Strikeforce Houston: Will Chad Griggs prove that Bobby Lashley was a bad investment?
by Jesse Holland on Aug 19, 2010 10:43 AM EDT
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"Everybody, including Strikeforce, is planning on him winning. They need him to win to keep their investment going. It's not bothering me. If anything, it takes the pressure off me to get in there and go do my thing. Once we get in there, there isn't anybody but me and him in there, so it doesn't matter what they think or what they're saying. I think I have a lot more experience when it comes in to the fight. I think his name is bigger, but when it comes down to it, I don't know if he's been hit in the face. He's wrestled people down and beats them up, so I don't really know if he's tasted fighting yet. That's our goal is to get in there and let him realize this is a fight and I'm here to win, too."
Strikeforce heavyweight Chad Griggs wants Bobby Lashley to join the likes of Dan Henderson and Fedor Emelianenko as the latest high-profile (and high price tag) Strikeforce acquisition to fall despite being a heavy favorite with the bookmakers. "The Grave Digger" will get his chance when they collide at the upcoming "Houston" event on Aug. 21 and could elevate his status considerably by upsetting the "Dominator." Does Griggs have a shot at playing spoiler? Or will a suffocating wrestling attack once again save a fighter from getting KTFO?
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was hoping for a bigger name for bob. With a win here he should capitalize and jump into the deep end, or at least past the kitty pool.
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by SouthCaliStunNa on Aug 19, 2010 10:45 AM EDT reply actions
Agreed but he's gotta fight somebody...people are starting to lose interested, namely me
by Man_Made_God on Aug 19, 2010 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah another HW that couldn't beat a top 20 MW
"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth - Mike Tyson
I’m about sick of Lashley. He couldn’t carry Brock’s jock in WWE, and he can’t do it in MMA either.
Our lives change like the weather, but a legend never dies.
lol i am maybe the only jeff monson fan in the world
he literally fights on every show he can, he even double books fights! lol. I just want Monson to earn a win over a name lol
by ThePunisher on Aug 19, 2010 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Ive been riding shotgun on the Monson wagon for many a time.
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by SouthCaliStunNa on Aug 19, 2010 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
lol then i guess we have to share a seat
i still wonder what life would be if Monson had beaten Timmah
by ThePunisher on Aug 19, 2010 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions
haha I like Monson too
I like his style all the way around
enzo-enormous
by enzo-enormous on Aug 19, 2010 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
fuck its getting cramped here
were prolly bigger fans then his own family!
by ThePunisher on Aug 19, 2010 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
hahaha
That made me laugh out loud… maybe his dad is an anarchist too?
enzo-enormous
by enzo-enormous on Aug 19, 2010 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions
As long as you fags aint' sitting on each others' laps'......lol
Blame Canada, Blame Canada, With all their hockey hullabaloo, And that bitch Anne Murray too, Blame Canada,Shame on Canada...............
sumbitch
i knew that would be called upon
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by SouthCaliStunNa on Aug 19, 2010 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
LOL Also a big Monson fan!
Anderson Silva is by far the number one P4P king!!! Even when he is losing a fight he still comes back and finishes for the win! GSP dominates the whole fight and still can't finish! LOL
Agreed
They will bring in someone with Kimbo like credentials, Striker with somewhat of a name but not ground game so Lashley can just take em down and pound on them.
by Edgecrusher71 on Aug 19, 2010 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Kimbo/Lashley...book it.
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning." - Albert Einstein
Strikeforce Present: Amateur Night-Kimbo vs. Lashley
Is Kimbo even still training?
by ThePunisher on Aug 19, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Don't know, don't care. I dislike Kimbo, but I would root for him over Lashley
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning." - Albert Einstein
why?
Lashley has legitimate background wrestling skills (onlympic caliber).
Kimbo has nothing to offer and is a joke
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by SouthCaliStunNa on Aug 19, 2010 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Well Kimbo may not be "onlympic" caliber
But even Kimbo is a better striker than baby-faced Lashley. I’d root for Kimbo if they fought.
The next Heavyweight Champion of the UFC(therefore the world), Junior Dos Santos.
nice catch
Kimjoke wouldnt last a round with Bobby.
My point is Lashley at least has a legitimate background with legitimate skills and could* possibly be a threat. Kimbo doesnt belong in the pros.
But even Kimbo is a better striker than baby-faced Lashley
Hed probably win a boxing match with fitch and sonnen too….means nil. He has zero cardio and zero ground skills TDD.
Bobby is RAW, but has potential.
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by SouthCaliStunNa on Aug 19, 2010 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I think Bobby does have potential
to be a top 20 HW. Nothing more, nothing less.
You’re right about Kimbo though, Booby(that’s right) would take him down and NOT hurt him.
The next Heavyweight Champion of the UFC(therefore the world), Junior Dos Santos.
Hes still raw enough
where im giving him a little room, but your probably right.
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by SouthCaliStunNa on Aug 19, 2010 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions
How come you said olympic caliber?
He wasn’t that successful at wrestling was he? He didn’t win NCAA’s or anything did he? I’m fairly ignorant on Bobby’s life story. I thought he was just a half decent JUCO wrestler or something?
The next Heavyweight Champion of the UFC(therefore the world), Junior Dos Santos.
he was training for the 04' Olympics when he got injured and had to have surgery (knee)
healed up and took the money with WWE.
I'm Not Afraid of Dying, I'm a Little Bit Scared of What Comes After...
by SouthCaliStunNa on Aug 19, 2010 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions
See, I did NOT know that.
He was training for the olympics or was he training to try-out for the olympic team? There’s a difference in my mind. If he was on the team getting ready for the olympics, I give him major props. If he was training and trying out for the olympics, meh.
The next Heavyweight Champion of the UFC(therefore the world), Junior Dos Santos.
hmmm not sure
I saw someone else talk about it, then wikid him and it says he was injured while training for the Olympics.
Not sure tho?
either way, whether he was training for the team or actually on it (which i agree is MUCH more impressive) he had to have been a damn good wrestler.
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by SouthCaliStunNa on Aug 19, 2010 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions
He wasn't on the team
Most thought he would make it though. He injured it while training to try to make the team. He is a three-time NAIA National Wrestling Champion.
"We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again."
copy/paste from first article that came up
when i googled it. He was an Olympic Alternate.
Lashley placed third in the 211-pound class, earning a spot as an alternate on the team.
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by SouthCaliStunNa on Aug 19, 2010 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions
So it is kinda somewhere in between
does an alternate count? Also, I forgot about his military stuff from below.
"We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again."
I doubt that, fitch and sonnen can probably hit harder than petrozeli's jab.
Kimbo still loads up on his punches, has he signed anywhere else?
by Conan the Barbarian on Aug 19, 2010 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
FN hate Kimbo and the losers that brought himto MMA! Their worse bc you can't blame him for cashing in.
Anderson Silva is by far the number one P4P king!!! Even when he is losing a fight he still comes back and finishes for the win! GSP dominates the whole fight and still can't finish! LOL
Kevin said hes on teh verge of being signed to SF i think?
we’ll wait for TMZ confirmation :p
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by SouthCaliStunNa on Aug 19, 2010 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
damn!
damn! this idiot for having fedor, hendo and lashley in the same sentence…
by candyce (formerly known as gaara) on Aug 19, 2010 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I am not a huge fan of Lashley
but that is just because I don’t like the WWE converts. But, he has said from the beginning that he wants to learn and he wanted to do it right, by coming up with smaller fights, working his way up. I really don’t get that many of the people that bitch about Lashley are the sames ones who bitch about Brock and how he came up. I could be wrong here…it just seems like a contradiction.
"We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again."
i agree
He has no amateur fights and is basically learning hs game before a TV audience, give it time
by ThePunisher on Aug 19, 2010 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions
How many cans does he need to smash before fighting an actual fighter? Two should have been plenty, but he’s still beating up nobodies for a big paycheck. He hasn’t taken a step forward since his “career” began.
Our lives change like the weather, but a legend never dies.
i also agree with that
he should fight guys who have a strength in something lol
by ThePunisher on Aug 19, 2010 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Do you think he is
ready to fight someone like Brett Rogers? I think it would be a good striker vs wrassler matchup.
"I’m normally not a praying man, but if you’re up there, please save me, Superman." - Homer Simpson
thats a good one
Rogers is good regardless of two losses. He lost to Overeem and Fedor, not bad for a young guy
by ThePunisher on Aug 19, 2010 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s our goal is to get in there and let him realize this is a fight
somebody better let lashley know cuz right now he thinks it’s a tickle contest
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