Bobby Lashley to fight Bob Sapp

[TFK]

http://mmajunkie.com/news/14646/bobb...ississippi.mma

Former World Wrestling Entertainment star and up-and-coming mixed-martial-arts heavyweight fighter Bobby Lashley (2-0) will fight former NFL lineman and kickboxer Bob Sapp (10-3-1) on June 27.

Lashley, an American Top Team fighter, announced the super-heavyweight fight with a Monday Twitter posting.

Lashley, who defeated Joshua Franklin and Jason Guida in his first two pro bouts, will now take on a competitor who will surely sell some tickets but likely to do little to help him mover up the MMA ladder.

The fight takes place at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Miss., for an upstart (and currently unnamed) MMA promotion.

While a victory over Sapp will likely do little to help Lashley's reputation in the industry, the K-1 kickboxer does present a legitimate challenge based on his size alone. The approximately 350-pound Sapp will likely outweigh Lashley by 100 pounds on fight night, and his 6-foot-5 frame should give him a reach advantage.

However, given Lashely's wrestling credentials (he's a two-time NAIA national collegiate wrestling champion), Sapp could be in serious trouble if the fight goes to the ground.

Sapp is 5-1 in his past six MMA fights. He last competed at the Dec. 31 K-1 Dynamite!! show in Japan, where he defeated Akihito Tanaka (who was dressed as a cartoon character) with a first-round TKO.

I wouldn't put too much faith in this happening, since the promotion behind it hasn't even been named, but it would be a fun freakshow fight.

I've never seen anyone that hates getting hit in the face more then Sapp, so that's all Lashley needs to do to win. Chances are he won't be able to outmuscle him.

TFK

[jarhead]

This fight just screams Japan, I am suprised Dream didn't pick this up as a sideshow fight. Pride had the best freakshow fights. Remember Giant Silva? I used to love that guy!

[*Z*]

Considering Lashley wasn't all that impressive against Jason Guida it's not a given Lashley wins. It's a significant step up for Lashley. Sapp could even win this.

[jarhead]

Considering Lashley wasn't all that impressive against Jason Guida it's not a given Lashley wins. It's a significant step up for Lashley. Sapp could even win this.

no doubt, Sapp is a freakshow, but his sheer size alone is hard to deal with.

[Trplsec]

Sapp's definitely a test no matter what the circumstances.

[TFK]

Lashley won tonight, choking out someone called Mike Cook with a guillotine in about 10 seconds tonight on HDNet.


TFK

[jarhead]

Lashley won tonight, choking out someone called Mike Cook with a guillotine in about 10 seconds tonight on HDNet.


TFK

thanks for the info TFK, do you know the promotion?

[TFK]

thanks for the info TFK, do you know the promotion?

MFC out of Canada. They show them on HDNet all the time. Not a bad little promotion, although it's a ring and not a cage.

TFK

[Bob N Weave]

It was pathetic. That clown pretty much stuck his neck out and whispered "ok go ahead and end this" in the first 10 seconds of the fight. Pathetic.

[jarhead]

yeah, that was pathetic.

I actually thought the matchup was a decent one for Lashley too. I had seen Mike Cook fight on Elite XC. He lost but didn't look horrible like he did there. I just looked up his record, he is above 500 and has a win over Carter Williams from K-1. Lashley is just so fucking strong.

by the way anyone know the dimensions on that ring? it looks huge!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHwIqD3bRPk