Pro wrestler Bobby Lashley has signed a contract to continue his MMA career with Strikeforce, and he'll step into the cage for the first time on the promotion's January 30 show in Miami.Lashley is a big heavyweight with a solid amateur wrestling background, but we don't know much about what kind of MMA fighter he is yet. He's built up a 4-0 record fighting fairly easy opponents, and the question is whether Strikeforce will force him to challenge himself against tougher competition. Lashley isn't ready yet for opponents at the top of the heavyweight division, but he shouldn't get hand-picked opponents just to pad his record, either.
I'd love to see Lashley fight someone like the undefeated prospect Shane del Rosario, but I'm guessing Strikeforce will give Lashley an easier opponent than him.
The January 30 Strikeforce show also features the MMA debut of former football star Herschel Walker, so it will be high on star power but perhaps not so high on MMA skill. Lashley is a great name for Strikeforce to add to its stable, but he's got a long way to go before he's a great fighter.
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I'll lose a lot of respect for Strikeforce if they have Herschel Walker vs a tomato can and Bobby Lashley vs a tomato can on the same card. That's weak.
That's funny. I thought Herschel and Bobby were the tomato cans?
Did you read the article? Lashley's had four fights of course he's going to get an easier opponent as he should at this point because not only has he had only four fights he made his mma debut only a year ago and by judging from his fights does seem like a one dimensional wrestler right now.
As for Herschel Walker well let's see he's 47 years old and never fought mma what kind of an opponent do you think he's going to get?
Andrei Arlovski.
If you were hoping these two were going to have fights against big name opponents not only should you get disappointed but you should get a little more realistic also.
They should have to prove themselves before they get a top notch fight. Now if they were fighting in the the UFC they would be hyped out of this world and get a title fight after one win. It's funny how every heavyweight that comes into the UFC has all the hype in the world. Bobby Lashley proved one thing by signing with Strike Force and that is that he wants to fight the best fighter in the world, unlike Brock who went to a weak heavyweight UFC. The UFC had nobody at the time he signed and even now all of their fighters are overhyped. If Lashley and Walker joined the UFC, Dana would give them a big fight right away just to make money off of a big name. He did that with Lesnar and Lesnar lost in the first round and then fought a journeyman in Heath Herring and couldn't finish him and won by decision and that was enough to get a title shot. That is one thing I hate about the UFC. It's not always about who is deserving of a title shot but who can generate the most money.
To say Lashley has fought just 'fairly easy' opponents is an insult to Bob Sapp, for one. Remember, Muhammad Ali was 4 and 0 at one point too. Give Lashley time to prove himself. Mike Tyson started out fighting journeymen and was 15 - 0 before fighting better opponents, and even then they were guys like James Tillis and Mitch Green, not exactly hall-of-famers.
You're right. It is an insult to Bob Sapp. And Bob Sapp deserves to be insulted for the way he fought in that one.