- Mike Pyle (fighter)
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Mike Pyle Born Michael Wayne Pyle
September 18, 1975
Dresden, Tennessee, United StatesOther names Quicksand Nationality American Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Weight 170 lb (77.1 kg; 12.1 st) Division Welterweight (170 lb) Reach 74 in (188 cm) Style Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai Fighting out of Las Vegas, Nevada Team Xtreme Couture Rank brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu[1] Mixed martial arts record Total 30 Wins 21 By knockout 2 By submission 16 By decision 3 Losses 8 By knockout 3 By submission 4 By decision 1 Draws 1 Other information Website http://www.mikepyle.tv/ Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog last updated on: October 17, 2010 Michael Wayne Pyle (born September 18, 1975) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter. He held the WEC Welterweight Championship in 2005/6 before joining the IFL and UFC competitions. He holds notable victories over Jon Fitch, John Hathaway and Ricardo Almeida
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Early life
Mike Pyle grew up in Dresden, Tennessee. At age 17 he moved to Birmingham, Alabama. It was there that he began studying Taekwondo. One of the people he was training in Taekwondo with 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.
Mike searched for any instructional videos for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu he could get his hands on and attended seminars put together by the Gracies whenever they were close enough for him to make the drive. Despite having no formal Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training, Mike would go on to be a moderately successful submission grappler in mixed martial arts, the large majority of his wins coming by submission.
Mixed martial arts career
Mike's first professional mixed martial arts fight was in 1999 against future UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton Jackson. The fight was Jackson's MMA debut as well. Jackson outweighed him by at least 30 pounds in this fight. Mike Pyle lost the fight by judges' decision.
Mike Pyle's fastest submission took just 17 seconds, when he submitted John Cole by guillotine choke at on September 9, 2006. Pyle is the only fighter to ever submit Jon Fitch.
He currently trains with, and is one of the primary trainers, at Xtreme Couture along with Gray Maynard and Forrest Griffin.
World Extreme Cagefighting
On October 14, 2005, Mike Pyle became the World Extreme Cagefighting Welterweight champion by defeating Bret Bergmark. He would go on to successfully defend his WEC title against veteran MMA fighter Shonie Carter on January 13, 2006. He beat Carter by triangle choke submission in the very first round.
Mike Pyle never lost the title to another fighter. Pyle left the WEC for the International Fight League and the WEC Welterweight Title was stripped from him in December 2006.
The IFL and Affliction
Mike fought three fights in the International Fight League fights as a member of Bas Rutten’s Los Angeles Anacondas. He also fought for Elite XC, Strikeforce and he was featured on the preliminary card of the first event co-promoted by Affliction Clothing and Adrenaline MMA : Affliction: Banned.
Ultimate Fighting Championship
Mike then signed with the UFC. His first fight in the UFC was as a replacement for Chris Wilson, fighting Brock Larson. Mike took the fight on just one week's notice. Pyle lost in the first round via arm-triangle choke. Next, he fought and beat Chris Wilson at UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard by guillotine choke in round three.[2][3] Pyle lost to Jake Ellenberger on January 2, 2010 at UFC 108.
He next fought Jesse Lennox at UFC 115 on June 12, 2010. Pyle was largely controlling and won via technical submission, when his opponent passed out in a triangle choke.
Pyle defeated welterweight John Hathaway on October 16, 2010 at UFC 120, replacing an injured Dong Hyun Kim.[4] Pyle defeated Hathaway via unanimous decision. He controlled the fight for all three rounds, going as far as out grappling Hathaway and putting him in a modified crucifix-triangle choke hold. This fight marks Hathaway's first professional loss.
Pyle faced Ricardo Almeida on March 19, 2011 at UFC 128, in Newark, New Jersey.[5] Almeida, the hometown favorite, was unable to secure takedowns throughout the fight. Pyle won the fight via unanimous decision.[6]
Pyle next faced Rory MacDonald on August 6, 2011 at UFC 133.[7] He lost the fight via TKO in the first round.
Personal life
Pyle and his girlfriend were married in October 2009.[8]
Pyle played the role of Capt. Kevin Burke in the movie Universal Soldier: Regeneration starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren and fellow MMA fighter Andrei Arlovski.
Mixed martial arts record
Professional record breakdown 30 matches 21 wins 8 losses By knockout 2 3 By submission 16 4 By decision 3 1 Draws 1 Result Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes Loss 21-8-1 
Rory MacDonaldTKO (punches) UFC 133 August 6, 2011 1 3:54 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Win 21-7-1 
Ricardo AlmeidaDecision (unanimous) UFC 128 March 19, 2011 3 5:00 Newark, New Jersey, United States Win 20-7-1 
John HathawayDecision (unanimous) UFC 120 October 16, 2010 3 5:00 London, England Win 19-7-1 
Jesse LennoxTechnical Submission (triangle choke) UFC 115 June 12, 2010 3 4:44 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Loss 18-7-1 Jake EllenbergerTKO (punches) UFC 108 January 2, 2010 2 0:22 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Win 18-6-1 Chris WilsonSubmission (guillotine choke) UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard September 16, 2009 3 2:15 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States Loss 17-6-1 Brock LarsonSubmission (arm-triangle choke) UFC 98 May 23, 2009 1 3:06 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Win 17-5-1 Brian GassawaySubmission (armbar) SuperFights MMA - Night of Combat 2 October 11, 2008 1 4:21 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Win 16-5-1 JJ AmbroseSubmission (rear-naked choke) Affliction: Banned July 19, 2008 1 2:51 Anaheim, California, United States Win 15-5-1 Dan HornbuckleSubmission (triangle choke) World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 2 May 18, 2008 1 4:52 Tokyo, Japan Win 14-5-1 
Damir MirenicSubmission (kimura) HCF - Destiny February 1, 2008 2 1:24 Calgary, Alberta Loss 13-5-1 Jake ShieldsSubmission (rear-naked choke) EliteXC: Renegade November 10, 2007 1 3:39 Corpus Christi, Texas, United States Win 13-4-1 Aaron WetherspoonDecision (unanimous) Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Baroni June 22, 2007 3 5:00 San Jose, California, United States Win 12-4-1 Ross EbanezSubmission (rear-naked choke) EliteXC Destiny February 10, 2007 1 1:55 Southaven, Mississippi, United States Loss 11-4-1 Matt HorwichSubmission (rear-naked choke) International Fight League: World Championship Semifinals November 2, 2006 2 1:02 Portland, Oregon, United States Win 11-3-1 John ColeSubmission (guillotine choke) International Fight League: Portland September 9, 2006 1 0:17 Portland, Oregon, United States Loss 10-3-1 Rory MarkhamKO (punch) International Fight League: Legends Championship 2006 April 29, 2006 1 0:44 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States Win 10-2-1 Gustavo MachadoTKO (punches) GFC: Team Gracie vs. Team Hammer House March 3, 2006 1 1:20 Columbus, Ohio, United States Win 9-2-1 Shonie CarterSubmission (triangle choke) WEC 18 January 13, 2006 1 2:06 Lemoore, California, United States Defended WEC Welterweight Championship Win 8-2-1 Bret BergmarkSubmission (triangle choke) WEC 17 October 14, 2005 1 3:36 Lemoore, California, United States Won vacant WEC Welterweight Championship Win 7-2-1 Tony SanzaSubmission (rear-naked choke) SportFight 12 September 16, 2005 1 1:06 Portland, Oregon, United States Win 6-2-1 Damian HatchSubmission (rear-naked choke) SportFight 10 May 28, 2005 1 2:07 Gresham, Oregon, United States Win 5-2-1 
Patrick SuhlTKO (punches) Viking Fight 5 May 2, 2004 1 1:31 Copenhagen, Denmark Win 4-2-1 
Petras MorkeviciusSubmission (triangle choke) Viking Fight 5 May 2, 2004 2 0:55 Copenhagen, Denmark Win 3-2-1 
Arschak DahabagianSubmission (triangle choke) Viking Fight 4 February 1, 2004 2 3:39 Copenhagen, Denmark Loss 2-2-1 Valdas PoceviciusSubmission (guillotine choke) Shooto November 14, 2003 1 3:37 Vilnius, Lithuania Draw 2-1-1 
Andrei SemenovDraw M-1 Mix Fight Championship: Russia vs. the World 5 April 6, 2003 1 10:00 St. Petersburg, Russia Win 2-1 Daan KooimanSubmission (rear-naked choke) Viking Fight 3 February 15, 2003 1 0:49 Aarhus, Denmark Win 1-1 Jon FitchSubmission (rear-naked choke) Revolution Fighting Championship 1 July 13, 2002 1 2:35 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Loss 0-1 Quinton JacksonDecision (unanimous) International Sport Combat Federation: Memphis November 13, 1999 3 5:00 Memphis, Tennessee See also
Vacant Title last held byKaro Parisyan4th WEC Welterweight Champion
October 14, 2005 - December, 2006Vacant Zuffa vacated titleTitle next held byCarlos ConditReferences
- ^ http://www.ufc.com/fighter/Mike-Pyle
- ^ Scott Haber. "Xtreme Couture's Mike Pyle Signs With UFC, On-Deck as UFC 98 Replacement if Needed". http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2009/5/19/880436/xtreme-coutures-mike-pyle-signs.
- ^ http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=19912
- ^ Mike Chiappetta. "Mike Pyle Replaces Injured Dong Hyun Kim, Will Face John Hathaway at UFC 120". mmafighting.com. http://www.mmafighting.com/2010/07/20/mike-pyle-replaces-injured-kim-will-face-john-hathaway-at-ufc-1/. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
- ^ "Ricardo Almeida vs Mike Pyle Targeted for UFC 128 -- MMA Fighting". mmafighting.com. December 25, 2010. http://www.mmafighting.com/2010/12/25/m/.
- ^ "UFC 128 scorecards". heavymma.com. March 23, 2011. http://www.heavy.com/mma/2011/03/ufc-128-official-scorecard-images/3/.
- ^ "UFC 133: Welterweights Rory MacDonald vs. Mike Pyle Set for Aug. 6 in Philly". mmafrenzy.com. May 23, 2011. http://mmafrenzy.com/18594/ufc-133-welterweights-rory-macdonald-vs-mike-pyle-set-for-aug-6-in-philly/.
- ^ "Mike Pyle ready to prove he belongs in the UFC". 2009-09-15. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/sep/15/mike-pyle-ready-prove-he-belongs-ufc/?fighting. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
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