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It’s easy to say someone fought like a champion when they’re on a winning streak, beating contenders, or wearing gold around their waist. It’s not always so obvious when they walk away from a match as the loser. Yet that’s just the scenario around Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal after his Strikeforce light-heavyweight championship loss on Saturday night.
Lawal may have lost the belt to Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante at Strikeforce: Houston (does this mean Cavalcante is now the king?), but the indelible image of the champion desperately clutching at Cavalcante’s legs for a takedown in the final seconds should silence any last doubts about Lawal’s gameness.