Bart Palaszewski is looking to get a fight out of Tyson Griffin in their featherweight bout at UFC 137 as he makes his long awaited UFC debut according to mmajunkie.com.

"Tyson comes to fight for the most part, so as long as he's down, I'm always down," Palaszewski said.

Palaszewski is aware of Griffin's bread and butter wrestling that could take control of the fight and has been working for the past 14 months improving his wrestling technique.

"Taking an Olympian down or a world champion down - even though I had to set it up with strikes - as soon as we hit the mat, I was like, 'Did he hit the mat, or did I hit the mat? Am I out? What's going on?' It's definitely a big confidence booster," Palaszewski said.

Palaszewski (35-14) is 4-1 over his last five fights, spending much of his career as a lightweight and his fight with Griffin will be his first at the 145lb division. Known for predominantly utilizing strikes in his bouts, Palaszewski has tallied 15 knockouts among his 34 victories, also notching 11 submissions as well. Palaszewski holds notable victories over Anthony Pettis and Kyle Watson.

Griffin (15-5) will be looking to build off of a unanimous decision victory over Manvel Gamburyan at UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry.

"Am I impressed with his standup? I think it's good, but I think I'm on a different level, striking-wise. So I've just got to be careful of his wrestling and go have some fun," Palaszewski said.

Palaszewski and Griffin are set to battle on the preliminary card at UFC 137 this weekend, October 29. Headlining the event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada is a welterweight bout between Nick Diaz and BJ Penn.