Mike Kyle Makes a Case for a Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Title Fight

Filed under: StrikeforceIn a sign of how much Mike Kyle has done to resurrect his career — and a sign of how shallow Strikeforce’s light heavyweight division is — Kyle is being discussed as a light heavyweight title contender after choking out Abongo…

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In a sign of how much Mike Kyle has done to resurrect his career — and a sign of how shallow Strikeforce’s light heavyweight division is — Kyle is being discussed as a light heavyweight title contender after choking out Abongo Humphrey on Friday night’s Strikeforce Challengers card.

Kyle and Humphrey engaged in some exciting if not particularly technically proficient striking first round, and then in the second round Kyle forced Humphrey to tap to a rear-naked choke, improving his record to 17-7-1. Afterward Strikeforce’s television announcers suggested that the victory makes Kyle the No. 1 contender in the light heavyweight division.