Chris Lytle: 'I wanted people to know I'm a complete fighter'
by Jesse Holland on Feb 21, 2010 10:43 PM EST
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"I won 'Submission of the Night' once before and my last few have all been stand up brawls. I didn't want anybody to think I'm just a stand-up guy, just a banger, I wanted people to know I'm a complete fighter. I was envisioning a few different submissions I could go for depending on how the fight played out. He tried to take me down, I saw the leg and I was like 'You know what? This is one of the ones I've been looking at' and it was there, so I did it. My adrenaline was going so fast as soon as I got in position I put it on as hard as I could. In practice you try not to do so much but in a fight if you don't go hard they're going to get out of it. It was kind of at a weird angle, it wasn't straight on, so I might have popped it a little bit. I apologize for that."
Chris Lytle talks about winning yet another fight night bonus with his painful kneebar on Brian Foster to nab "Submission of the Night" on the preliminary card of UFC 110 last Saturday night from the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia. "Lights Out" has made a name for himself by throwing nonstop leather in each and every fight but despite his pugilistic prowess, the Indiana native has finished more than half of his 28 wins by submission. Lytle may not be fighting for the title anytime soon but continues to prove time and time again he's a very dangerous opponent for anyone trying to climb the 170-pound ladder.
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And that sub was a surprise for everyone. I have always liked watching him fight and that took it to a new level for me.
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by PSYQO78 on Feb 21, 2010 11:00 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
the guy has made roughly $385,000 from post-fight honours
Correct me if I am wrong cause I’m not 100% but he’s won the award 7 times I believe and 6x$60,000 = 360,000 + 25,000 = $385,000 (actual UFC’s pay $60,000 per award but UFC Fight Nights only pay $25,000) Regardless of the exact amount the guy is doing pretty damn well for himself lol
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by Blunt n' Beer on Feb 21, 2010 11:32 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
bonus money
The bonus pay isn’t always consistent, depending on ticket sales and PPV buys and if it is on spike or not. Sometimes the fight of the night bonuses aren’t as much. His biggest bonus was KO of the night against Kyle Bradley. But yeah the past few years have been very very good to someone who is an average working guy with a family like the rest of us.
There isn't reason not to like the guy
But like everyone else I totally forgot he was a black belt. Sneaky bastard.
mr standup
this is the same guy who made a pledge with marcus davis not to go to the ground in their fight! (or else be called a pussy) glad he’s evolving!
I cringed
Foster was trying to be gracious when Lytle approached him to apologize but his face was clearly saying fuck off.
Saw that myself, the dude must of been in serious pain tho.
"Champions are not made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision." -Muhammad Ali
It is the business they choose..
As crappy as it maybe it is hardly ever personal…I did get the same feeling to about him telling him to fuck off with a look. That knee started to bow like the strings on my bass when jamming to Primus…
Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up they would pound each other behind the barn!"
Always been a favorite of mine
He’s a stand up (meaning class act) guy, always puts on a good fight, always comes ready. He never talks trash and just handles his business.
Well
If Chris starts pulling out subs like that, on top of his striking ability. He might shoot up into a top contender position. Now who would have thought that.
serious fans
have always known that lytle has some excellent jiu jitsu
i always liked him too...
and enjoyed seeing him get a tap out (any word on foster’s knee?), but didn’t he say the exact opposite after the fight: that he likes to keep it a secret that he has a ground game?
I was thinking the same thing.
He did say that he liked to keep it a secret. The sub was a good one, but I do not agree wth the amount of effort he put into it. He did not give the guy a chance to save his knee. If all fighters subbed like this, there opponents would be out for months. I didn’t think it was very proffesional, and I am not surprised the guy gave him a f@ck off face.
Well...
He let go right away, he didn’t hold on to it after he tapped. Is he supposed to apply it slower to give the guy a chance to get away? Knee bars are dangerous no doubt but I don’t think it’s a good idea to give the guy a chance to know he’s about to be in trouble, you get the guy in trouble so he taps quickly.
by LowBudgetJeff on Feb 22, 2010 11:52 AM EST up reply actions
"may not be fighting for the title anytime soon"
that could be true…but is it that far fetched? I mean if Hardy, why not Lytle? A big win and he could be someone to really look at for a shot.
'How's taste my pee pee pee?'
Yes, it is a bit far fetched...
in a division with mostly dominant wrestlers in the top 10, which is and always has been Lytle’s biggest weakness.
Really enjoy watching him fight though!
by Zlatan, My Hero on Feb 22, 2010 7:27 AM EST up reply actions
Love Lytle
Keeping an eye on Foster too though. He’s impressed me in his last few fights. He was going great till he got a bit too confident in this one.
If his leg heals fine this fight will be good for him in the long run.
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by Shoguns Hairy Forearms. on Feb 22, 2010 3:51 AM EST reply actions
I'd like to see him rematch Alves
If Alves falls a bit in the rankings. That fight was ended early due to a cut.
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Tito interviewing Fedor: "Let me tell you how you feeling right now?"
Sweet sub. But Foster made the mistake...
Foster tried to spin out of it and GAVE it to Chris…He was fine where he was.
Lytle vs. Alves !
or
Lytle vs. Saunders
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Lytle actually isn't a black belt
It’s a common misconception that Chris is a black belt in BJJ, but he isn’t. He has trained with Marcello Montiero, the first black belt in BJJ in the state of Indiana and many other BJJ masters, but he has never “technically” trained in BJJ, i.e: coming up through the belt ranks. He just has natural talent to pick stuff up right away and is freakishly flexible and double jointed. For some reason the UFC has been putting that on his pre fight info for the last couple years. He gets a chuckle out of it.
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