Would you like to win the signature walkout tee’s that Mike Pyle and Mike Pierce will be wearing this Friday night?
If so, all you have to do is follow @MMASucka on Twitter and choose the winner, round and how the Mike Pyle vs. Josh Neer and Mike Pierce vs. Carlos Eduardo Rocha fights will go. Pretty simple…. Now go do it!
Below is the press release from RYU
June 5, LAS VEGAS – Today, Respect Your Universe, Inc. (RYU) (OTCBB: RYUN), http://www.ryu.com/, is thrilled to announce that on Friday, June 8th top UFC fighters Mike Pyle and Mike Pierce will be representing RYU at UFC on FX for Johnson vs. McCall. Getting underway in Sunrise, Florida, at 9:00 p.m. EST, Pierce vs. Rocha will be the last fight on the Prelims Card with Pyle vs. Neer as a highly anticipated Main Card bout.
Mike Pyle, an American Mixed Martial Artist from Las Vegas, Nevada, is a Welterweight with a 22-8-1 win/loss/draw Mixed Martial Arts record. Pyle’s fastest submission took just 17 seconds when he submitted John Cole by guillotine choke in September 2006. Pyle also defeated Welterweight John Hathaway in October 2010 at UFC 120 via unanimous decision which marked Hathaway’s first professional loss.
Mike Pierce, also an American Mixed Martial Artist, is a Middleweight and former NCAA Division I Wrestler from Portland, Oregon. Pierce, who has a 13-5-0 win/loss/draw Mixed Martial Arts record, defeated Julio Paulino at UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones in March 2010 via unanimous decision followed by a third round submission victory over UFC newcomer Amilcar Alves at UFC 118 in August 2010. Like all of Pierce’s recent fights, taking on Carlos Eduardo Rocha at UFC on FX will be another challenging match-up.
“I am proud to have both Pyle and Pierce representing RYU Friday night,” said RYU Brand Ambassador, Rocky Bice. “Both Pyle and Pierce have great well-rounded fight games and are facing extremely tough opponents but I feel neither fight will go the distance.”
Inspired by the dedication of the athlete to the ancient sport of Martial Arts, RYU’s debut premium performance Men’s Spring Line embodies the art of the sport and places emphasis on respect, strength, honorand sustainability as the foundation of their apparel and products. Items now available from the Men’s Spring line include compression tops and shorts, fleece pants and hoodies, wind and track jackets, t-shirts and various accessories such as duffle bags and headwear items. In addition to this, RYU also released their fight shorts andtraining pants designed specifically to enhance the overall performance of Martial Artists while keeping them comfortable at the same time.
Built for Athletes, Suited for Style, all of the RYU apparel items and products have been produced from organic and/or recycled materials utilizing some of the best yarn and fabric suppliers in the world while achieving the performance attributes desired by Martial Arts fighters and the true everyday athlete.
**Following the press release it was announced that Carlos Eduardo Rocha and Bernardo Magalhaes will be wearing RYU as well.
