HA! Bobby Lashley vs Ken Shamrock

[glassjaw]

MMAMania.com has posted the following announcement:

Former WWE superstar Bobby Lashley’s opponent for “March Badness” — a hybrid mixed martial arts
and boxing event being put on by former boxing champion Roy Jones Jr. — will be none other than UFC Hall-of-Famer Ken Shamrock
(27-13-2), according to BloodyElbow.com.

The pay-per-view (PPV) event will take place at the Pensacola Civic Center in Pensacola, Fla., on March 21.

Lashley is an absolute monster, weighing in right around the 265-pound heavyweight limit for his fights. He destroyed Joshua Franklin in under a minute during his MMA debut last December with devastating takedowns and a ground-and-pound that opened up a nasty fight ending gash on Franklin’s head.

One of the newest members of the prestigious American Top Team, Lashley has a rare blend of size, freakish athleticism and blazing quickness. He’s going to be a handful for anybody in a fight, let alone a 45-year-old man who’s lost 8 of his last 11 contests and hasn’t beaten a decent heavyweight since submitting Bas Rutten nearly 14 years ago.

“The World’s Most Dangerous Man” managed to win his most recent fight a couple of weeks ago over Ross Clifton at WarGods: “The Valentine’s Eve Massacre;” however Ross Clifton isn’t exactly comparable to a Goliath like Bobby Lashley.

The truth is, this is probably a more difficult match-up for Shamrock than even Kimbo Slice was when they were scheduled to lock horns last October, simply because of Lashley’s versatility as a decorated amateur wrestler and his overall explosiveness.

Shamrock pulled out of that scheduled match with Slice on fight night due to a cut sustained in warm-ups, and has since been accused by younger brother Frank of cutting himself to get out of the fight.

Regardless of whether or not that’s true, the fact is that Shamrock hasn’t seen action inside a cage or ring against a guy as big and as dangerous as Lashley in a long time. This one could get ugly.

Also expected to be in action is the man who put an end to the Kimbo Slice hype train last October with a 14-second technical knockout, Seth Petruzelli. He’ll lock horns with ex-WEC 205 pound champion Doug “The Rhino” Marshall. Top heavyweights Roy “Big Country” Nelson and Jeff “The Snowman” Monson will also collide in a featured MMA fight as well.

The boxing portion of the event will be headlined by Roy Jones Jr. taking on Omar Sheika.

Stay tuned for more updates on “March Badness” as they become available.

[Tha O Show]

Actually
Lashley has to cut about 40 pounds to qualify...

[glassjaw]

Just Copied and pasted....

[bigmike]

FightLine.com has learned EXCLUSIVELY that Ken Shamrock tested positive for a banned substance at the War Of Gods event several weeks ago. We are awaiting confirmation on the exact substance but he did test positive.
FightLine.com has also learned that Shamrock has been suspended for one year and his upcoming fight with Bobby Lashley has been cancelled. This will be announced tomorrow at some point.

More details tomorrow morning on FightLine.com.

[glassjaw]

Some Anabolic steroid. The man looks like he was on something... That's kinda funny tho Lashley probably would have killed him

[The Hammer]

I heard it was 3 steroids....true???

[Sugar Shane]

Ken Shamrock, one of the icons of mixed martial arts, may have seen his fighting career end on Wednesday when he was suspended for a year by the California State Athletic Commission after testing positive for three different anabolic steroids following a Feb. 13 bout in Fresno.

The commission announced Shamrock’s suspension and $2,500 fine on Wednesday for testing positive for 19-Norandrosterone, 19- Noretiocholanolone and Stanozolol following his first-round victory over Ross Clifton.

Shamrock is slated to fight ex-World Wrestling Entertainment star Bobby Lashley in the co-main event of a March 21 MMA/boxing card in Pensacola, Fla. That fight is almost certainly now not going to happen as a result of Shamrock’s suspension. States are required to honor each other’s suspensions, which means that Florida would not allow Shamrock to fight while under suspension in Calfornia.

Shamrock, 45, is one of the greats of the game and is a member of the UFC’s Hall of Fame. But Shamrock has fallen on hard times recently and the win over Clifton had snapped a five-fight losing streak. Even with the Clifton victory, Shamrock has lost eight of his last 11 fights and is no longer remotely competitive with high-level fighters.

Shamrock’s suspension runs through Feb. 1, 2010, at which point he would be 10 days shy of his 46th birthday and would not have fought in almost a year.

Shamrock does have the right to appeal, but that in and of itself will be a lengthy process.

Kevin Iole, Yahoo Sports

[bigmike]

Credit: BWR on BarbaricWrestling.com
Bobby Lashley's second appearance on BWR on BarbaricWrestling.com starts when Shasta asks Bobby about his thoughts on Ken Shamrock testing positive for steroids. Bobby's thoughts aren't that negative, he said it's a unfortunate he won't face him and that Ken trains really hard and that for a lot of people it's hard to stay in the game, and Ken got caught. Bobby also had more interesting things to say about Ken and was very respectful to Ken's legacy and had a lot of interesting things to say about the steroid scandal that surprised me, including whether he would face him in the future.

He said the promoters are working hard to find a replacement and there should be an announcement by later tonight, but that things come up sometimes so it could take longer. Bobby then talks about how his game plan has been changed. He said he has been working with Liborio on jui-jitsu and that he is very strong at it. He said he now will have to change his strategy a bit with a new opponent.

Shasta then asks about Bobby's first fight with Joshua Franklin. He said Franklin is tough and he didn't expect the fight to end as quickly as it did. He said some people experiment in fights, but it was his first and he needed to win and end it quick. He said people will see a lot more of Joshua Franklin. Bobby then talks about Brock Lesnar and said it'd be hard to go in with much of a strategy against him. He also said when he might want to fight Brock, he also said he definitely would like to win the UFC Heavyweight Championship at some point.

Bobby is then asked by Shasta if he has come up with a nick name yet. Bobby said a lot have been thrown around and he's laughed at it, he said one of his trainers has called him "The Blind Diamond." Bobby then talks about his future with AFL and whether he wants to stay or leave, he did say discussions will happen soon though. He then talked about when he wants to retire from MMA and how long he sees himself stopping.

Shasta then asked Bobby if he thinks Kurt Angle will really enter MMA. He said Kurt's a very intense person and that TNA is giving him everything he needs and he doesn't really need to go to MMA but Kurt is very competitive and that he hopes Kurt gets one fight to prove he's serious. Shasta then talks about the Kurt Angle/Brock Lesnar shoot wrestling match backstage from several years ago and Bobby said he has heard from several people that Kurt won, contrary to reports about Brock winning.

[jorjor]

I read that Hasim Ramhn (the former heavyweight boxing champ) was contacted about being a replacement for Shamrock in the fight. I think if it happens that could be a good fight, the classic Boxer vs. Wrestler showdown.

As for Shamrock, I'm surprised that he was caught, not so much that he was jucin' just that he was caught .

[jeffjames]

With rumors about Shamrock intentionally cutting himself before the Kimbo Slice fight maybe shamrock wanted a way out of this fight as well. This of course is purely speculation on my part.

[thehardcorecanuck]

There's no way Shamrock would intentionally get caught using steroids. Shamrock is 45 and the only way he can stay remotely competitive with the top fighters is through steroids.

If he wanted out of this match (and I'm not saying either way that his cut prior to the Kimbo fight was intentional) he would have been able to find a way out without getting him fined and suspended.

[bigmike]

FightLine.com is reporting that negotiations with both Hasim Rahman and Don Frye fell through for a potential match with Bobby Lashley, but Square Ring Promotions has found a potential opponent for the March 21st PPV event.
17-19 Jason Guida, who usually fights at lightweight, has been offered the fight with Lashley according to FightLine.com sources. No contracts have been signed as of yet, so keep your fingers crossed, because this one could fall through as well.

Lashley was originally signed to face Ken Shamrock, unfortunately Shamrock failed his California State Drug test for the anabolic agents 19-Norandrosterone, 19-Noretiocholanolone and Stanozolol. Due to that, Ken Shamrock was been suspended for one-year and was fined $2,500 according to FightLine.com.