# Tiki Ghosn

Tiki Ghosn is an American retired mixed martial artist, competing from 1998 to 2009 in the Welterweight division.

## History

Ghosn played football while attending Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California, where he played defensive back. Ghosn then attended Orange Coast College for a brief time. While playing football, he took up Muay Thai as a form of cross training and ultimately made the decision to pursue mixed martial arts and leave football.
Ghosn has competed in a number of MMA promotions including the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Strikeforce, World Fighting Alliance, King of the Cage and World Extreme Cagefighting. Ghosn is one of the three original members of Team Punishment, which included Tito Ortiz and Rob McCullough. He is also a training partner of former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. Ghosn has made appearances as a guest coach on The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights as well as The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller.
Ghosn was managed by UFC President Dana White prior to White becoming president of the UFC. Ghosn is the founder and CEO of The Huntington Beach Ultimate Training Center which opened on January 1, 2001. Ghosn has worked with a number of fighters including Michael Bisping, B.J. Penn, Rob McCullough, Quinton Jackson, Tito Ortiz, Jason Miller, Ricco Rodriguez, Cheick Kongo, Joey Beltran, and Brandon Halsey.
Ghosn operates Arsenal Sports Agency, a management company that represents various athletes including Dustin Poirier, Aljamain Sterling, and Chael Sonnen, among others.

## Career accomplishments
### Mixed martial arts

* Ultimate Fighting Championship
** UFC Encyclopedia Awards
*** Fight of the Night (One time) vs. Bob Cook

## 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. |