Mike Pyle (fighter)
| Mike Pyle | |
|---|---|
| Born | Michael Wayne Pyle September 18, 1975 Dresden, Tennessee, United States |
| Other names | Quicksand |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) |
| Division | Welterweight (170 lb) |
| Reach | 74.0 in (188 cm) |
| Fighting out of | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
| Team | Syndicate MMA |
| Rank | Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 41 |
| Wins | 27 |
| By knockout | 7 |
| By submission | 16 |
| By decision | 4 |
| Losses | 13 |
| By knockout | 7 |
| By submission | 4 |
| By decision | 2 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Website | http://www.mikepyle.tv/ |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Michael Wayne Pyle (born September 18, 1975) is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight division of the UFC. A professional competitor since 1999, Pyle is a former WEC Welterweight Champion, and has also competed in Strikeforce, Elite XC, Affliction, M-1 Global, and for the Los Angeles Anacondas of the IFL.
Pyle was born and raised in Dresden, Tennessee until the age of 17 when he moved to Birmingham, Alabama. It was there that he began studying Taekwondo. One of his training partners told him, "Man you gotta check out this cage fighter stuff they got going on. There's this guy who lays on the ground and breaks peoples arms ..." The cage fighting they were talking about was the UFC. The man they were talking about was Royce Gracie, the masterful practitioner of the martial arts discipline known as Brazilian jiu-jitsu who won the tournaments at UFC 1, UFC 2 and UFC 4. Pyle created a gym in a 13 x 15-foot shed behind his mother's home in Dresden, searching for any instructional videos for Brazilian jiu-jitsu he could get his hands on as well attending seminars put together by the Gracie family, whenever they were close enough for him to make the drive. Despite having no formal Brazilian jiu-jitsu training, Pyle would go on to be a successful submission grappler in mixed martial arts, the large majority of his wins coming by submission.
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