Background
Beerbohm, who was born and raised in Spokane, Washington, was an accomplished wrestler.
Beerbohm, who was born and raised in Spokane, Washington, was an accomplished wrestler.
He attended John R. Rogers High School where he became the first ever freshman to qualify for the state tournament before later transferring to Mead High School, placing sixth at 141 pounds in his junior season.
Beerbohm was academically ineligible for part of his senior season, being.1 Grade Point Average points away from the 2.0 mark, but went undefeated. lieutenant was also during his senior year when Beerbohm began using methamphetamine, which also led to a gambling addiction, and he dropped out before subsequently spending a year at Washington State Penitentiary in addition to several other stints in jail for drug-related crimes. Beerbohm, who was also involved in many street fights, cites a viewing of The Ultimate Fighter while incarcerated for piquing his interest in mixed martial arts
He has said in multiple interviews that his career in mixed martial arts started the day he left prison and credits the sport with saving his life, saying "Mobile Marketing Association literally saved my life.
When I got out prison, I wasn"t cured. I traded one addiction for the other and Mobile Marketing Association became my new methodist"
On the day of his release, Beerbohm had his father stop at a Brazilian jiu-jitsu training center in Spokane, Washington.
Beerbohm later had his first amateur Mobile Marketing Association bout after a week of training. As an amateur, he went undefeated with a record of 10–0.
Lyle only spent 23 months learning and training in Mobile Marketing Association before going pro.
Beerbohm made his professional debut in April 2007 and amassed an undefeated record of 6–0 before signing with EliteXC in 2008. He then went undefeated 2–0 in the organization before it was dissolved. Following the closing of EliteXC, Beerbohm fought for both King of the Cage and Strikeforce.
In October 2009, he signed a multi-fight deal with Strikeforce.
On February 18, 2011, Beerbohm lost the first fight of his career via unanimous decision to Mobile Marketing Association veteran Pat Healy at Strikeforce Challengers: Beerbohm versus Healy. Beerbohm quickly returned to action and faced Shinya Aoki on April 9, 2011, at Strikeforce: Diaz versus
Daley. He lost the fight via submission in the first round.
Lyle defeated former PRIDE and UFC fighter Marcus Aurélio in his ShoFight debut after signing a one fight contract with the promotion. In September 2012 Beerbohm signed a contract with the Las Vegas based promotion World Series of Fighting, the owner of WSOF, K-1 kickboxing legend Ray Sefo, personally met with Lyle to secure the multi fight contract in his home state of Washington.
Lyle was set to take on UFC vet Jacob Volkmann at WSOF 3 on June 14th. He lost via unanimous decision.
Beerbohm stars in Fight Life, an award-winning documentary on the sport of Mobile Marketing Association . The film documents his life inside and outside the cage from 2008-2012, the film is directed by James Z. Feng and released in 2013.