Chris Lytle
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| Born |
August 18, 1974 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States |
| Other names | Lights Out |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st) |
| Division |
Welterweight (MMA) Light heavyweight (Boxing) |
| Reach | 68.0 in (173 cm) |
| Style | Boxing, Wrestling |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Team | Integrated Fighting Academy |
| Trainer | Pat McPherson (MMA) Keith Palmer (Boxing) |
| Years active | 1999–2011 (MMA) 2002-2005 (Boxing) |
| Professional boxing record | |
| Total | 15 |
| Wins | 13 |
| By knockout | 7 |
| Losses | 1 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 54 |
| Wins | 31 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| By submission | 22 |
| By decision | 6 |
| Losses | 18 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By decision | 16 |
| Draws | 5 |
| Other information | |
| Occupation | Firefighter |
| Boxing record from BoxRec | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Chris Scott Lytle (born August 18, 1974) is a retired American mixed martial artist, boxer and a veteran of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Lytle was prominently featured as a Welterweight on The Ultimate Fighter 4: The Comeback. While he is probably best known for competing the UFC, where he held a record of 10-10, Lytle has also fought in the WEC, Pancrase, and the Cage Rage Championships He is the former Cage Rage World Welterweight Champion. In Lytle's mixed martial arts and boxing career he was never knocked out or submitted, though he did lose in mixed martial arts competition by TKO by way of cut stoppage.
Lytle was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and graduated from Southport High School in 1993. At Southport, he was an active member of the wrestling team, finishing 4th at the Indiana State Wrestling Finals in his junior year and 2nd place his senior year. In fact, to this day, he still participates in workouts at the Southport High School with the wrestling team, Coach Petty and Coach Dildine. Lytle attended Indiana University where he achieved a degree in Sports Management.
Lytle started training for fighting in 1998, saying that it was "something to keep me active". He trains part-time outside of his regular job as a firefighter, attending single-discipline gyms rather than MMA camps. He has held championships in the Hook N' Shoot and Absolute Fighting Championship promotions and won the Cage Rage World Welterweight Championship. He became the 175 lb Indiana state boxing champion, saying, "By the end of the year (2004), I think I'll have a few more smaller boxing titles."
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