Mike Kyle

Kyle is next scheduled to face 3-0 Roberto Salas on March 23, 2019.

Kyle faced Dan Charles on January 13, 2017, at ACB 51. He won the fight via TKO in the first round.

A rematch with Evgeny Erokhin was expected to take place on July 23, 2017, at ACB 65. However, the bout did not go ahead as planned.

Kyle faced Denis Goltsov on March 26, 2016, at ACB 32. He lost the fight via submission in the first round.

Kyle returned to the boxing ring in 2016, winning via knockout for his first professional win. Kyle would go 0-2-1 before ending the year, however, most recently losing a unanimous decision to undefeated fighter Darmani Rock.

Kyle was expected to face Maxim Grishin at Fight Nights: Battle of Moscow 17 on September 30, 2014. However, Kyle pulled out of the bout due to injury, he was replaced with Trevor Prangley.

Kyle faced Evgeny Erokhin on December 20, 2014, at FEFoMP: Russia's MMA Supercup. He lost the fight via KO in the second round.

In his next fight, Kyle made his debut in the WEC, and snapped his two-fight losing streak with a knockout win. The 4–2 Kyle then fought in the IFC and again won by strikes as his opponent tapped out due to punches. Kyle then also won his next two fights, which included another win under the WEC banner.

The 10–5–1 Kyle then fought at Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le against former All-American wrestler Wayne Cole in a Heavyweight bout and lost after he was submitted from an armbar. Kyle then returned to the IFC and won his bout via knockout, and followed this up with another win, this time via unanimous decision, his first career decision win. Kyle then returned to Strikeforce to fight Rafael Cavalcante in a Light Heavyweight bout at Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields. Kyle picked up one of the biggest victories of his career, winning by knockout against the future Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion. This was also significant because it was Calvacante's first decisive loss, as his only other defeat was by disqualification against Marcio Cruz.

Kyle finally faced Mousasi at Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine on January 12, 2013. He lost via submission in the first round. Kyle said that he would retire following the loss.

Kyle was to face former UFC veteran Anthony Johnson on September 14, 2013, at WSOF 5. However, Johnson was forced out of the bout due to injury and Kyle faced former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski at the event. Although he knocked Arlovski down with right hands in the first and third round, he lost the fight via unanimous decision.

Mike Kyle vs. Anthony Johnson was scheduled for December 7, 2013, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada but was later canceled because Kyle was forced off the fight because of a broken toe.

Kyle made his professional boxing debut on January 17, 2003, as a heavyweight, losing via unanimous decision.

Kyle held an undefeated amateur record of 3–0 before turning professional. Kyle made his professional debut on March 10, 2001, when he was 18 years old and won by TKO only 90 seconds into the fight. He then won his next two fights, also by punches before debuting in the King of the Cage promotion. Kyle made his King of the Cage debut in a fight for the King of the Cage Super Heavyweight Championship against then King of the Cage Super Heavyweight Champion Dan Bobish. Kyle, who then weighed 275 lbs. was outweighed by Bobish, who was 55 lbs. bigger than Kyle. Despite rocking Bobish early in the fight and almost pulling off the upset, Kyle was handed his first career loss after he submitted due to punches. In his next KOTC bout, Kyle made his Heavyweight debut against future King of the Cage Heavyweight Champion Paul Buentello. Kyle lost after he was knocked out from punches. After losing to Buentello, the San Jose-based American Kickboxing Academy invited Kyle to train. He accepted and has been training with AKA ever since.

Kyle made his UFC debut against Wes Sims winning via KO at 4:59 of round one. Sims took the fight a days notice notice after Kyle's original opponent filled into the main event after Tim Sylvia failed a drug test. Kyle dominated the entire first round and knocked Sims out at 4:59. Sims protested after the fight that Kyle had bitten him on the chest. During the post-fight interview, a bite mark could clearly be seen on Sims' left pectoral muscle. This marks the first time a bite has ever happened in a UFC fight since its inception at UFC 1 in 1993, when Gerard Gordeau bit Royce Gracie in the championship match. Kyle still denies any wrongdoing.

Mike Kyle (born March 31, 1980) is an American professional mixed martial artist and boxer currently competing in the Heavyweight division. A professional competitor since 2001, Kyle has competed for the UFC, the WEC, Strikeforce, the World Series of Fighting, Absolute Championship Berkut, Pancrase, King of the Cage, and is the former King of the Cage Light Heavyweight Champion.