Check out this interview piece done by Ricky Bonnet of Sirius fight club:
Bobby Lashley: Breaking Barriers and Breaking Bone
Since the last time we checked in with Bobby Lashley there have been some interesting developments in the sport of Mixed Martial Arts. First and foremost, Lashley’s previous employer, the AFL, went out of business, Lyoto Machida showed karate is still relevant and Brock Lesnar is still heavyweight champ (for now…). And as Lesnar has garnered the respect of many MMA fans the world over and infuriated others, here sits Mr. Bobby Lashley, a similar physical specimen with a very different roadmap. I satt down with the former WWE standout to see if an eventual detour will lead to the promise land … Heavyweight gold.
MW: Since the last time you did the interview with MMA Worldwide, what do you think has been your biggest improvement as a fighter?
“I would say my standup. I have been training and I have been training diligent. I know my cardio is a lot better and I have been training a lot of standup.…but then I have a better knowledge of the ground game also.… so I try to work on everything equal but I really enjoy standup and I have been learning a lot from sparing partners and from coaches.”
MW: Now, you mention your standup. There is a lot of different types of disciplines obviously that the standup is a big part of. There is Muay Thai, boxing, we saw Lyoto Machida bring back karate. What type of discipline have you been really implementing the most in your standup?
“Oh, we’ve been doing more boxing, straight boxing but checking kicks and then we are starting to work into the kicks. I have been going back to back to back, so we didn’t want kicking too much right now because we didn’t want to start something new in this period where we are having fight after fight after fight. After this fight we are going to take a little break and we are going to throw a lot more kicks and start working some of that out. But right now basically boxing, checking kicks, throwing knees….and elbows.”
Obviously there are going to be the comparisons between you and Brock Lesnar because you both come from a college wresting pedigree, you both obviously were in the WWE. The difference was his approach in transitioning into MMA. He went straight into the UFC, he just jumped straight into it whereas you took more of an approach of little by little you are upgrading your competition. What was your reasoning behind that and overall do you think it is going to benefit you as a fighter more then if you just kind of went for the top tier guys?
“Well, I didn’t want to. I didn’t want to just jump out there because I didn’t want to just learn as I was there. When you get into the UFC, everybody knows everything or most people know almost everything so I wanted to actually start learning and then building my competition at that level of learning so that when I get to the UFC I am established in everything.”
Your upcoming fight with Bob Sapp, how do you see that helping your career and improving you as a fighter? What was the main reason behind fighting Bob Sap? Was it more for the experience? He is more of a gatekeeper these days. Was it the money??
To check out the rest of the interview please go to
MMAWorldwide.com
TTT
Sounds like he's training smart,working on boxing and checking kicks,later work on kicking- I like that,getting familiar with the ground game,solid training for someone early in the game.
He is going to Smash Bob Sapp!
Im a huge Bobby Lashely fan... dude seems really dedicated to MMA, shows better skills each fight and he seems like a physical monster
cant wait to see what he can do in the long run