Bobby Lashley Willing to Fight Dave Bautista on Condition That It’s Next

Filed under: Strikeforce, MMA Video Games, FanHouse Exclusive, News, VideosHOUSTON — MMA Fighting spoke to Bobby Lashley prior to his Strikeforce: Houston bout against Chad Griggs.

Lashley talked about his eight-month layoff from MMA, his critics who…

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HOUSTON — MMA Fighting spoke to Bobby Lashley prior to his Strikeforce: Houston bout against Chad Griggs.

Lashley talked about his eight-month layoff from MMA, his critics who say he doesn’t fight top competition, why he wants to fight former WWE colleague Dave Bautista next and much more.

Check out the video interview below.

Strikeforce: Houston Fight Week Journal Video

Filed under: MMA Videos, Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive, VideosHOUSTON — It’s fight week in the Lone Star State, and MMA Fighting’s E. Casey Leydon has been shadowing some of the headliners involved in Saturday’s Strikeforce: Houston card as they pre…

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HOUSTON — It’s fight week in the Lone Star State, and MMA Fighting’s E. Casey Leydon has been shadowing some of the headliners involved in Saturday’s Strikeforce: Houston card as they prepare for fight night.

Watch below as light heavyweight champion Muhammed Lawal, Tim Kennedy, KJ Noons and Bobby Lashley met wounded veterans, work out in front of the media and film the opening segment for the Showtime telecast.

The video is after the jump.

‘Strikeforce: Houston’ Weigh-in Results

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Clear your schedules, Potato Nation. CagePotato.com will be liveblogging tomorrow night’s Showtime broadcast of Strikeforce: Houston starting at 10 p.m. …

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Clear your schedules, Potato Nation. CagePotato.com will be liveblogging tomorrow night’s Showtime broadcast of Strikeforce: Houston starting at 10 p.m. ET, so be sure to stop by. The fighters just stepped on the scales at the Toyota Center, and 86% of them were able to successfully hit their marks. Pretty impressive, guys! The numbers are below:

Main Card
Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal (203.75) vs. Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante (203.5)
Tim Kennedy (185) vs. Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza (184.75)
K.J. Noons (156.25)* vs. Jorge Gurgel (154.75)
Bobby Lashley (246.5) vs. Chad Griggs (228.5)

Preliminary Card
Daniel Cormier (249) vs. Jason Riley (256.5)
Andre Galvao (170.75) vs. Jorge Patino ()**
Vinicius "Draculino" Magalhães (144.5) vs. Rocky Long (146.25)
Kier Gooch (155.5) vs. Adam Schindler (155.5)
Jose Santibanez (154.25) vs. Reynaldo Trujillo (155.25)
Humberto DeLeon (127.25) vs. Chad Robichaux (131)***
Chad Cook (205.25) vs. Arteneus Young (204)

* Gurgel allowed Noons the extra quarter-pound; Noons will not have to shed the additional weight.
** Wasn’t present at the weigh-ins; will weigh-in later this evening.
*** Was given an extra hour to lose one pound for the 130-pound catchweight bout.

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Bobby Lashley Willing to Fight Dave Bautista on Condition That It’s Next

Filed under: Strikeforce, MMA Video Games, FanHouse Exclusive, VideosHOUSTON — MMA Fighting spoke to Bobby Lashley prior to his Strikeforce: Houston bout against Chad Griggs.

Lashley talked about his eight-month layoff from MMA, his critics who say h…

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HOUSTON — MMA Fighting spoke to Bobby Lashley prior to his Strikeforce: Houston bout against Chad Griggs.

Lashley talked about his eight-month layoff from MMA, his critics who say he doesn’t fight top competition, why he wants to fight former WWE colleague Dave Bautista next and much more.

Check out the video interview below.

Titles on the Line, But No Hard Feelings at Strikeforce: Houston Press Conference

Filed under: StrikeforceHOUSTON – If today’s Strikeforce: Houston pre-fight press conference had a theme, that theme was ‘respect.’ It made for a calm, congenial, and somewhat boring atmosphere, but perhaps that’s just what happens when all eight fight…

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HOUSTON – If today’s Strikeforce: Houston pre-fight press conference had a theme, that theme was ‘respect.’ It made for a calm, congenial, and somewhat boring atmosphere, but perhaps that’s just what happens when all eight fighters on the televised portion of the card like one another too much.

Even defending Strikeforce light heavyweight champion “King” Mo Lawal, who usually likes some trash talk to go along with his pre-fight press obligations, explained that he just couldn’t work up the same animosity toward new challenger Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante that he had for Gegard Mousasi in his last fight.

“I respect Feijao,” said Lawal. “We’ve trained with some of the same people. He’s never questioned my character like Mousasi did. Mousasi was quick to go on record saying that I’m full of myself and I’m this and I’m that. Me and Feijao, we don’t need to do that. We’ll do that Saturday. We’ll fight Saturday and have fun.”

Bobby Lashley: I’d Like to Earn a Heavyweight Title Shot in Early 2011

Filed under: Strikeforce, NewsVoicing a belief that he’s turned the corner in his MMA career, Bobby Lashley says he expects to be in the Strikeforce heavyweight title picture by early 2011.

The 5-0 fighter, who is scheduled to face Chad Griggs at Aug….

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Voicing a belief that he’s turned the corner in his MMA career, Bobby Lashley says he expects to be in the Strikeforce heavyweight title picture by early 2011.

The 5-0 fighter, who is scheduled to face Chad Griggs at Aug. 21’s Strikeforce: Houston show, has spent time in recent months training at the San Jose, Calif., American Kickboxing Academy, and said he’s come away bolstered from his sessions with top UFC contender Cain Velasquez along with fellow Strikeforce standout Daniel Cormier.

“Before, I didn’t know where my level was, but I’ve been training with different people, I’ve got different people coming in and different camps that I’m going to. Of late I trained with Cain, regarded as one of the best heavyweights right now, and Cormier and some other heavyweights. My level is really high. I’m really confident of where it is. After this fight, if it goes where I hope it goes, I’m going straight to the top. I know where my abilities are.”