Chris Lytle Out of UFN 19 Matchup With Carlos Condit Due To Knee Injury
Veteran welterweight Chris Lytle has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled matchup against former WEC champ Carlos Condit, which was to take place at UFC Fight Night 19 on September 16 in Oklahoma City, after suffering a severe knee injury while training for the upcoming bout.
According to Lytle’s agent Ken Pavia, who spoke with MMAjunkie, Lytle suffered a torn meniscus and a “blown ACL” and a timetable for his return is not yet known.
The UFC, which has not yet announced Lytle’s withdrawal from the card, is seeking a replacement for the 170-pound fight to take on Condit on the UFN 19 main card.
Lytle (27-17-5), a runner-up on the fourth season of The Ultimate Fighter, is just 5-5 since returning to the UFC by way of the reality show, with losses to Matt Serra, Matt Hughes, Thiago Alves, Josh Koscheck, and Marcus Davis, as well as victories over Jason Gilliam, Matt Brown, Kyle Bradley, Paul Taylor, and Kevin Burns. “Lights Out” was last in action in June, defeating Burns by unanimous decision.
Condit (23-5) won the WEC welterweight title with a win over John Alessio in early-2007 and went on to successfully defend the belt three times over Brock Larson, Carlo Prater, and Hiromitsu Miura before the division was cut from the promotion and its fighters were sent to the UFC. In his UFC debut, Condit suffered a narrow split decision loss to Martin Kampmann in the UFC Fight Night 18 main event in April.
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dang this was gonna be a good fight.
That stinks…I always feel so bad for these guys when they get hurt in training like this. I’m a bug Lytle fan, and I hope he gets better soon. That was a cool fight, too. Boo.
don’t get squashed…
I echo your thoughts though, was excited to see this match-up
anthony rumble johnson maybe gets to replace lytle? hes fighting at 104, just move up his fight. condit is a tougher fight and higher in the rankings for AJ.
I hope that when he returns that match him up with Dan Hardy, I think that would be a sick fight!
oooh i like that match up figs..
its crazy that they say 5-5 but geez look who he has lost too! I say bah to that and he is still a great show to watch.
Get well soon sir
Another disappointment for me, was looking forward to watching him fight same as Josh Barnett, Don Frye, Nick Diaz…At least he has a very valid reason for having to withdraw, may he have a speedy recovery.
Replace him with Marcus Davis. “Mahcus” is coming off a loss and doesn’t have a fight lined up. Davis vs. Condit would be just as sick as Condit vs. Lytle.
If nothing else, Kos has shown he’s willing to step in and take a fight on any amount of notice. He’s fighting Frank Trigg at 103, I know, but I would love to see him match up with Condit.
McLovin maybe?
good calls on both.
First Cote now Lytle, all my favorite sluggers are going down with knee injuries. This just sucks. Well I guess all I can do now is hope for speedy recoveries from both of them.
I love Davis vs. Condit. Great call! I bet it happens.
also…what kind of insurance to these guys have in case hey get hurt like this??