King Mo: Dr. Kevorkian is ready to pull the plug on Strikeforce
“I (had) thought Strikeforce was a cancer patient,” he told MMAjunkie.com Radio. “Man, it’s a damn AIDS patient instead –…
“I (had) thought Strikeforce was a cancer patient,” he told MMAjunkie.com Radio. “Man, it’s a damn AIDS patient instead – with Dr. Jack Kevorkian in the background ready to pull the plug.”
Lawal’s criticism began even before the event, “Strikeforce Grand Prix: Barnett vs. Kharitonov,” which took place Saturday at Cincinanti’s U.S. Bank Arena. Lawal (8-1 MMA, 3-1 SF) defeated fellow light heavyweight Roger Gracie (4-1 MMA, 2-1 SF) via first-round knockout on the Showtime-televised main card.
Despite the victory and his long-awaited return from a 13-month layoff due to knee surgery, Lawal was irked even before the event. In fact, the exasperation was evident during a pre-event press conference, where he openly wondered why more media members weren’t covering the event. He then wondered why UFC-bound Strikeforce fighters – most notably Nick Diaz – were overshadowing the pre-show coverage.
And he couldn’t help but wonder how a major event with plenty of star power appeared to draw no more than 2,000 fans.
“It was a damn shame, dawg,” Lawal said. “It was sad. There was like, what? Two-thousand people there?”
