Spoiler****Bobby Lashley v Bob Sapp

Former World Wrestling Entertainment star and up-and-coming mixed-martial-arts heavyweight fighter Bobby Lashley (3-0) will fight former NFL lineman and kickboxer Bob Sapp (10-4-1) 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.

http://mmajunkie.com/news/14646/bobby-lashley-signs-to-fight-bob-sapp-on-june-27-in-mississippi.mma
I think this will be very interesting with a more experienced Sapp v an up-and-coming Lashley.:)

mark.leonard

Sapp will lose, quickly and definitively. You heard it here first

calex71

Bumping to remind folks this is tonight

TechnoPool

id say blink and you will miss it.


this isnt gonna last long. Second!

siochain

where can you see this?

cowzerp

easy win for lashley unless he's caught a lucky punch

calex71

well here it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXBut55bfkk

Not the best display of mma you'll ever see.

Roper

Probably should have some spoiler tags in here. Not that the result is spoiled really. You have to ask yourself why Sapp still does it.

dlofnep

Sapp's groundwork has improved. Still worthless.

The Yvel/Rizzo fight was brutal.

Kazooie

Questionable reffing in the Yvel - Rizzo fight for sure. Bloody hell. :eek:

Yvel could clearly see he was out and still blasted him 3 more times. What a pr*ck

dlofnep

Nothing new there ^

Tyler MacDurden

Kazooie wrote: »

Questionable reffing in the Yvel - Rizzo fight for sure. Bloody hell. :eek:

Yvel could clearly see he was out and still blasted him 3 more times. What a pr*ck

Absolutely, that referee is supposed to be there to ensure fighter safety, what the hell was he waiting for?

Yvel is an unsavoury character so that wasn't surprising, but he shouldn't have had the opportunity to tee off on a defenceless opponent. Sad to see Rizzo like that, suffered a few KOs lately I think?

calex71

Anyone catch the Tom Atencio fight ( the tshirt guy )?

Nice recovery in the 1st round , shame the fight didnt go to the 3rd round was enjoying it, Tom was in pretty good shape for 42 , some great comments after the fight about Dana

There were a few decent fights on the card more than I expected

I tought it was a terrible fight sorry i didn't think of putting spoiler tags in the title I made the thread a while ago to inform people about the fight.:p

calex71

Maybe i felt it was more exciting due to who Tom was and

the stick that in your pipe Dana factor , I really wanted to see the guy win, and when he got rocked early and recovered that showed some class from a guy of his age and experience i felt, felt he was pretty reserved in his comments after the fight RE: Dana showing some more class there funny an all as they were

dunkamania

Spoiler notice added to thread title.

Poor reffing all round.

Fair play to Atenico, was glad to see him get the W. Hes not fighting top guys, but you get the feeling hes fighting, just so he can be a fighter, and not to make any statement.

The ref stops the fight, not the fighter. Cant hold the Rizzo stoppage agaisnt Yvel. I am not trying to defend his past, but he was calling for the crowd to be quiet, until Rizzo had regained consciouness.

LAshley vs Sapp went as it was supposed too.

calex71

agreed Yvel's punches were the ref's fault , it was nowhere near a Sokoudjou's extra digs at dream 9 level now was it :eek:

Evil_Clown

A bit of perspective from the Yvel incident

http://www.mmatko.com/gilbert-yvel-post-fight-interview/

he does have a dodgy past but comes across well in this interview.
Totally the ref's fault imo

Jason Mc

yeah the refs job to stop a fight