Former UFC welterweight and TUF 4 alum Chris Lytle last fought in 2011, with a third-round submission win over Dan Hardy. It also served as his retirement fight, after 11 years of professional competition.
Now 43 years of age, “Lights Out” Lytle decided to come out of retirement and test himself once again at Bare Knuckle FC 2 this weekend. According to him, he was actually able to keep himself in shape over the years since he last competed professionally.
“The way I look at it, I wasn’t really retired,” Lytle told MMA Fighting. “I was just training for this for the last seven years.