After seven years away from competing in professional combat sports, a true veteran of MMA has returned. But not to the sport he made his name in.
It took 31 wins, 18 losses and 5 draws before Indianapolis’ own Chris ‘Lights Out’ Lytle called it a career in MMA.
Making his professional debut in February 1999 at age 25, Lytle eventually found his way to the UFC, where he spent most of his MMA career, ending it after 20 total fights with the organization.
Anyone who ever watched Lytle compete knew that he was a fighter through and through as he was always looking to put on a show inside the Octagon. But Lytle’s fight career also saw him venture into the boxing ring from 2002 to 2005, where he went 13-1-1 as a professional boxer.
Now, almost a decade after hanging up the gloves, Lytle will be returning to action. The only difference is that this time the gloves won’t be going back on.
Continued (full interview vid linked inside): Chris Lytle and the story of how you can’t take the fight out of a fighter