Chris Lytle has left the building

Chris Lytle retired this week after beating down Dan Hardy and forcing him to tap in the dying seconds of the fight. For those who don't know who Chris Lytle is he is a former pro boxer with a record of 13 wins 1 loss 1 draw but mainly know for mma and fighting in the UFC with a record of 31 wins 18 losses 5 draws not the greatest record but it was the way the guy fought is why am writing this. He now holds the record for the most bonus wins in the ufc with 10 bonuses 6 for submission of the night, 1 knockout of the night, and 3 fights of the night. He would go toe 2 toe with anyone like Nick Diaz, Robbie Lawler, Paul Taylor, Matt Serra, Matt Hughes, Josh Koscheck, Dan Hardy, Thiago Alves, Matt Brown and Marcus Davies to name a few.

Why am i writing this blog well Chris was always the mid level guy on a card never the star of a ppv or event you would be amped for a main event and look at who else was on the card see Chris and be like ahhhh cool Lytle's fighting and you knew there would be at least one bloody fight on the card...the crazy thing is he was known for boxing and brawling but really his ground game was just has good he had a few barn burning brawls that ended in an nice submission to finish. The Guy always put on a show a true fighter not there to win by holding someone down for 15 minutes there to get in the grill of his opponent and go at it.

So it was great to see in his final fight to go out after a great stand and bang fight till Dan Hardy looked to go to the ground at the end and Chris switched on a nice Guillontine Choke to win the fight he won two bonuses it was THE MAIN EVENT and tapped a guy that the Welterweight Champion GSP couldn't. Its very rare in combat sports for a guy to go out on top at only 36 and won 5 out his last 6 to spend more time with his family. So I tip my hat to You SIR much respect and thanks for all the great fights....Ladies and Gentlement CHRIS "LIGHTS OUT" LYTLE!!!!!!!!!!!

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