Todd Duffee

Todd Duffee (born December 6, 1985) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He trains with the American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Florida and has also competed in the Super Fight League in India, Jungle Fight in Brazil, and Dynamite!! 2010 in Japan. In addition to his mixed martial arts career he had a role in the 2010 film Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown. Duffee has also appeared on the front cover of Muscle & Fitness magazine and is an athlete with Gifted Nutrition. Duffee owns the fastest knockout in UFC history with 7 seconds.

Background

Duffee was born in Evansville, Indiana but grew up in Raleigh, Illinois as the third son of a coal miner father and nurse mother. Duffee played many sports growing up, including baseball, football, track, soccer, and basketball. Duffee also began training in boxing but was not very devoted to it as he was playing other sports. A standout football player, he was signed on to play college football but his career was derailed from an injury. Duffee then moved to Atlanta, Georgia when he was 18 years old and continued boxing, before watching a UFC event and shifting his training to mixed martial arts. He was working on a degree from the University of Georgia before leaving to train MMA full-time. As of February 2016, he is pursuing a degree in business from the University of Georgia.