Tiki Ghosn

Khalil "Tiki" Ghosn^[1] is a retired Lebanese-American mixed martial artist, competing from 1998 to 2009 in the Welterweight division.

Tiki Ghosn
Born	(1977-02-09) February 9, 1977 (age 47) Huntington Beach, California, U.S.
Other names	Tiki
Nationality	American
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	171 lb (78 kg; 12.2 st)
Division	Welterweight
Reach	70 in (178 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
Team	Huntington Beach Ultimate Training Center Wolfslair MMA Academy
Mixed martial arts record
Total	17
Wins	10
By knockout	2
By submission	2
By decision	6
Losses	7
By knockout	3
By submission	4
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

History

Tiki started his MMA career in high school when he discovered Muay Thai as a form of cross training for football, while attending Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California, where he played defensive back on the undefeated National Championship team in 1995. Ghosn then attended Orange Coast College for a brief time.^[2] Shortly thereafter, Tiki made the bold decision to pursue mixed martial arts and leave football behind.

Tiki is an experienced MMA fighter, being a veteran of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Strikeforce, World Fighting Alliance, King of the Cage and World Extreme Cagefighting. Tiki is one of the three original members of Team Punishment, which included Tito Ortiz and Rob McCullough. He is also a training/sparring partner of Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Tiki was a featured coach on Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights as well as The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller.

Tiki was one of the four original MMA fighters managed by UFC President Dana White, prior to Dana becoming owner and president of the UFC. Dana and Tiki remain longtime friends. Tiki has been fighting and training mixed martial arts for 16 years. He is the founder and CEO of The Huntington Beach Ultimate Training Center. HBUTC was California's first real mixed martial arts training center.^{[citation needed]} HBUTC opened on January 1, 2001 and is still thriving today. Tiki has received accolades for his fitness and training techniques and has featured training videos on TapoutVTC.com. Tiki has also trained, sparred, coached and cornered the likes of Michael Bisping, B.J. Penn, Rob McCullough, Quinton Jackson, Tito Ortiz, Jason Miller, Ricco Rodriguez, Cheick Kongo, Joey Beltran, and Brandon Halsey.

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown

18 matches	10 wins	8 losses
By knockout	2	4
By submission	2	3
By decision	6	1

Res.	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Win	10–8	Brian Warren	Decision (unanimous)	Call to Arms I	May 16, 2009	3	5:00	Ontario, California, United States
Win	9–8	Luke Stewart	Decision (unanimous)	Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le	March 29, 2008	3	5:00	San Jose, California, United States
Loss	8–8	Blas Avena	Submission (rear-naked choke)	WEC 29	August 5, 2007	1	1:01	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Loss	8–7	Dave Terrel	TKO (Punches)	WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio	March 24, 2007	2	1:46	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Loss	8–6	Pat Healy	TKO (shoulder injury)	WEC 19: Undisputed	March 17, 2006	3	0:25	Lemoore, California, United States
Loss	8–5	Chris Lytle	Submission (bulldog choke)	UFC 47	April 2, 2004	2	1:55	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	8–4	Nick Gilardi	Submission (guillotine choke)	WEC 9: Cold Blooded	January 16, 2004	1	4:52	Lemoore, California, United States
Win	7–4	Ronald Jhun	Decision (split)	SuperBrawl 31	September 20, 2003	3	5:00	Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Loss	6–4	Robbie Lawler	KO (Punches)	UFC 40	November 22, 2002	1	1:29	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	6–3	Kit Cope	TKO (forfeit)	WFA 2: Level 2	July 5, 2002	2	5:00	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	5–3	Steve Schelburn	TKO (knees and punches)	HFP 1: Rumble on the Reservation	March 30, 2002	1	2:35	Anza, California, United States
Win	4–3	Paul Rodriguez	Decision (unanimous)	World Fighting Alliance 1	November 3, 2001	3	5:00	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Loss	3–3	Sean Sherk	TKO (shoulder injury)	UFC 30	February 23, 2001	2	4:47	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Loss	3–2	Bob Cook	Submission (rear-naked choke)	UFC 24	March 10, 2000	2	1:29	Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States
Win	3–1	Jason Maxwell	Decision (split)	KOTC 2 - Desert Storm	February 5, 2000	2	5:00	San Jacinto, California, United States
Win	2–1	Phil Ensminger	Decision	West Coast NHB Championships 3	June 6, 1999	2	5:00	Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	1–1	Doug Evans	Submission (guillotine choke)	West Coast NHB Championships 2	February 28, 1999	1	1:02	Compton, California, United States
Loss	0–1	Genki Sudo	Decision (unanimous)	Extreme Shoot 2	June 6, 1998	3	5:00	Mission Viejo, California, United States	Originally declared a draw, overturned after Sudo’s corner man, Bas Rutten, objected, at which point Sudo was declared the winner.

References

1. "State Of Nevada" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-02-04.
2. "Tiki Ghosn UFC Bio". 2014.

External links

• Professional MMA record for Tiki Ghosn from Sherdog  
• Tiki Ghosn at UFC