dutch heavyweight Alistair Overeem.
Return to the Octagon
In 2012, Duffman managed to find a common language with Dana White and agreed to resume cooperation with the UFC. Return to the octagon took place in December this year as part of the UFC 155 tournament. The rival of the American was the Englishman Phil de Vries, who briefly resisted the terrible knockout. Already in the first round, Todd Duffy turned off the light for the Briton, earning along the way the "Knockout of the evening" prize.
Soon after the battle, it turned out that Todd was confronting Frieze with a serious injury. A serious illness was diagnosed that disabled the heavyweight for two years. The next Duffman fight took place only in December 2014. In the usual style, he knocked out Anthony Hamilton, luxuriously celebrating his return to the ring.
Fight Todd Duffy - Frank Mir became the main event of the UFC Fight Night 71. A tough battle in the oncoming courses ended with the victory of the World in the first round.
In March 2017, Todd was due to meet with Mark Godbier, however, for unknown reasons, the fight was canceled.