“I’m going out to have some fun in my last fight,” Pyle said. ... “There’s no pressure on me. I don’t have to worry about getting cut from UFC. I don’t really have to worry about anything. I get to go and be me, let everything out put it all on the table for one last time. One more time, we go. That’s just fine for me with Zak.”

After MMA, Pyle said he plans on continuing to work in Hollywood as a stunt actor. He’s currently working as the stunt double for the lead actor on “The Tick,” which airs on Amazon.

Pyle added that he does not blame the UFC for those low pay checks he mentioned. He said it was his fault and his fault alone that he didn’t earn the kind of income that he could have in the promotion.

“I did not climb the ladder,” Pyle said. “I did not make those accomplishments. I did not build that contract higher and higher and higher. The money was there for me to make.

“I didn’t build myself and I didn’t make that money. So, it’s time.”

https://www.mmafighting.com/2018/2/26/17054672/mike-pyle-a-19-year-veteran-retiring-from-mma-after-ufc-222-fight