Spike Carlyle has enjoyed a stunning run of five consecutive victories and finishes since his departure from the UFC two years ago – and last night, turned in a second round guillotine choke win over Koji Takeda – choking his opponent unconscious, before planting a kiss on his head from guard.
Spike Carlyle, a native of San Diego, California – featured three-times under the banner of the UFC in 2020, managing to amass a 1-2 promotional record.
Debuting in February of that year against Aalon Cruz, Spike Carlyle would land a first round knockout win, before dropping a unanimous judging loss to Billy Quarantillo – and then a November decision blemish against Bill Algeo.
In the time since his departure, Carlyle, a renowned finisher, has competed under the notable banners of LFA, Cage Warriors, Bellator MMA – and last night – landing in Japan for Rizin FF 35, tackling Takeda.
Riding a run of four wins over Batsumberel Dagvadorj, Gil Guardado, J.J. Ambrose, and Dan Moret into the Chofu event, Carlyle secured a five fight winning run for the second time in his professional career – in quite impressive fashion.
Last night’s submission win for Spike Carlyle came as his seventh professionally
Featuring on the preliminary card of the event at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Carlyle – from guard, wrapped a guillotine on the aforenoted, Takeya – eventually choking him unconscious, and then kissing his fallen opponent on the head.
Spike Carlyle choked out his opponent and kisses him on the head… pic.twitter.com/FwYsMOjtSp
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Last night’s card featured a championship tripleheader to boot – with super atomweight, Seika Izawa defeating champion, Ayaka Hamasaki with a unanimous decision win to land the title.
In the night’s co-main event, featherweight champion, Juntaro Ushiku successfully defended his title with a unanimous decision win over Yutaka Saito.
Rounding out the promotion’s return, Brazilian grappling sensation, Roberto de Souza – otherwise known as Roberto Satoshi avenged a knockout loss to Johnny Case – stopping the lightweight title challenger with a spectacular opening round armbar – improving to 14-1 in the process.
Billy Quarantillo got the victory in a crazy back-and-forth war with Spike Carlyle on the UFC Vegas main card. It looked like Quarantillo was in danger of getting finished early on by an aggressive and explosive Carlyle. However, he managed to survive and had his own moments where he looked like he would finish the […]
Next up on the UFC Vegas main card is an exciting featherweight contest between Billy Quarantillo and Spike Carlyle. Round 1: Quarantillo goes for the takedown but receives big elbows from Carlyle. Carlyle has him stacked and lands big shots. Quarantillo tries to reverse but finds himself giving his back to Carlyle. He looks to […]