{"id":46429,"date":"2017-08-16T10:47:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T15:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=46429"},"modified":"2017-08-16T10:49:53","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T15:49:53","slug":"bobby-lashley-conference-call-recap-816-lashley-lambert-lashleys-mma-wrestling-future-gfw-stripping-el-patron-concussions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/08\/16\/bobby-lashley-conference-call-recap-816-lashley-lambert-lashleys-mma-wrestling-future-gfw-stripping-el-patron-concussions\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobby Lashley Conference Call Recap 8\/15: Lashley &amp; Lambert on Lashley&#8217;s MMA &amp; wrestling future, GFW stripping El Patron, concussions and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4081935708\" 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>Former GFW World Champion Bobby Lashley took part in Global Force Wrestling&#8217;s weekly conference call on Tuesday, hyping GFW&#8217;s Destination-X themed episode of Impact on Thursday night and his match with Matt Sydal. Lashley was also joined by American Top Team owner Dan Lambert, discussing his work as a wrestler and MMA fighter, and American Top Team&#8217;s stance that Lashley should focus more on MMA before his window of opportunity in the sport closes.<\/p>\n<p>Lashley said he and Lambert were discussing when his next fight for Bellator might be, but he was targeting a fight soon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On American Top Team preferring that Lashley stick to MMA &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think everybody just wants me to make some kind of decision. There\u2019s a huge opportunity in Bellator right now, especially in the heavyweight division, and I\u2019d feel really confident going against any of those guys but in order to do that I probably have to pay a little more attention into my MMA training. Maybe I\u2019ll need to get down there and stay into camp a little bit more, focus a little bit more on that if I want to be the champion, which I have the opportunity to do.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think (my coaches) are just trying to say \u2018Hey, you have a lot of opportunity here\u2019 and, like we talked about before, there are big money fights out there for me also. You\u2019ve got Fedor out there, and talking about cross promotion, I\u2019d love to fight Brock if I got the opportunity and anything else out there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>American Top Team&#8217;s Dan Lambert on Lashley wrestling and fighting &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m trying to think of a diplomatic way of putting it because I\u2019m a wrestling fan myself, I\u2019m friends with Jeff Jarrett and I\u2019ve got a lot of respect for the company so I don\u2019t want to be the guy disrespecting pro wrestling and telling Bobby what\u2019s better for him. I\u2019ll wait for him to make his own decisions but I\u2019ve been biting Bobby\u2019s ear a little bit because I think his window of opportunity, as it relates to MMA, is not gonna stay open quite as long as his window of opportunity in wrestling. I think he needs to focus on which one he can make the most money on and which one he can make the bigger splash in right now. In my opinion, that\u2019s MMA.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dan Lambert on Mayweather\/MacGregor and Jon Jones challenging Brock Lesnar &#8230;<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-954333863\" 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<p>&#8220;I think people are going to go where the money is. Obviously Mayweather and MacGregor is huge and it\u2019ll be one of the biggest pay-per-views of all time. I know there\u2019s lots of guys at our gym, including Junior Dos Santos, have already started calling out professional heavyweight boxers. People wanna go where the buzz is and wanna see the matchups that are gonna pay the most amount of money. I would not be surprised at all, based on the success of the show coming up, if we don\u2019t at least see more guys calling each other out. Whether those fights come to fruition, I guess that\u2019s up to the promoters and how hard the fans want to see it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>On GFW suspending Alberto El Patron and stripping him of the GFW World Title &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we go out there and do something we have to hold ourselves accountable for the things that we do. The company has to do what they have to do. It\u2019s an unfortunate situation. I don\u2019t know all of the details because I try to stay out of that. My business and my contract says for me to be a performer and do that part, not to do any of the backstage or office stuff. The one thing I do know is, who needs the title? That\u2019s me. Give me my title back. I could care less what\u2019s going on with him. I\u2019m just here to compete and now there\u2019s an open title. That\u2019s what I\u2019m focussed on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>On his match this Thursday against Matt Sydal at GFW&#8217;s Destination-X themed episode of Impact &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a different matchup for me than I\u2019m used to, with him being so small, but his being a high-flyer is going to be exciting for people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just had an opportunity to go to Toronto this past weekend and get in the ring with one of the guys that mimics Matt Sydal \u2013 a guy by the name of \u2018Speedball\u2019 Mike Bailey. It\u2019s almost the same style that I had to wrestle so I got my little extra practice in to get ready for Matt Sydal. I\u2019m gonna go out there looking to murder him and he\u2019s gonna try and stay away from me and get something over on me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>On wrestling Kurt Angle in his final TNA match &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve done a lot of things in wrestling \u2013 big pay-per-views all across the world, from WrestleMania to everything else \u2013 but I put that match all the way at the top. Not at the top of everything, but I think it\u2019s my top two or three. Reason being, I\u2019ve always looked up to Kurt. I was watching him when I was in high school wrestling and Kurt was winning nationals in college.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2054603880\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;When I went to college and was winning national championships, Kurt was winning the World and Olympic championships. I just kind of followed him all the way up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Afterwards, when I was at the Olympic training center, Kurt came to there to do a vignette and Kurt is the one that found me. He said, \u2018You ever think about professional wrestling?\u2019 We talked for a little bit and I passed my number on. The rest is history. He\u2019s the one that got me into professional wrestling.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For 12 years I was in pro wrestling, Kurt and I never crossed paths. When I went to WWE, he went to TNA, when I went to TNA, he stepped out and was fighting, he came back and I was out and then I finally came back. This whole time he mentored me along the way, we would always talk to me on the phone and we\u2019d talk about different matches and what to do and he\u2019d just help me out with the politics of wrestling. Actually having an opportunity to wrestle him, towards the end, that was the one thing that I was pulling for so hard. I was telling them \u2018if Kurt is getting ready to retire, you gotta get me in the ring with him.\u2019 It was incredible. We had two big matches in each time it was like you were in the ring with your teacher. I like Kurt\u2019s style, I mimic Kurt\u2019s style to a certain extent so to me it was amazing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>On how his MMA training has affected his pro wrestling style &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everybody is out there learning the same thing and doing the same thing, and with having an MMA background, I throw some of that into my matches. I go for a lot more submissions, I\u2019m doing more striking, as opposed to just professional wrestling stuff. That gives the crowd something different to see and it gives me the edge. I enjoy fighting but if I don\u2019t use my fighting in my wrestling then I\u2019m doing myself a disservice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Wrestling has changed over the years. Before it was the big guy and bodybuilder look, now it\u2019s completely changed. A lot of the wrestlers across the board are more athletic. That style is very similar to my MMA style so I don\u2019t necessarily train for professional wrestling anymore. With MMA, you have your strength &amp; conditioning and with wrestling you\u2019re gonna use your various strikes and grappling, everything like that. My wrestling and MMA training is basically the same but, of course, when I have a fight coming up I\u2019m gonna ramp it up a little bit and work a little bit more in depth on striking or something that will suit my fight but I don\u2019t try to switch back and forth any more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>On how his wrestling schedule changes his MMA training &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s mostly just with sparring. Going into a taping, we&#8217;ll ramp down my sparring because I don&#8217;t want to spar heavy going into a set of tapings. Then it&#8217;s the same thing for when I get back from a taping, we&#8217;ll start slow with sparring because I know after being on the road and taping for Impact, it&#8217;s going to be hard to go right back in and spar right away. But my strength and conditioning and all my other training stays the same. It&#8217;s just my sparring.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>On his concussion history and if he is worried about the affects of CTE &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve had no documented concussions. I try to take care of myself as much as possible. One thing you have to take into consideration is that it\u2019s professional wrestling and you know it going in. There\u2019s dangers to every profession and our particular profession, concussions is one thing. I can go and fight, take one punch and have a concussion and start having issues with it or I can wrestle my entire career and never have a concussion. It\u2019s just a hazard of the business.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My ex-girlfriend was a cheerleader and they say cheerleading is the most dangerous sport out there. If you do your research, it\u2019ll say there\u2019s more cheerleading accidents than any other sport. Are we gonna stop cheerleading because there\u2019s concussions in there? Then you look at rugby, and even soccer. Soccer guys are running into each other, you take one good fall on the ground and he\u2019s concussed so would you have soccer players wear helmets? These are some of the things that we can find out that there are these problems in different areas and we can do whatever we can to prevent those problems but some problems are just inevitable. It\u2019s combat sports, it\u2019s gonna happen. There\u2019s always gonna be fighting, there\u2019s always gonna be wrestling, always gonna be football, always gonna rugby, cheerleading. The best things we can do is look at prevention and find some ways to detect it a little bit sooner. 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