{"id":34013,"date":"2016-10-25T14:13:24","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T19:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=34013"},"modified":"2016-10-25T14:21:54","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T19:21:54","slug":"bobby-lashley-says-hed-like-fight-brock-lesnar-mma-predicts-fight-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/10\/25\/bobby-lashley-says-hed-like-fight-brock-lesnar-mma-predicts-fight-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobby Lashley says he&#8217;d like to fight Brock Lesnar in MMA, predicts how the fight would go (w\/Keller&#8217;s Analysis)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-636843776\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Bobby Lashley, who fights for Bellator and wrestles for TNA Impact, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2016\/10\/25\/bobby-lashley-brock-lesnar-mma-fight\/?adid=hero1\">tells TMZ<\/a>\u00a0he wants to keep doing both, but he is eyeing both the Bellator Heavyweight Title and a potential Brock Lesnar fight. The following is what Lashley had to say about those topics:<\/p>\n<p>-On whether he is going to keep working for both TNA and Bellator: &#8220;Well, for right now, it has to be both because the way my contracts are set up. I love wrestling, and I think I could do wrestling forever, but I&#8217;m doing whatever takes care of my kids and family the best. There&#8217;s a Heavyweight Title open in Bellator and if I start leaning toward that, I might have to lean more on fighting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>-On whether he&#8217;d like to fight Brock Lesnar: &#8220;I think it would be really interesting. There have been a lot of people who have asked me that. I get asked that almost every day. I think there&#8217;s so much money in that.<\/p>\n<p>-On the style of fight he projects he&#8217;d have with Brock Lesnar: &#8220;I think it would turn into a slugfest. I know Brock isn&#8217;t going to be taken down by easy takedowns. It&#8217;s going to be hard. I scramble really well. Brock has a little more size on me, but I scramble really well, so it&#8217;d be hard for him to have a takedown. So neither one of us would be taken down, we&#8217;d have to rely on striking. It&#8217;d be a slugfest. I think it&#8217;d be a fun fight to have.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>-On whether he thinks he&#8217;d win: &#8220;I get into fights where I know my hand is going to get raised, and that&#8217;s one I feel confident on\u2026 I&#8217;m not going to say Brock is going to win. Of course I see my hand raised in any fight I&#8217;m in.<\/p>\n<p><em>Keller&#8217;s Analysis: Given Lashley&#8217;s lack of Top Ten Heavyweight competition in amassing his 15-2 record, compared to Lesnar&#8217;s impressive top five level competition\u00a0most of his fights to compile his 6-3 record, there&#8217;s little reason to expect Lesnar wouldn&#8217;t be a deserved heavy favorite. Lashley hasn&#8217;t won against inferior competition in impressive enough fashion to provide any evidence that he should be anything but a considerable underdog. That said, this battle of two heavyweight pro wrestlers who are only about a year apart in age (Lashley 40, Lesnar 39) would likely draw a considerable buyrate and crossover interest among pro wrestling and MMA fans. With Lesnar&#8217;s contracts\u00a0with UFC and WWE, and Lashley&#8217;s contracts with Bellator and TNA, I don&#8217;t see this on the horizon. I think Lesnar has proven any fights he has left should be against proven top five ranked heavyweights whereas Lashley needs to get a few impressive wins against actual top 15 fighters before this should be even considered.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2016\/10\/25\/bobby-lashley-brock-lesnar-mma-fight\/?adid=hero1\">CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOW JUMP TO OUR ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ON LASHLEY:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mmatorch.com\/2016\/10\/22\/roundtable-pt-1-bobby-lashley-went-ufc-appropriate-first-opponents-close-top-15-hvt\/\">ROUNDTABLE (pt. 1): If Bobby Lashley went to UFC, who would be the appropriate first opponents for him, and how close is he to a Top 15 Hvt?<\/a><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2755796813\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2230050448\"><div id=\"pwtor-1940564966\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Bobby Lashley, who fights for Bellator and wrestles for TNA Impact, tells TMZ\u00a0he wants to keep doing both, but he is eyeing both the Bellator Heavyweight Title and a potential Brock Lesnar fight. 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