Bobby Lashley may not have gotten a fair shake from the MMA community. He entered the fight game after a career in the WWE and was viewed by almost everyone as a 'poor man's Brock Lesnar'. It's how the WWE fans viewed him when he made his wrestling debut and it's how MMA viewed him as well. During his time in Strikeforce, he was criticized for taking easy fights, with most viewing him as an expensive can-crusher. He'd deflect this accusations by saying that he is new to the business and taking his time to develop. He'd then add that if people had a problem with how he's handling his career, he'd like to fight Fedor instead. Well, it looks like Bobby Lashley will get his wish.
After going 2-0 in 2011 on the regional circuit, Bobby Lashley is reportedly in talks to fight the 'Last Emperor'. Fighter's Only Magazine spoke with Lashley about this potential fight.
"I'm going to throw everything at him that I can. Of course, my wrestling's there, I don't give a damn what he's doing. I'd put my wrestling up there with almost anyone right now."
"I think that my wrestling would trump some of the things that he has. I know he's a great fighter, but if I fought him then of course I'm going to try and wrestle him down... If it was Dave [Bautista], I'm standing and banging with him. I've been doing a lot of boxing."
Lashley would obviously enter the fight as an underdog, though he may have more of a fighting chance than fans would give him credit for. His wrestling is solid for heavyweight and he has displayed some active ground and pound. The big question is: "has he developed in his year away from the public eye?"
For his sake, I hope so. Lashley is an incredibly likable fighter who has some name value. I just hope that M-1 isn't using him to try and still sell Fedor as the fighter he once was.
Really? I hope they sign this fight. I'm a huge Bobby fan and he has absolutely nothing to lose from this fight (that's if he doesn't get KO'd in mere seconds). A victory would skyrocket his career.
How is it a good name win for Fedor? Lashley sucks and is nothing more than a poor man's Brock Lesnar. The man had to do a post fight interview on a stool after fighting a Middleweight for crying out loud.
Paycheck is a big word in this fight and that's probably the reason. But I agree that he's developed a new fighting style. Now that he's faced Monson and Ishii and can fight now.
am I the only one who cringed when they saw this thread title? no interest in a HW with poor cardio, fighting a guy who was once on of the best...but now fails to beat the best.
I like Lashley since I saw him in the WWE, but he's not good. Fedor is getting really sad right now. At least in SF he fought some respectable people (lost to them anyway) and beat a supercan. This is like Wayne Gretzky playing hockey with kids in high school.
My solution to this would be Fedor fighting Cro Cop and them both retiring immediately after and going away.
No doubt if lashley wants to win this one he has to get it done in the 1st round or early in the 2nd.
I'm interested to see what his style is like these days he has been hammering his training with AKA and Paulsen/Barnett for the past 6 months so he must be better now than when he fought Ott. He certainly has the physical ability to get Fedor down and power through a submission, just whether he has enough technical ability to get it done.
Yeah I have a feeling that this is another name being given to Fedor to put in this 'W' column. Fedors last few fights, despite being fat, were not the most competetive of bouts. I never doubted Fedor in either of those fights and I won't doubt him here. If Lashley gets Fedor down, I see a sub win for Fatty Fedor quite easily.
I can't wait to watch Sapp fight Fedor for a freakshow to see. But on a serious note I agree that Fedor hasn't looked good. On another note Lashley doesn't have the instinct of a fighter.
...If Chad Griggs can TKO Lashley, Fedor will walk away with a 2nd rd. TKO or submission. Cool to see Fedor isn't totally done but unfortunately his legacy has been tarnished. He's working his way back but needs to get a spectactular win over one of the SF GP HW's to make a few waves...
Be a good win for Bobby,but if Fedor wins it does nothing really for him.If the fight happens it's just something to bring in money more than anything.
Fedor is just trying to get some recognisable names on his W column before retiring IMO, he tried to swim with the sharks as of late and it doesn't work out for him, even fighting LHW's. It's a high-risk/low-reward fight for Fedor.
If Lashley wins...would it even boost his profile? I doubt it, didn't to Antonio Silva.
Still going after these circus shows. If he joined the UFC people would still embrace him. Yet he tarnishes his legacy by continuing to fight low grade fighters. What's the point...
HMC, Bum Rogers, The Snowman, and now Bobby Lashley.
Another Fedor fight I can't be bothered to stay awake for. I'll catch it the day after. Come to the UFC, start from the bottom and make your way up, he'd gain far more respect doing that than fighting can after can.
I meant to say that more than likely this is what is going to happen. The fight in Monaco will be against a European fighter. After that they will try to get Lashley in there with him.
Well on the part of Shark Fights I believe his contract is non-exclusive. On the part of M-1 Global it depends on what they are willing to pay. Then there is the question whether M-1 wants to co-promote with Shark Fights.
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