Pro Wrestling’s Booker T Says Bobby Lashley Has Work to Do, Will Be Back

Filed under: MMA Videos, Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive, VideosHOUSTON — MMA Fighting caught up with professional wrestling Booker T during Saturday night’s Strikeforce: Houston card.

The Houston native, who attended the event to support his good fr…

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HOUSTON — MMA Fighting caught up with professional wrestling Booker T during Saturday night’s Strikeforce: Houston card.

The Houston native, who attended the event to support his good friend Bobby Lashley, discussed Lashley’s loss, whether MMA is hurting wrestling and whether he would ever consider fighting.

Check out the video interview below.

Bobby Lashley Faced His First Real Test, and Tasted His First MMA Failure

Filed under: StrikeforceHOUSTON – Former pro wrestler Bobby Lashley came into his bout with Chad Griggs at Strikeforce: Houston as an overwhelming 8-1 favorite. A little more than ten minutes later, he staggered out of the cage beaten, bloodied, and wi…

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HOUSTON – Former pro wrestler Bobby Lashley came into his bout with Chad Griggs at Strikeforce: Houston as an overwhelming 8-1 favorite. A little more than ten minutes later, he staggered out of the cage beaten, bloodied, and with his hype bubble officially burst.

It was a fight that was supposed to be a showcase for Lashley, but somewhere in there in turned into an actual test. It was the first real challenge that Lashley has faced in his relatively short and sheltered MMA career. Instead of rising to the occasion, he wilted under the pressure.



Strikeforce Feijao TKOs King Mo

King Mo was defeated via TKO after first being caught with a nice series of offense from the Brazilian. First Mo drove Feijao into the cage and followed with a great body shot. Feijao has the Thai clinch and delivers two knees to Mo’s head. The first one misses, the second one staggers Mo. He […]

King Mo was defeated via TKO after first being caught with a nice series of offense from the Brazilian. First Mo drove Feijao into the cage and followed with a great body shot. Feijao has the Thai clinch and delivers two knees to Mo’s head. The first one misses, the second one staggers Mo. He stumbles backwards and Feijao grazes Mo’s chin with a reaching hook. It was probably more of a stumble, but Mo was rocked badly. Feijao follows with rabbit punches that keep Mo dazed, but the wrestler goes to what he knows and secures a single leg and pushes Feijao to the cage. Feijao kicks his hips out with Mo leaning on Feijao all the while Feijao is dropping hammerfists and now moves to elbows to the side of Mo’s noggin. Mo is doing nothing and then his arm goes limp. Big John McCarthy stops the fight in the second round.

Other fight recaps:

Tim Kennedy got robbed against Jacare Souza (in my opinion), but it was a razor close fight. However, Kennedy did the most variety of things.

George Gurgel got manhandled by KJ Noons and was KOd.

Bobby Lashley was beat by Chad Griggs in a 2nd round TKO. Very similar fight in the King Mo Fejao fight. Both guys were beaten while attempting and leaning in for a double leg while getting hammer fisted and elbowed from above. Weird.

Strikeforce Houston: Chad Griggs Stuns Bobby Lashley

Filed under: StrikeforceFormer WWE star Bobby Lashley lost as a mixed martial artist for the first time Saturday at Strikeforce Houston, as a little-known opponent named Chad Griggs gave Lashley a tough fight and forced Lashley to quit after the second…

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Former WWE star Bobby Lashley lost as a mixed martial artist for the first time Saturday at Strikeforce Houston, as a little-known opponent named Chad Griggs gave Lashley a tough fight and forced Lashley to quit after the second round.

It was a major upset and a major disappointment for Strikeforce, which hoped to establish Lashley as a star in its heavyweight division. Lashley has been exposed as a big, tough-looking guy who can talk a good game but isn’t much of an MMA fighter.

‘Strikeforce: Houston’ — Live Results + Commentary

(Focused and ready for battle, King Mo stares into his opponent’s eyes, desperately trying to remember who the hell this dude is. Photo courtesy of allelbows.com)
Two title fights in the light-heavyweight and middleweight divisions, a lightweight slugf…

King Mo Muhammed Lawal Rafael Feijao Cavalcante Strikeforce
(Focused and ready for battle, King Mo stares into his opponent’s eyes, desperately trying to remember who the hell this dude is. Photo courtesy of allelbows.com)

Two title fights in the light-heavyweight and middleweight divisions, a lightweight slugfest between KJ Noons and Jorge Gurgel, and Bobby Lashley‘s latest bit of record-padding, all brought to you by the world-famous City of Syrup. Let’s be real — if you’re not watching Strikeforce tonight, you’re a damn fool. Or, you don’t have Showtime. Or, you have better things to do. Speaking of which, your usual live-bloggers are occupied tonight, so respected CagePotato contributor Matt Kaplan will be filling in. Round-by-round updates can be found after the jump, beginning at 10 p.m. ET. Refresh the page for all the latest, and let your voices be heard in the comments section. 
 

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Chad Griggs Confident He Will Stop the Bobby Lashley Train

Filed under: MMA Videos, Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive, VideosHOUSTON — MMA Fighting spoke to Chad Griggs on Thursday about his Strikeforce: Houston fight against Bobby Lashley.

The relatively unknown full-time firefighter talked about his underdog…

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HOUSTON — MMA Fighting spoke to Chad Griggs on Thursday about his Strikeforce: Houston fight against Bobby Lashley.

The relatively unknown full-time firefighter talked about his underdog role heading into the fight, how he envisions the bout playing out and whether he feels Lashley is deserving of the attention he receives.

Check out the video interview below.