Former pro wrestling star Bobby Lashley (5-1) has been pretty quiet since his last fight in August, a loss to Chad Griggs at a Strikeforce event. The fighter attributes part of that loss to contracting mononucleosis before the fight and has spent months afterward fighting the illness.
Now Lashley is healthy and ready to make his return back to mixed martial arts. On March 25 he’ll meet James Jack on the HDNet televised Titian Fighting Championship 17 event.
In an interview with ProMMANow.com, Lashley talked about his recovery, training for his upcoming fight with Jack, his feelings on leaving Strikeforce, and whether he’d face fellow pro wrestling star Dave Batista in a mixed martial arts match.
The first few months when I came back it was in the doctors clinic every other week giving blood work and resting because I couldn’t really do a lot with the condition I was in, so it was just a lot of hospital work and seeing the doctor and getting everything cleared up. I had a big battle with allergies and all kinds of different things so the first few months I was dealing with that…
I’m open to a fight with almost anyone and Dave has been training. I’ve heard that he’s been training pretty hard and if that fight were presented I would definitely take it. Of course it is a fight for a lot of wrestling fans because a lot of wrestling fans out there want to see that fight. There are millions upon millions of wrestling fans, but I’m not going to decline that fight. If that fight were ever brought to me I would definitely sign in a second and fight him. That’s the way the fight business is. You have to fight so whoever is brought to you that is who you are going to be fighting.