During our FanHouse live chat with UFC President Dana White, I read him a question from a reader who asked whether Bobby Lashley was coming to the UFC. The first word out of White's mouth was, "Who?"Once I explained to White that Lashley is the former WWE star who recently won his MMA debut, White said he recognized the name but wasn't particularly interested in adding him to the UFC.
"I don't think so," White said. "We brought in Brock Lesnar because he's a great wrestler. He's a big guy, I thought he should have taken some fights in some smaller shows, but he assured me he was ready and I believed him and he was right, thank God. I don't know how many people can cross over and do what Lesnar has done. I don't think there's many out there."
Lashley has said he'd like to fight in the Octagon, but it sounds like he has a lot to prove before the UFC would consider it.
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That response is some bull!! Bobby Lashley is just as big and strong and tough and he was in the armed forces, and has a wrestling background before the WWE. Not Brock though: as far as the armed forces is concerned. It seems that Brock got the hype approval and now Mr. Lashley threatens that and possibly opens the door to someone like Kurt angle who literally can beat anyone - wrestling - from the WWE. Furthermore Bobby is more athletic than Brock. Check their records and watch the way each fighter moves. Seem even - dare I say it a little racists. Didn't Brock lose one of his fights. I'm just saying!!
I'm glad he wont be bringing in Bobby Lashley. Even though Lashley was an amateur wrestler just like Brock was, Brock had a better pedigree, and has had more MMA training. Added to the fact that Lashley won his fight on a BS technicality. If anyone watches the fight that Lashley had, he cut his opponent and won due to a doctor stoppage on a cut that was as best superficial. And to say that Dana White is racist is absurd. Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans.......Black, Welterweight Champion George Rush St. Pierre............French Canadian, Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva............Brazillian! Also, I do not think Dana White wants to turn his promotion into what Sengoku and Dream[formerly PrideFC] are when wrestlers show up and get dominated by actual legit fighters. Even though ONE pro wrestler is successful in both promotions[Brock Lesnar in UFC, Kazushi Sakuraba in Sengoku/Dream], doesn't mean an influx of professional wrestlers down the road will be. I think Lashley should prove himself as a viable fighter and prove to white that he is worthy of becoming a fighter in the UFC.
Dana, likes to protect his fighter. And if you mouth off or stand up to him he'll throw you under the rug. See Tim Sylvia,Andre Arlovski, John Fitch (although he's back in UFC) Randy Couture. WTF Dana and Zuffa have made billions off the back of these guys who go in there and risk there lives for maybe a million a fight, boxing fighter make 100 times more. But if you want more money in the UFC dana will cut your throat. When has he ever done anything but call his rich buddies to bail him out? He ever fought and got his head kicked or arm broke? No likely and never will. When Tito was gonna fight him, he stopped cuz he knew if he did Dana would black ball him out, just like he did.And Zuffa has WEC too, but you don't hear much about it, why not being Faber in to take in Penn or Pierre, or unify champions in each weight class. Dana won't ever give the fans the best matches, but the best maches for his pocket.