Which Promotion Should King Mo Lawal Sign With?
by Kelvin Hunt on Aug 29, 2009 12:00 PM EDT
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King Mo Lawal had spent the bulk of his career fighting in Japan, but finally made his North American debut last night against an over matched MMA pioneer in Mark Kerr. Lawal was able to catch a Kerr kick and dump him on the mat then unloaded several unanswered punches to Kerr's head for the win. King Mo Lawal is now a free agent, and has basically stated that he's looking for a promotion that offers three things:
- A promotion that will allow him to fight often
- A promotion that will pay him well
- A promotion that wants him
Lawal has a lot of options in that he can fight as a heavyweight as he did last night, as a light heavyweight as he usually does, or he could probably make the cut down to middleweight if he really wanted to do so. Lawal doesn't seem overly concerned about fighting the best competition right now, and he shouldn't since he is only 5 fights into his career. However, I think it's important that he begin to take those strides as most up and coming prospect do to make a name for themselves against more credible opposition. Which promotion should King Mo Lawal sign with?
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to green for the ufc imo. 5 fights, but who’s the best fighter he’s beaten? good fit for strikeforce as long as they keep him away from mousasi for a while, and let him build himself up a bit. he could be great or he could be the next soku or houston alexander, can’t tell for sure untill he faces a top opponent. who knows? the ufc might sign just so SF can’t. they have been doing the alot lately. :)
agreed UFC would not pick up a guy with that little experince unless the fighter has a large following. IMO I would like to see him go to Strikeforce and after 2 or 3 lefit opponetts I would like to see him fight Gegard.
by Erich Vowell on Aug 29, 2009 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions
In Mo’s debut fight he TKO’d Travis Wiuff who was 54-11 at the time (now 56-12). Naito was 14- 4, Fabio Silva was 8-3, and Kawamura was 9-3.
The only person who’s fought and beat comp that tough from the jump is Joe Warren. The Kerr fight is the only one I felt was silly.
Suffer the pain of discipline or suffer the pain of regret..
by The Demolition Man on Aug 29, 2009 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Yea
But the major of all of those wins aren’t against very good competition…I mean he hasn’t fought absolute chumps…but it’s time to move up in competition just a bit…
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I think he should sign with Strikeforce.
Suffer the pain of discipline or suffer the pain of regret..
by The Demolition Man on Aug 29, 2009 7:09 PM EDT reply actions
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