It wasn't a big night for Bobby Lashley. Once again, he looked one-dimensional in its fight against Griggs Chad. Suffered a nasty cut below his left eye which hasn't exactly motivate him to fight harder. Lashley gassed also out to half in the second round. Worst of all, has its first loss MMA was a guy nobody thought had a chance. After the performance, it will be pretty hard to sell Lashley in a fight against an opponent of big name. He also played like Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker was going to need some convincing.
"We will be able to talk to Bobby later.You know that he is going to do some soul searching and really decide what do you want to do, "said Coker."But if he decides to fight, we will have him back. "
The MMA blogosphere reacted strongly to that statement. Was an overreaction by pundits MMA? We're not sure.It was a bold statement from Coker on a guy who had just lost his first battle.Lashley, 34, is still a good prospect but has clearly things that he needs to work on. Certainly this does not mean that his career is no future. especially if we discover that he was dealing with a serious ailment in or during the fight.
Coker explained his position on nation MMA radio show of WJFK (mark 5: 25).
"Mixed martial arts is sport where sometimes you're going to get hit, you're going to get hurt. not like pro wrestling," said Coker. "How is working his way he is going to get to a point where it says ' is this something that I want to do? 'You work your way and now you get a real clear picture of what is mixed martial arts and want to work through it and continue, or want to do something else? "
Coker may have questions about dedication of Lashley but he knows one thing, the hype machine Lashley must slow down.
"The thing that is not right for Bobby is that he has all these high expectations from all these people," Coker said host Luke Thomas."People think you should be right in there with Fedor. I mean come on, let's be real, he is not at that level right now."
The torch PW reported on what has forced Lashley to the hospital after the fight.
Lashley was said to be "very dehydrated" after his fight against Chad Griggs on paper "Showtime: Houston" fight. hospital, Lashley was treated with multiple IV bags for fluid pump Back in his system.
Coker said he believes still Lashley would continue his career MMA but was evasive on a struggle against fellow pro wrestler Dave Batista. Coker said on nation MMA that Anderson had already reached at Strikeforce and wants to fight immediately.
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