Ace Hunt
GoSycamores.com
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Indiana State basketball team had a visitor to preseason practice earlier this month as Chris Lytle, an Ultimate Fighting Championship participant and firefighter in Indianapolis, attended a practice and spoke to the team afterwards.
Lytle has primarily been featured as a welterweight on The Ultimate Fighter 4: The Comeback. Lytle's career is highlighted by the fact that in his Mixed Martial Arts and Boxing Careers he has never been knocked out or sumbitted. Lytle has won ten UFC fight bonuses, the most in UFC history, including six Fight of the Night honors, three Submission of the Night honors and one Knockout of the Night honor. He owns notable victories over Dan Hardy, Paul Taylor, Matt Seraa, Tiki Ghosn, Matt Brown, Pat Healy and Kazuo Misaki.
Lyle was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 4. He currently works fulltime as a firefighter with the Indianapolis Fire Department and is currently preparing to run in 2012 for the Indiana State Senate in District 28.
During the speech, he spoke to the team about his own work ethic and how it can translate to the success on the court for the Sycamores. He shared with them how he had to seclude himself from his own family for an extended period in order to train and be successful in the UFC. He talked about his personal success in the UFC and how he is using his noteriary from the UFC and as a local firefighter to make a difference by running for political office.
After the speech, Lytle spent time talking one-on-one with the players and coaches about how his own success story can make them not only a better player, but also a better person off the court.
