Ring Rust Radio interviewed former TNA World Champion and Bellator MMA star Bobby Lashley recently.
Last month, Bellator higher ups admitted they would be interested at making a play for Brock Lesnar once his WWE contract expired in 2015. Obviously getting into a bidding war with the UFC would not be in their favor, but Lashley did have a lot to say about a potential fight with the current reigning world champion.
“…If Brock does sign over with Bellator I think one of the biggest fights he could have is me … The crazy part is I have never even come face to face with Brock. I don’t know him and I have never met him. We just have always had a lot of comparison so this time give the fans what they want. Brock and I would beat each other up pretty bad but we will walk away very financially healthy … Our styles match and we wouldn’t over do the other person since we have the same styles. It would be a very strategic match and I like the match up … Any fighter at the end of the day that says it’s not about the money is ridiculous. We wouldn’t be training this hard, putting our bodies on the line, and torturing our bodies if there wasn’t a payday at the end of the day.”
He also mentioned that he’d like to keep his current trio with Kenny King and MVP together as long as possible.
“Our characters on TV are pretty close to what we are in real life, almost. I’m more the quiet and reserved person but I do the fighting and I’m pretty intense in that instance. Kenny King, his character on TV is him. They put us together and it was pretty organic and we just meshed together. I’ve known MVP for a long time and then we put Kenny King in there and he just fit like a piece of a puzzle … I think it’s something fun, it’s different, and it works. So I would like to keep it going. Backstage we are all friends and we all mesh really well.”
Bobby Lashley will step back into the cage for his 15th professional fight in February at Bellator 134. He faces 260-pound James Thompson, one of only two men to beat the former WWE star in his MMA career.
Check out the complete interview at the link at the top of this article, and visit Sherdog.com for all your MMA news.
