Pyle: By this year, I will break into the top 10
Mike Pyle: “By this year, I will break into the top 10 and I will be a contender once again. I will — guaranteed, 110 percent — be in the top 10 this year.”
Mike Pyle was riding a four fight win streak before losing to Matt Brown by KO. The fight likely would have moved Pyle into the top ten rankings in the division, but Pyle hopes to get back on track and get to the top ten this year:
On his loss to Matt Brown last August: The way it happened, it was so quick. I trained hard. I didn’t get to fight. I really didn’t get to test my skills against Matt, so yeah, that was a rough one for me. It was a bit of a rough camp. I’d had a newborn at the time. It was just a few weeks old, starting the camp. I was trying to get adjusted to being a father, a new father, so it was just a little bit different for me and then the loss was a little more salt on the wound. Not to take anything away from Matt. He came in to do his job and he did it and he did it well.
On where he stands in the UFC welterweight division: The UFC has me ranked at 15. By this year, I will break into the top 10 and I will be a contender once again. I will — guaranteed, 110 percent — be in the top 10 this year.