Trigg & The Voice honestly bash gassed Lashley
When a promoter wants to make one fighter or another into its next star, there are far too many announcers…
When a promoter wants to make one fighter or another into its next star, there are far too many announcers willing to overstate the fighter’s abilities and mislead the viewers into thinking they’re watching a better fighter than they are. So it was refreshing on Friday night to hear the HDNet announcing team of Michael Schiavello and Frank Trigg tell the audience the truth about Bobby Lashley, a big, muscular former wrestler whose physique looks impressive but whose MMA skills are limited and whose cardiovascular conditioning is atrocious.
Round 1
Schiavello – “It’s gone longer than most people thought it would.”
Trigg: “Lashley is exhausted. He burnt everything he had.”
Round 2
Schiavello – “Lashley has visibly slowed down.”
Schiavello – “He’s showing himself off to be a one-dimensional fighter.”
Schiavello – “This does not do Lashley any favors in trying to generally establish himself as a true mixed martial artist and impress his scathing critics.”
Trigg – “No, not at all.”
Round 3
Schiavello – “Bobby Lashley is breathing through his mouth. Bobby Lashley is gassed here.”
Trigg – “Lashley’s in a lot of trouble here, He’s exhausted. He’s got nothing left.”
Trigg – “Lashley didn’t prove to us, or to any naysayer, to anybody watching at home, one way or the other that he’s a legit heavyweight contender in any shape, fashion or form. He’s got a lot more work to do.”
Schiavello -“He has not silenced any critics yet.”
Trigg – “No, he made them louder. He still isn’t that good. He was exhausted after the first round. He still showed that he can’t finish a fight unless a guy just stands there and decides to get beaten up.”
Trigg – “Basically, what he is is a high-caliber college wrestler who spent some time in WWE, crossed over into fighting without learning anything else.”
