New Bobby Lashley interview.
On his fight with Ken Shamrock...
"I’m not going to take anything away from Ken. I have a lot of people telling me I’m going to crush him; that ain’t the case man. When you have a guy that has been fighting for as long as he has, he knows every trick in the book. Quite honestly, for him to take this fight says a lot because I wouldn’t fight me right now, but he has all of these tricks up his sleeve and I’m sure he will be pulling them out."
"I like to go in and earn the respect from the masses and the millions that follow MMA. In order to earn the respect, you have to go to a respectable camp."
"I’m incredibly athletic. I don’t want to pat myself on the back, but that’s one of the things that I pride myself on, from the days of wrestling, jumping up and doing the splits over guys head. I have a great deal of athleticism."
"I think professional wrestling, and I know some people are bitter about the wrestling thing, but I tell you what, wrestling made Bobby Lashley. It’s made me who I am right now."
"A lot of professional wrestling fans want to see what Bobby Lashley has. In the same token, to fight in front of eighty-five thousand people at Wrestlemainia and ten to twenty thousand on a regular basis, wrestling has prepared me for that to a point where I get out there and I embrace that."
On a fight with Brock Lesnar...
"I hope Brock continues to win, that’s one thing. I would want to have that fight for the title."
"I think when Brock comes, I’m going to be 100% ready for that big clash of the titans."
More in the full interview:
http://www.fighthype.com/pages/content4461.html
wwe wrestlers are dominating. i love it. it makes the purists so mad.
Lashley has the skills to be one of the best HWs weve ever seen in mma to date.
This is like the Dawn of MMA, things are changing, REAL LEGIT ATHLETES are now training in MMA and you can see it everyday with guys like Rashad, Rampage, King Mo, Anthony Johnson etc.
Bobby Lashley Is HUGE, Athletic, explosive, strong, and fast. He trains harder than anyone in MMA and has the skills to be the GOAT IMO.
Give him 2-3 years and we wont even be talking about Fedor anymore. it will be lesnar and Lashley IMO.
Gone are the days where unathletic champions like Chuck, Randy, Hughes, Frankling were dominant. Here are the days of the true athlete.
The Game has changed Big time.
Lashley is a hypothetical @this point still.
Chris Power - No, you'd just fight an old man.
The guy has had one pro fight. There is no shame in him facing Shamrock. I don't see anyone giving Forrest Griffin shit for fighting Dan Severn in his first fight.
Ken can't take a punch anymore, but the guy can still leglock the shit out of people. Shammy will provide an interesting test for Lashley.
KriegerVonGott -
People who talk about themselves in the third person need shot.
People who say "need shot" need TO BE shot.
Sam Lombardo - He trains harder than anyone in MMA
I'm on the Lashley wagon, but the above statement is horseshit.
"need shot"
What,is he going duck hunting?
Sam Lombardo -
Gone are the days where unathletic champions like Chuck, Randy, Hughes, Frankling were dominant. Here are the days of the true athlete.
Are you kidding me? All those guys are athletes, too. Maybe not on the level of Lashley, but 3 of the 4 were collegiate or international wrestlers. You don't get to that level without being an athlete.
Steve4192 -Sam Lombardo - He trains harder than anyone in MMA
I'm on the Lashley wagon, but the above statement is horseshit.
from the stuff i heard coming from that gem and ppl around him say he never gets tired, trains 6-7hrs a day at FULL SPEED and only takes sundays off, even when he doesnt have a fight scheduled
Sam Lombardo -
Gone are the days where unathletic champions like Chuck, Randy, Hughes, Frankling were dominant. Here are the days of the true athlete.
LOL at Hughes & Couture being 'unathletic'. You don't get to be an NCAA All-American without being a great athlete. Randy Couture was a two-time NCAA runner up and a three-time Olympic alternate for God's sake.
CJJScout -Sam Lombardo -
Gone are the days where unathletic champions like Chuck, Randy, Hughes, Frankling were dominant. Here are the days of the true athlete.
Are you kidding me? All those guys are athletes, too. Maybe not on the level of Lashley, but 3 of the 4 were collegiate or international wrestlers. You don't get to that level without being an athlete.
lol, sense when did you have to be an athlete to wrestle? Wrestling is not an athletic sport. I had a buddy who I played football with in high school who was like the most unathletic player on the squad
the guy could barley jump rope, couldnt do the tire drill without tripping over his feet. But he was a State Champion every year in wrestling, he was strong and big so he just powered people in wrestling. He got a wrestling scholarship but yet he is still unathletic to this date
Matt Hughes is not athletic, thats why his striking is so fucking sloppy and his footwork is something to be ashamed of.
An athetic wrestling example is Rashad, thats why he was able to learn striking so quickly and footwork
Sam Lombardo - Lashley has the skills to be one of the best HWs weve ever seen in mma to date.
This is like the Dawn of MMA, things are changing, REAL LEGIT ATHLETES are now training in MMA and you can see it everyday with guys like Rashad, Rampage, King Mo, Anthony Johnson etc.
Bobby Lashley Is HUGE, Athletic, explosive, strong, and fast. He trains harder than anyone in MMA and has the skills to be the GOAT IMO.
Give him 2-3 years and we wont even be talking about Fedor anymore. it will be lesnar and Lashley IMO.
Gone are the days where unathletic champions like Chuck, Randy, Hughes, Frankling were dominant. Here are the days of the true athlete.
The Game has changed Big time.
Fedor is the most dominant athlete ever in the sport. To say that a big athletic guy with one fight and elite wrestling is going to make us forget Fedor at this stage of the game is ridiculious. Lashley has all the potential in the world but Fedor has been doing this his whole life and walking through everyone he has faced. Do not dethrone Fedor just yet ok...
There are successful wrestlers who arent exactly athletic.
Couture and Hughes are NOT examples of that however.
Steve4192 -Sam Lombardo -
Gone are the days where unathletic champions like Chuck, Randy, Hughes, Frankling were dominant. Here are the days of the true athlete.
LOL at Hughes & Couture being 'unathletic'. You don't get to be an NCAA All-American without being a great athlete. Randy Couture was a two-time NCAA runner up and a three-time Olympic alternate for God's sake.
Yes, thats why they dont show wrestling olympics on TV. Thats just like calling the bob sleeders athletes. Just because its called a sport doesnt mean its athletic.
If he was so athletic, he wouldnt be as slow as a 70 yr old man
The guy has 2 left feet, hes worse than Jardine when it comes to footwork.
You guys need to get a clue, seriously. I cant believe how many of you actually belive these guys are athletes. If you ever watched a randy or hughes fight and the thought came into your mind, "this guy is an athlete" then something is not clicking right.
YOu watch GSP and you think, damn, what an athlete. you watch Rashard evans and you think, damn, what an athlete. You watch Randy couture and you think, damn, what a tough guy
Sam Lombardo -
from the stuff i heard coming from that gem and ppl around him say he never gets tired, trains 6-7hrs a day at FULL SPEED and only takes sundays off, even when he doesnt have a fight scheduled
I don't doubt that he works his ass off, but you will hear the same kind of stories from guys at every gym in the world in regards to one of their own. The guys at Extreme Couture will tell you the same thing in regards to Forrest Griffin, the guys at AKA will tell you the same thing in regards to Cain Velasquez, the guys at ACS will tell you the same thing about Jamie Varner, etc. Training partners are almost invariably the worst source possible when it comes to getting an unbiased assessment of a fighter.
I'm sure Lashley trains hard, but to say he 'trains harder than anyone in MMA' is asinine, unless you have seen how everyone in MMA trains. Just say he works his ass off. Nobody will argue with that.
dsausage -Sam Lombardo - Lashley has the skills to be one of the best HWs weve ever seen in mma to date.
This is like the Dawn of MMA, things are changing, REAL LEGIT ATHLETES are now training in MMA and you can see it everyday with guys like Rashad, Rampage, King Mo, Anthony Johnson etc.
Bobby Lashley Is HUGE, Athletic, explosive, strong, and fast. He trains harder than anyone in MMA and has the skills to be the GOAT IMO.
Give him 2-3 years and we wont even be talking about Fedor anymore. it will be lesnar and Lashley IMO.
Gone are the days where unathletic champions like Chuck, Randy, Hughes, Frankling were dominant. Here are the days of the true athlete.
The Game has changed Big time.
Fedor is the most dominant athlete ever in the sport. To say that a big athletic guy with one fight and elite wrestling is going to make us forget Fedor at this stage of the game is ridiculious. Lashley has all the potential in the world but Fedor has been doing this his whole life and walking through everyone he has faced. Do not dethrone Fedor just yet ok...
Trust me, I seen the guy traine and I seen his fights. Im like the guy who found Mike Tyson on the streets and knew he could be champion, the guy who found Antonio Gates at the grocery store.
You know what I mean?
Some guys just have SCARY TALENT, and Lashley is one of those guys. You watch him do a 30 min workout and you leave stunned, like you just watched Michael Jordan at his best
sounds like he's intimidatingly stupid
Steve4192 -Sam Lombardo -
from the stuff i heard coming from that gem and ppl around him say he never gets tired, trains 6-7hrs a day at FULL SPEED and only takes sundays off, even when he doesnt have a fight scheduled
I don't doubt that he works his ass off, but you will hear the same kind of stories from guys at every gym in the world in regards to one of their own. The guys at Extreme Couture will tell you the same thing in regards to Forrest Griffin, the guys at AKA will tell you the same thing in regards to Cain Velasquez, the guys at ACS will tell you the same thing about Jamie Varner, etc. Training partners are almost invariably the worst source possible when it comes to getting an unbiased assessment of a fighter.
I'm sure Lashley trains hard, but to say he 'trains harder than anyone in MMA' is asinine, unless you have seen how everyone in MMA trains. Just say he works his ass off. Nobody will argue with that.
Ive seen a lot of countdown shows, all access and scene a few guys inthe gem myself.
Nothing compares and I mean NOTHING compares to what I seen LIVE with Bobby lashley