Longtime UFC veteran Chris Lytle may be retired from mixed martial arts, but he’s still fighting. The 44-year-old is set to compete at Bare Knuckle FC 4 in Cancun, Mexico on February 2, 2019. His opponent will be one-time Bellator fighter JC Llamas, who owns an MMA record of 8-7.
Before heading south, Lytle caught up with Bloody Elbow to discuss why he retired from MMA on a win. Lytle also gave his take on all of the trash talking involved with modern MMA, and why the culture around the sport was different when he was competing. Towards the end of the interview, Lytle opened up about why he chose bare knuckling fighting as opposed to traditional boxing, and gave a peek into what his future might hold.