Chris Lytle thinking retirement, fought with knee injury

G8tors · Feb 28, 2011

Wow. Just wow. Sad day if he actually retires. And sucks that he fought on a bum knee. Wish he just would have pulled out of the fight.

http://www.fiveknuckles.com/mma-new...ris-Lytle-contemplating-retirement-after-loss-to-Brian-Ebersole-at-UFC-127.html

hellholming · Feb 28, 2011

nooooo!

dude is one of my favorite fighter! he never has a boring fight.

Rauno · Feb 28, 2011

These two are related you know. :thumb02: Your favorite fighter wont have a boring fight since you like him so much.

KillerShark1985 · Feb 28, 2011

you know something I am watching that fight again right now and I don't see sh1t wrong with his movement to indicate any Knee problem, I call BS.

Wookie · Feb 28, 2011

Well that sucks if he does retire. he is one of the most entertaining fighters out there.

limba · Feb 28, 2011

*Mental injury* - that was his biggest problem going into this fight.
He had high hopes in fighting Codit, especially with Condit's named being mentioned in the same sentence as "title shot", after the Hardy fight.

Lytle had good reasons to believe that a win over Condit would get him very close to a title fight.

But a win against Ebersole, wouldn't have meant anything for his title hopes. I think he *disconnected* when he found out Condit pulled out.
But of course, he can't/won't admit it!

Soojooko · Feb 28, 2011

Yes. I is digging this perspective.

SonOfZion · Feb 28, 2011

so he lies about having knee surgery instead??

im not buying that. He could have said a bunch of way easier to conceal injuries than that, nevermind surgery. I believe he had knee surgery.

Soakked · Mar 1, 2011

He had that rare ability of being one of the most humblest (sincere, not front) dudes you would find while at the same time had the ability to tear an arm or knock your head off. Definitely one of my favorite fighters. If true I'm gonna miss the fastball rights.

khoveraki · Mar 1, 2011

Retirement? He's been on the best winning streak of his career and he's really starting to look good, unlike before he just looked exciting.

He gets one unexpected loss and he's starting to crumble? That's so weird, never saw him as being mentally weak.

BWoods · Mar 1, 2011

I don't think it's a matter of him being mentally weak, but rather looking at things realistically. I think he mentioned before that he was going to make one more push to try to get a title shot, he's 36 and has been fighting for twelve years on top of working a job and supporting a family.

He's seen a lot of mileage in his career, even for a huge Lytle fan like myself, it's not surprising that he's aware that the ending is near. It kills me that he might never get his title shot despite being so competitive for so many years and putting on so many great fights.

Rygu · Mar 1, 2011

Isn't he a full-time fire-fighter as well?

If so, that has to take it's toll on the body and mind eventually. I think he also has like 4-5 kids so even more mental stress.

I sure hope he doesn't retire he's fun to watch and one of the nicest dudes in MMA.

Machida Karate · Mar 1, 2011

I love Lytle i would be so sad if he retires... I think its 100% anger/sadness from the loss thats mostly speaking here

Soojooko · Mar 1, 2011

I agree. Give him a couple of weeks to mourn his loss. then we'll see how he feels about it. For now, hes allowed to wallow in pity for a while.

It was a great fight though.

War Lytle

AlphaDawg · Mar 1, 2011

Meh. Don't really care to be honest.

Chris Lytle thinking retirement, fought with knee injury

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