Chris Lytle

About Chris Lytle

Chris Scott "Lights Out" Lytle (August 18, 1974 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American mixed martial arts fighter, boxer and a veteran of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Lytle is the reigning Cage Rage World Welterweight champion, and was prominently featured as a welterweight on The Ultimate Fighter 4: The Comeback.

Lytle was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and graduated from Southport High School in 1993. At Southport, Chris was an active member of the wrestling team. In fact, to this day, Chris still participates in workouts at the Southport High School with the wrestling team and Coach Petty. Chris is married to Kristin and has four children, Keegan, 11, Kaylin, 10, Corrine, 5, and Jake, 3. Chris is employed as a fireman at the Indianapolis Fire Department (formerly Warren Township Fire Department) when he's not fighting.

Lytle started training for fighting in 1998, saying that it was "something to keep me active" He has held championships in the Hook N' Shoot and Absolute Fighting Championship promotions, and recently won the Cage Rage World Welterweight Championship. He is the 175 lb Indiana state boxing champion, saying, "By the end of the year (2004), I think I'll have a few more smaller boxing titles."