Griggs VS Lashley Fight Video | UFC Strikeforce Houston
Saturday's "Strikeforce: Houston" was quite the interesting show. We had awful officiating, upsets and two new champions. Here are my thoughts:
You have to be impressed with Daniel Cormier. Three fights in four weeks? Two heavyweight title fights? No problem. Cormier breezed through his mini-gauntlet, winning all three bouts, including his 62 second win against Jason Riley on Saturday. Cormier is still learning, but you can't discount the experience he's gained in this short time span. The term "world-class" is thrown out a lot in regards to wrestlers, and most of the time, it's no close to being the case. For Cormier, a two-time Olympian, it's absolutely true. At any weight, being a great wrestler is advantageous. At heavyweight, I feel like it's a huge advantage. Add in the fact that Cormier's striking game seems to be coming along well and I think we might have a very good mixed martial artist on our hands here.
Someone who's not is Bobby Lashley. It might seem absurd to say, but is it time for Lashley to pack it up and call it a day in MMA? What we saw Saturday was just strange. He showed no killer instinct, managed to get stood up out of the mount and gassed out in a fight he was winning 20-18. This was just a bizarre fight and Lashley, considering his age and lack of progress to this point, needs to seriously evaluate his goals in relation to this sport. He's not making any noticeable progress and that likely won't come. A fight with Dave Batista might be the only thing left (and that fight is easier to make now with a Lashley loss, actually), but that is not a pay-per-view fight anymore. A CBS fight, maybe. But that would not be a good display of MMA on network television, although that hasn't stopped anything before.
Watch This Round 2: Chad Griggs vs Bobby Lashley
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