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Muhammed Lawal will walk into the Strikeforce cage on Aug. 21 as the promotion’s light-heavyweight champion, and with the odds strongly suggesting a successful title defense. But the man they call “King Mo” disagrees with the handicappers that have made him as much as a 5-to-1 favorite over Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante.
“If anyone should be a favorite, it should be ‘Feijao,'” he said on a Monday conference call. “He has a name, he’s been fighting longer than me. I remember watching him on Showtime, in Elite XC and in the IFL. He should be the favorite. Due to marketing, people see me as the favorite. He’s the favorite, I’m the underdog even though I’m the champ.”