Bobby Lashley: Not going to go on the UG and hate
Jason Nawara: Coming from someone who still is active and wrestles in Japan, why is MMA dying over there? Bobby Lashley:…
Jason Nawara: Coming from someone who still is active and wrestles in Japan, why is MMA dying over there?
Bobby Lashley: Oh man, I don’t know as far as MMA. I don’t know whats going on. I think they put a lot into a few names but with all these other organizations people started disappearing on them. When I go down there to wrestle every few months it’s great, they always sell out.
JN: Why do you think that is? Why has pro wrestling been able to sustain while MMA has not?
BL: Pro wrestling is never gonna die, part of the reason is with wrestling, you know you’re going to be entertained for as long as the show goes. 2 hour show, 2 hours of entertainment. In MMA it’s so unpredictable no one ever knows what’s going to happen. So it’s a toss up with what they are trying to do. Do you have good match ups or do you highlight your stars and keep the entertainment aspect of it. I think some promotions don’t know which way to go and it’s confusing to the crowd.
JN: So would you say you are going to take on Abe Wagner or Tim Sylvia in the near future?
BL: I don’t know the details about my future just yet, but I know I’m still under contract with Strikeforce. I found out through Coker and those guys, I’m still under contract with Strikeforce til late April I guess, after that I can renegotiate or look for other fights.
JN: Would you say a lot of the fighters aren’t getting enough fights in Strikeforce?
BL: It just depends on who you are. some people have in their contract that they can fight in Strikeforce or other places on their off time. Cormier was fighting a fight every month, some people get the opportunity’s to take the fights like that some don’t.
JN: What do you have to say to all of your haters?
BL: I don’t even comment to those guys man. I look at it like this, I think a lot of the times, haters are from different camps or these jealous people. I think those people are always going to be there. A comedian said something I thought was really true and funny: if you have 10 haters now you should want 20 by the end of the year. The more success you get the more haters you’re going to get. I’m not going to go on the forums, The Underground and give myself little aliases to try to make myself feel better bashing on other fighters. I think I have a little more appreciation and respect for the MMA fight game in order to not do that and I think it’s the most childish thing you can do. It’s sad that the fighters and we have managers agents and all kinds of people jumping on these forums and doing that and it doing this, that’s just not me. So to all my haters keep hating. Ha, you are helping sell my career so keep on going.