Chris Lytle Is the Most Exciting Fighter in the UFC

Though Anderson’s double bonuses are almost double exciting.

I actually think a case can be made for Lytle, who always seems to be in good scraps, despite the fact that this is a pretty flawed way to determine “most exciting.” There are often fights that don’t win that deserve at least a co-bonus or something. And it would probably make more sense to do it in terms of percentage of bouts rather than sheer number. For example, I dislike Lesnar, but I’d definitely be more excited to see him fight than Lytle. He hasn’t had enough fights to qualify.

Also, match making plays a part as well, right? Lytle is usually in there with solid fighters, and he’s “impossible” to KO, so there’s bound to be some action.

I’m not saying that Lytle is a boring fighter or that he’s not one of the most exciting, but these numbers need a little more exploration:

Sub of the night against Foster was only submission of the night
Sub of the night against Gilliam was one of two subs (the other was a pedestrian RNC)
KO of the night against Bradley was one of two KO’s

So there are three that he won almost by default

Next is the issue of matchmaking. Two of Lytle’s FOTN awards came in fights against other fighters who own multiple “of the night” honors themselves. Paul Taylor has two FOTN bonuses independent of his fight against Lytle and Marcus Davis has a FOTN, a SOTN, and KOTN independent of his fight against Lytle (although the FOTN and SOTN came in the same fight).

And finally, the determination of who gets these awards is entirely subjective. The UFC likes to reward people this way, sometimes when there’s a more deserving candidate. It’s simply impossible to make a pronouncement that he’s the most exciting based on this evidence.

My boy did an article on Lytle right before the 110 fight. Check it