With Dave Batista Out Who Does Bobby Lashley Fight Next?
by Jonathan Snowden on Oct 5, 2010 6:00 PM EDT
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It was potentially a match made in heaven. For fans of crash TV, what could have been better than Dave Batista against Bobby Lashley in the Strikeforce cage? Two muscled up behemoths standing toe to toe and letting it all hang out. You could practically see wrestling fans' simultaneous erections from space, assuming of course that you had a sufficiently powerful telescope and the ability to see into their parents' basements.
Now MMA Payout's Jose Mendez, aka MMA Supremacy breaks the bad news on Twitter that Batista was just teasing us all along. He has no intention of doing MMA after all:
"I will not be doing MMA/Strikeforce any time soon. So you can see me in the future of the WWE."
Past 40 and having never fought anything tougher than bacne, Batista didn't likely have a long future in MMA one way or the other. He's the past. The real question? What's in the future for Bobby Lashley?
The former WWE star was once one of the most promising prospects in the heavyweight division. A legitimate Olympic contender, Lashley has a powerful wrestling base and has been learning the sport from some of the industry's best at American Top Team. Some even whispered Lashley would be the man to eventually dethrone Brock Lesnar. Then Chad Griggs came along to burst all those bubbles.
An overwhelming underdog, Griggs outlasted an exhausted Lashley to score his career's biggest win at Strikeforce Houston. Lashley told AOL's Ben Fowlkes that he's yearning for revenge:
"I already asked for a rematch, because when you have certain events like I did that sort of hindered me from being able to open up and fight, I've got to go back," Lashley said. "I'd hate for them to use that fight to boost somebody's career, saying, 'Okay, he beat Bobby,' because that wasn't really the case. If I didn't have these problems, and I'd been able to go out there and fight, I think it would have been a pretty quick win for me. But I just didn't have anything in me."
Griggs wants no part of Lashley in a rematch. After all, if he loses he's diminished his own crowning achievement. A quick loss in a return bout would lend a lot of credence to Lashley's illness claims. That leaves Lashley a fighter with no fight.
Strikeforce President Scott Coker is said to be considering moving Lashley back to the Strikeforce Challenger's cards. Is it possible that Bobby Lashley, once so vehemently criticized for the caliber of his competition, may actually need to take a step back before he can take a step forward?
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You could practically see wrestling fan’s simultaneous erections from space, assuming of course that you had a sufficiently powerful telescope and the ability to see into their parent’s basements.
Made me lol. Good one!
Awsome!!
Really, really funny.
"I'd love to be a Cheick Kongo looking brother that could actually move and do a lot of funky stuff - Jiu Jitsu, takedowns, kicks and stuff." - Jon Jones.
"This is the internet: you either have soul-stopping power or you’re a pillow-fisted pansy. There is no middle ground." - woomikee
I think you have that saying wrong...
Isn’t it supposed to be “I couldn’t care less”?
By saying your could care less, it implies that you care somewhat.
"Last time a Russian hit a brother that hard, Ivan Drago killed Apollo Creed"- Some guy on Sherdog, referencing Fedor vs Rogers
by Lulz McGee on Oct 5, 2010 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
If Bobby Lashley ever fights MMA again, I will eat my foot.
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Also, good on Griggs for giving Lashley the finger (aka doing what Scott Smith should have done to Cung Le)
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by Derek Suboticki on Oct 5, 2010 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Also, good on Griggs for giving Lashley the finger (aka doing what Scott Smith should have done to Cung Le)
Still don’t know what Smith was thinking. Same with Werdum wanting to fight Fedor again. Really?
well
it seriously diminishes the luster of your crowning achievement to refuse the rematch. and you potentially lose a lot of money. so i really don’t know why you wouldn’t do it, but that’s just me.
ill never ever ever understand houstons gameplan
if he fought kimbo the way he did sokoudjou he prob woulda won
We have a saying back home that if your coming on, COME ON!!!!
Batista was wanting two things, a movie deal and a better WWE deal, the MMA talk kept his name in the news and added leverage for WWE negotiations. He may or may not of actually wanted to do MMA but either way it wasn’t what he was seriously after (if they had agreed to his $500k price he would of probably tried MMA).
What’s next for Bobby Lashley? Well rumor is he is trying to open up talks with the WWE and he recently took a pro wrestling booking in Japan. Looks like both him and Batista may be heading back to where they came from soon.
http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/article/exclusive-is-bobby-lashley-planning-a-wwe-comeback-112771
by who me on Oct 5, 2010 6:31 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Strikeforce has two options
1.) Give him a can on a Challenger’s Card so that when he faces decent talent like Shane Del Rosario he’ll be met with reality.
2.) Give him Shane Del Rosario so reality can be sped up a little faster.
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or lashley can be used to speed on del rosario
shane would more than likely beat the fuck outta him and it wlll only grow shanes name
We have a saying back home that if your coming on, COME ON!!!!
You just reworded point #2
I just implied Del Rosario would smash him.
Michael Robinson leads the Seahawks in completion percentage, yards-per-attempt, and QB rating.
not really
im saying use lashleys name to build del rosario up, it looks like ur saying use del rosario to lay a beatdown on lashley, similar points but not the same
griggs already beat lashley and noone still knows who he is, if del rosario is marketed correctly there will be 200k showtime subscribers who know him better…. (strikeforce should get a new deal showtime sucks)
We have a saying back home that if your coming on, COME ON!!!!
Coming from a life long wrestling fan and a ten year MMA fan...
And having seen all of Lahsley’s fights…
He’s not good.
Lashley has not displayed fearsome wrestling in any of his fights. He also hasn’t shown any serious improvement in any discipline. Nor has he displayed any serious striking power.
Lashley was supposed to be Brock 2.0. A guy with legitimate wrestling skills, who made his name in the “fake” world of Pro-Wrestling now set to storm MMA. But Lashley just doesn’t have “it” as a fighter. It could be all his body building muscles, it could be a lack of dedication or it could just be a lack of fighting instincts. Whatever it is, Lashley doesn’t have it.
He’ll never be Brock Lesnar. What Lashley lacks, Brock has in spades. Lashley will never be a top tier fighter. He’ll always be someone who made his name doing something else and is attempting to cash it in with MMA.
If he was smart, he’d call this a failure and go begging to Vince McMahon to take him back. Atleast there with his look, he’ll have a steady income and a featured spot as a top guy. More then you can say for MMA. And if Vince is still bitter, go back to TNA. They’ll push you no matter what you do to them.
by Hawk52 on Oct 5, 2010 6:53 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
If he was smart, he’d call this a failure and go begging to Vince McMahon to take him back. Atleast there with his look, he’ll have a steady income and a featured spot as a top guy. More then you can say for MMA. And if Vince is still bitter, go back to TNA. They’ll push you no matter what you do to them.
http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/article/exclusive-is-bobby-lashley-planning-a-wwe-comeback-112771
If he’s already thinking of packing it in after one loss, then yeah I’d have to agree. He just doesn’t have it to be a fighter.
It’s because he never took the sport seriously. He wanted to either fight cans for a pay check or be launched into the title picture. He had no interest in putting the time in either training or tough fights to get anywhere in the sport. I posted a picture of Cyborg Santos before, that for whatever reason Snowden censored and took down, stating he probably couldn’t beat her. The subtext of that post was that Lashley does not have the same determination, drive or desire as someone like Cyborg who lives and breathes her sport and it shows in her technical proficiency and overall dominance at her level. If Bobby had a fraction of her will he might be on the road to a decent career. He doesn’t and he isn’t.
Seriously, what's going on with these intros
Jonathan – Snowden – whatever, you’d rather be called: I’m impressed by your huge knowledge of the sport and your interviews, but after that ‘joke’ and the tortured Rocky thing earlier, I’d like to say please get to the point quicker in these pieces. Sorry.
I have to disagree. I don’t like Snowden’s hyperbole at times – I suspect sometimes he is fishing for hits – but comedic gold like the intro to this article is always welcome.
"I'd love to be a Cheick Kongo looking brother that could actually move and do a lot of funky stuff - Jiu Jitsu, takedowns, kicks and stuff." - Jon Jones.
"This is the internet: you either have soul-stopping power or you’re a pillow-fisted pansy. There is no middle ground." - woomikee
WTF??
Now former Bloody Elbow commenter MMA Supremacy
that dude was super cool. Why is he the former commenter???
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Nice
good to see ya around
"Even Hulkamania wouldn't get you out of this hold"
"True strength is not always shown through victory. Stand up, try again and display strength of heart."
by the-gentle-way on Oct 5, 2010 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Hmmmmm....
“I’d hate for them to use that fight to boost somebody’s career, saying, ‘Okay, he beat Bobby,’ because that wasn’t really the case
NO no it was in fact the case. there is video evidence of said beating.
Can someone please get a copy of this figh video to bobby. It seems chad gave him amnesia. Perhaps thats why he was karted off on a stretcher. he couldnt remember how to walk.
"Even Hulkamania wouldn't get you out of this hold"
"True strength is not always shown through victory. Stand up, try again and display strength of heart."
Ha
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by Damon O. on Oct 5, 2010 7:24 PM EDT reply actions 7 recs
Also
Lashley needs to fight on a Challengers card.
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I got a better gimmick fight that Lashley/Batista
Bobby Lashley/ Daniel Puder. The hook: Kurt Angle will be training Lashley and be in his corner so he can watch Lashley shut Puder up.
I’m not even a wrestling guy but I bet you that fight with that angle could be sold to wrestling fans.
Really?
The former WWE star was once one of the most promising prospects in the heavyweight division. (REALLY?, I must have missed that memo)
Some even whispered Lashley would be the man to eventually dethrone Brock Lesnar.(REALLY? I was under the impression everyone thought he would be a bust)
People were pretty damn excited about Lashley when he first got started in MMA (me included). He has an excellent wrestling background, is a great athlete, and was not as far removed from his amateur career as Lesnar was when he started. There were a lot of reasons to be high on the guy.
Then he struggled against the fat Guida, had a fishy looking fight versus Mike Cook, started ducking legit fighters left and right in Strikeforce, and then got pounded out by a C-level prospect.
People were excited because he wasn't Brock Lesnar
That’s the only reason why. He was doing the opposite of Lesnar aka “the right way”.
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by S.C. Michaelson on Oct 5, 2010 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
A steb back
from fighting Wes Sims and Chad Griggs?
In a world where Showtime isn’t trying to use him to grab pro wrestling eyes he’d have been on Challengers, at best, until now.
Black Lesnar…
No not funny?
…you all were thinking it at one point.
by hexbreaker on Oct 6, 2010 1:25 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
my money is on shamrock by sub.
"Even Hulkamania wouldn't get you out of this hold"
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by the-gentle-way on Oct 6, 2010 2:39 AM EDT up reply actions
What's the source
for the info on Batista going back to the WWE?
Forget it Donny, you're out of your element.
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