Strikeforce News: Lashley Hopeful He'll Be Ready For Whoever His Opponent Will Be

by Kelvin Hunt on Jan 21, 2010 12:00 PM EST in News

Bobby Lashley is scheduled to fight on January 30th during the Strikeforce: "Miami" card. However, the only problem is that he doesn't have an opponent finalized yet and the event is just over a week away. Lashley gave his thoughts about the situation via MMAWeekly:

"I've been dealing with a good amount of stress the last few weeks, just trying to get everything situated," Lashley commented. "I'm one man, and I just want to have an opportunity to fight, and it seems kind of hard because one thing it's opponents, and then where and when, and all that, so it's a little stressful.

"I'm trying to keep my eye on the prize. I keep training and try to stay ready so whoever they pick, hopefully I'll be ready for them."

If we'll remember, Lashley did some verbal sparring with MMA veteran Jason Guida prior to his second career MMA fight. The fight was a lot closer than most expected it to be with Lashley winning a unanimous decision. Afterwards, he admitted that the pre-fight trash talk was a distraction and messed with his mindset. One has to wonder just how much not knowing who he'll be fighting will affect him. The rumor mill has conjured up MMA veteran and TUF 10 contestant Wes Sims(22-12) as a possible opponent. However, nothing has been finalized as of yet.

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I can see

how finding the right can for Lashley could be stressful.

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by _Felix_ on Jan 21, 2010 12:16 PM EST reply actions

open auditions for strikeforce. you must be 250 pounds.

you must be very muscular and know how to take a beating like a man. p.s. working for minimum wage is a plus.

i'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. i was building a house, i don't deserve this, deserves have nothing to do with it. bang. "unforgiven"

by wolfmanshowlforever on Jan 21, 2010 1:57 PM EST reply actions

I see someone has been digging around the want-ads on Craigslist in the San Jose area!

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by -Neil- on Jan 21, 2010 4:11 PM EST up reply actions

This isn't Japan y'all!

A quote from Forrest that I love not only because it’s scathing not only in it’s truth, but also it’s application and delivery. This is an allegedly a world-class organization that has the best fighters in the world, and yet they can’t seem to figure out an opponent for a dude on the poster nine days (or less) before the event? This isn’t THAT hard fellas, you get a guy well ahead of time so you can get him approved by the athletic comission, and have another fighter or two in mind on backup incase he falls through. The Robby Lawler debacle was bad enough, but this just makes Strikeforce look so, so indie.

And for the record, I’m not using indie in a way like how you’d use to describe some skinny 20-something girl who dies her hair, wears throwback shirts (Rainbow Bright, Carebears, etc) and a whole bunch of bracelettes because she thinks it’s non-mainstream. I’m talking about the kind of indie that you’d use to describe a pro wrestling group that has a rickety 40 year old ring, and that makes appearances at flea-markets in the tri-county area every other weekend.

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by -Neil- on Jan 21, 2010 4:23 PM EST reply actions