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Mike Pyle Credits Maturity for Recent Winning Streak

NEWARK, N.J. — Watch below as welterweight Mike Pyle talks about his UFC 128 win over Ricardo Almeida, why he deserved the unanimous decision, why he has been able to go on a winning streak in the UFC and more.

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Mike Pyle Credits Maturity for Recent Winning Streak

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Ricardo Almeida vs. Mike Pyle Targeted for UFC 128

Filed under: UFC, NewsA welterweight bout between local favorite Ricardo Almeida and Mike Pyle is slated for UFC 128 in Newark, NJ, MMA Fighting learned through sources close to the fight.

UFC 128 is expected to take place March 19 at the Prudential C…

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A welterweight bout between local favorite Ricardo Almeida and Mike Pyle is slated for UFC 128 in Newark, NJ, MMA Fighting learned through sources close to the fight.

UFC 128 is expected to take place March 19 at the Prudential Center, headlined by Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Rashad Evans for the UFC light heavyweight title.

My First Fight: Mike Pyle

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse ExclusiveIf you walked up to a 175-pound fighter with no pro bouts to his credit and asked him if he wanted to fight 205-pound Quinton “Rampage” Jackson for a hundred bucks on a week’s notice, chances are he’d look at you lik…

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If you walked up to a 175-pound fighter with no pro bouts to his credit and asked him if he wanted to fight 205-pound Quinton “Rampage” Jackson for a hundred bucks on a week’s notice, chances are he’d look at you like you’d just declared yourself to be the rightful king of England.

That’s today. That’s the state of the fight game in 2010. But back in Memphis, Tenn. in 1999, that exact same proposal didn’t seem so bad when it was put to Mike Pyle.

“I was set to fight someone in my weight class,” Pyle remembers. “I was 175 pounds soaking wet, with my gi on. My opponent had gotten hurt at a jiu-jitsu tournament a week before. Why the hell he was doing a jiu-jitsu tournament a week before, I don’t know, but the promoter…called me and said, ‘Hey, there’s a problem. Your boy got hurt, so how about Rampage?’ I was like, okay, let’s do it. That was all it took.”

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– As of Today, Fedor Emelianenko Is a Russian Politician and He Plans to Enforce the People’s Rights (MiddleEasy)

– Cain Velasquez Gets Mobbed by Fans Who Are Not Impressed with Brock Lesnar (MMA Scraps)

– Jake Shields: If Kampmann Doesn’t Tap, I’ll Snap His Arm In Half (MMA Convert)

– Matt Hamill: Friendship Out the Door vs. Tito Ortiz at UFC 121 (MMA Fighting)

– Gabriel Gonzaga Discusses His UFC 121 Opponent and the Current Depth in the Heavyweight Division (LowKick)

– Sam Stout Ready To Welcome Paul Taylor To The Lightweight Division (Heavy.com/MMA)

– The Eight-Point Stance: UFC 120 (Five Ounces of Pain)

– Exclusive: Mike Pyle – ‘I Just Absolutely Handled The Kid’ (SBNation.com/MMA)

– Frank Shamrock is On A Mission to Legalize MMA in New York (FightMagazine)

– Arianny Celeste Promotes Playboy Appearance on TMZ (Versus MMA Beat)

No Outrage at Scoring In Mike Pyle Win, but Judges Made a Mistake

Filed under: UFCFor sometimes valid, sometimes overstated reasons, judging is a constant cause of criticism in the MMA world. We’ve seen many a fight where the guy who walked out of the cage with a smile on his face after being awarded a decision seeme…

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For sometimes valid, sometimes overstated reasons, judging is a constant cause of criticism in the MMA world. We’ve seen many a fight where the guy who walked out of the cage with a smile on his face after being awarded a decision seemed to be the one who took the most lumps during the course of action.

Other times, the outcry isn’t so warranted. And yet other times, terrible mistakes are ignored altogether. Take Saturday night’s UFC 120 fight between Mike Pyle and John Hathaway, for instance.

During the second round, Pyle schooled Hathaway in one of the most obviously one-sided stretches of 2010. For the final two minutes of an already-strong round, he had Hathaway trapped in an inverted triangle that effectively functioned as a crucifix. For two minutes, Pyle pounded on Hathaway’s face without obstacle. Yet when the judges scorecards came in, it was scored a 10-9 round. Say what?