Strikeforce’s Eric Lawson seeking injury-free 2011, luxury of full-time MMA

Injuries are an unfortunate byproduct of a physically demanding sport such as mixed martial arts.

You don’t have to tell this to Eric Lawson.

For Lawson, who fights at Saturday’s “Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg” event, dealing with them has simply been…

Injuries are an unfortunate byproduct of a physically demanding sport such as mixed martial arts.

You don’t have to tell this to Eric Lawson.

For Lawson, who fights at Saturday’s “Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg” event, dealing with them has simply been a way of life over the past few years – a monkey wrench comingled into his quest to ascend from rising prospect to formidable Strikeforce middleweight commodity.