There are the skills with which fighters advertise themselves, and there are the skills by which promoters actually match them.
Renato “Babalu” Sobral and Robbie Lawler say they are well rounded enough to fight on one another’s stylistic turf at Wednesday’s “Strikeforce: Los Angeles” event.
But in reality, the 195-pound catchweight fight, which takes place at
the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, is about who can impose his strengths
on the other.