Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Bobby Lashley To Fight On Strikeforce’s April CBS Show

Posted by FightScoops on Saturday, January 9, 2010
Filed under Strikeforce · Tagged with Bobby Lashley, Fedor Emelianenko, lashley strikeforce april, strikeformce miami, yohan banks

Strikeforce Heavyweight Bobby Lashley

TNA wrestler Bobby Lashley confirms that he has signed on for Strikeforce’s next event in April that will be airing live on CBS at a date still to be determined. An opponent has not been named yet for Lashley’s national TV MMA debut.

Lashley just signed to fight Yohan Banks at Strikeforce: Miami on 1/30 (airing on Showtime) and says his goal is to fight six times this year for Strikeforce. Lashley told Heavy.com:

“We’re going to do the fight on the 30th in Miami, and then turn around and do the April 19th fight on CBS. I told them I wanted to stay active. If they want to give me six fights this year, I’ll take six fights this year. I need more fights under my belt so that when that big fight comes, I’m ready for it.”

Lashley said he signed with Strikeforce so he could eventually get “that big fight” against Fedor Emelianenko, who is considered to be the top MMA fighter in the world. At 6 fights a year, he’ll certainly have a chance to rack up a few wins and prove himself worthy of a shot at ‘The Last Emperor’.

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