Mike Kyle steps in to face Bigfoot

http://mmajunkie.com/news/21557/mike-kyle-in-meets-antonio-silva-at-strikeforce-henderson-vs-babalu.mma
Mike Kyle (18-7-1 MMA, 2-2-1 SF) has stepped in as an injury replacement for Valentijn Overeem (28-25 MMA, 0-0 SF) and now meets heavyweight Antonio Silva (14-2 MMA, 1-1 SF) at Saturday's "Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu" event.

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today confirmed the switch with multiple sources close to the show, including a Strikeforce official.

Nice. Kyle will want to slug with him.

Surprised they found such a quality replacement. Tougher fight then the original matchup.

More interesting fight than the original in my opinion. I think Big Foot is the clear favorite though. He has better technical striking and vastly superior ground game. Kyle has quickness and power going for him, but Big Foot has a granite chin.

Wow. Awesome.

So this card went from having a Herchel Walker fight and a Bigfoot squash match to Bigfoot/Kyle and Radach/Lopes filling out the main card. Injuries actually made this card stronger for the MMA fan.

Kyle is dangerous but this is a fight he usually loses at HW.

nice one good pick

Couldn't have picked a better replacement on short notice. I wonder why Coker didn't drop this news in the USA Today article/advertisment. ha ha

better match up however kyles latest success has come at lhw, not hw. i would of preferred him continue his winnin streak and fight at lhw against moussasi for the rightfull #1 contendership for the lhw title

That's true, but in doing this he has a lot more to gain than lose. If he wins he can continue to if not become a stronger contender for the LHW belt or enter the SF HW title picture debacle. If he losses he stays out of HW and losses little standing at LHW in my opinion(depending on how he loses, I expect him to put up a fight). And taking a fight on short notice against a guy coming off a complete camp who will be a favorite is big in my book, and that matters more than people realize.

GDPofDRC wrote:

That's true, but in doing this he has a lot more to gain than lose. If he wins he can continue to if not become a stronger contender for the LHW belt or enter the SF HW title picture debacle. If he losses he stays out of HW and losses little standing at LHW in my opinion(depending on how he loses, I expect him to put up a fight). And taking a fight on short notice against a guy coming off a complete camp who will be a favorite is big in my book, and that matters more than people realize.

Was thinking the same. Take Leben's short notice win over Aki, look what that did for his buzz.

Surprised more of the fringe elite guys don't jump on these oppurtunities more often.

See Jay Heiron as the counter example.

Weigh in results

Showtime Bouts (10 p.m. ET)
Dan Henderson (204.5) vs. Renato "Babalu" Sobral (202)
Paul "Semtex" Daley (169.75) vs. Scott Smith (170)
Robbie Lawler (186) vs. Matt Lindland (185.5)
Antonio Silva (263) vs. Mike Kyle (219)
Benji Radach (205.5) vs. Ovince St. Preux (205.5)

Preliminary Bouts (6:30 p.m. ET)
Fernando Bettega (170.25) vs. Wayne Phillips (171)
Justin Lawrence (155.5) vs. Max Martytniouk (154.5)
Patrick Cummins (205.5) vs. Terrell Brown (208.25) *Brown will try again to make weight
Cortez Coleman (184.75) vs. Lucas Lopes (185)
Matt Ricehouse (156) vs. Tom Aaron (155.5)
Lee Brousseau (204) vs. Mike Glenn (207.25)
Coltin Cole (185.5) vs. Booker DeRousse (185)
J.W. Wright (130.5) vs. Josh Epps (127.5)

Pretty big discrepancy for Kyle.

yeah, that is huge.

I wonder if Silva cut to make that weight.

how did Smith look at the weigh ins at 170?

and here's the bearded robbie Lawler

http://www.sherdog.com/pictures/gallery/event/28553/119241

I don't know what Bigfoot's walk around weight is but i'm suprised he's just barely a HW considering physically he looks more like a 245-250 range HW, but he almost always just a pound or two under 265. Must be the feet and carying all that weight.

I didnt expect the weight to be close..because Bigfoot is huge and that's probably around the weight Kyle is at when getting ready to cut to 205. I guess he was going to fight Mousasi or Gracie in January.

captain organic wrote:

OU wrote:

how did Smith look at the weigh ins at 170?

http://www.sherdog.com/pictures/gallery/event/28553/119237

Doesn't look as good as I hoped. Doesn't look like he is about to die or anything but still not that good IMO.

Mike Kyle weighed in at 219 vs. Werdum as well...so i'm guessing short notice didnt play a huge factor with his weight.

KingsOwn19 wrote:

I don't know what Bigfoot's walk around weight is but i'm suprised he's just barely a HW considering physically he looks more like a 245-250 range HW, but he almost always just a pound or two under 265. Must be the feet and carying all that weight.

I didnt expect the weight to be close..because Bigfoot is huge and that's probably around the weight Kyle is at when getting ready to cut to 205. I guess he was going to fight Mousasi or Gracie in January.

Yeah but he has that Giant's disease Acromegaly, He has big bones and just a big frame.