Dear Critics: Muhammed 'King Mo' Lawal has only been fightin' for a year, dawg (Video)

by Jesse Holland on Nov 10, 2009 9:31 AM EST

Check out his thoughts on possibly facing Mike Whitehead at Strikeforce: "Evolution" on Dec. 19 as well...

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TOo much is made of King MO. He is a very promising prospect, but like he said…he has only been fighting a year, and has faced almost as bad of competition as Kimbo.

Happy he signed with strikeforce but he has to start fighting credible opponents. Whitehead is trash, but he is a good start for mo!

by john G on Nov 10, 2009 9:35 AM EST reply actions

and this muppet thinks he can exploit King Fedor’s weaknesses – as if you say shit like that – he’s shit until proven otherwise.

by Insain on Nov 10, 2009 9:46 AM EST up reply actions

The guy is 5-0. I suppose he should be fighting someone with 20 or 30 fights under their belt?

My God….why can’t any fighter outside the UFC get some experience before everyone jumps on the “he’s fightin’ cans” train?

I prefer it when a young fighters are groomed for a few years…it’s the sensible thing to do, IMO.

Whitehead is no joke, especially considering Lawal is only 5 fights into his career. How many other fighters could be matched up with someone like Whitehead, while only 5 fights into their careers? Not many.

by OJR Is King (formerly Introvert) on Nov 10, 2009 10:08 AM EST up reply actions

The problem with King Mo is that he’s being overhyped when he hasn’t done anything yet. He could go on to be a great 205lb fighter but shouldn’t be mentioned in the same sentence as quality LHWs or Fedor. He has a lot of talent but even for a prospect a win over Mark Kerr these days is pointless, that fight was nothing more than an easy payday for Mo. Whitehead is a much more relevant and challenging opponent. It’s too early to say how good or bad he is, I want to see how he looks in SF before saying anything either way.

by David W-S on Nov 10, 2009 10:34 AM EST up reply actions

That’s my point Introvert. It’s ridiculous all these fanboys getting up and arms coz he stood up to that idiot rampage when he tried to clown him. Now everyone is calling for him to fight fedor. Also up until now he’s has smashed one very good competition that debuting fighter should be proud of (except for Kerr). Just because people can’t name these guys and haven’t seen them fight in the UFC, they automatically assume they’re tomato cans.

by NameNotRequired on Nov 10, 2009 11:09 AM EST up reply actions

HAHAHA wtf! king mo is hilarious as hell i would laugh so hard if he nature walked out the sf cage.

by butters on Nov 10, 2009 9:56 AM EST reply actions

I bet your mouth taste salty.

by El Mexicutioner, Formerly The Mexicutioner on Nov 10, 2009 12:07 PM EST up reply actions

he’s colorful which is where the hype comes from. if he wasn’t so flamboyant, he wouldn’t have the hype. but it works for him and is likely paying the bills so good on him.

in my opinion, king mo is “rampage lite”.

by JB on Nov 10, 2009 11:04 AM EST reply actions

Way more charisma in a non ignorant way. If you hear him in his interviews with Jordan breen at sherdog, he’s extremely knowledgeable about the fight game and all combat sports from MT to boxing to MMA to grappling. His technical insight is what’s really surprising for such a young fighter.

by NameNotRequired on Nov 10, 2009 11:12 AM EST up reply actions

He’s just a thug with the same stupid jibberish ebonics like Rampage.

He made a fool of himself on Inside MMA.

by Lester The Pimp on Nov 10, 2009 11:33 AM EST reply actions

I dislike this man. I wonder how far off a bout with Mousasi is…

by Matt on Nov 10, 2009 11:38 AM EST reply actions

“…only been fightin’ for a year, dawg.” He forgot to say he has only beaten shit opponents and thinks he is a lot better than he is.
I’m no Rampage fan, but he was right when he told Mo he has no track record. I would live to see Rampage wreck this knucklehead.
All you Lawal nut swingers can embarrass yourself and flame on.

by El Mexicutioner, Formerly The Mexicutioner on Nov 10, 2009 11:50 AM EST reply actions

Lawal UD!

by NameNotRequired on Nov 10, 2009 1:34 PM EST up reply actions

I like this dude. He can throw down (in a fairly well-rounded manner, with superb wrestling) AND he seems to have a GENUINE sense of humor (As opposed to Rampage and Forrest [and i love the UFC]).

by jammin on Nov 10, 2009 12:46 PM EST reply actions

He sounds like a thug, and it’s really annoying. He might have some MMA knowledge and skills, but his persona and lack of well thought out English makes him easy to dislike. How you like dem words dawg?

by Dman08457467 on Nov 10, 2009 5:33 PM EST reply actions