Source: MMAJunkie
Former TNA and WWE pro wrestler Bobby Lashley won MMA gold last night. Here’s an excerpt from MMAJunkie on the win, you can check out more at the link above:
The former pro wrestler and ex-Strikeforce heavyweight cinched a first-round submission on Karl Knothe (20-6) in the main event of Shark Fights 21, which took place Friday at Fair Park Coliseum in Lubbock, Texas.
After a struggle, Lashley caught Knothe with a kimura, or – if you’re a catch-wrestling type of person – a top-wrist lock.
Who drilled the sequence that led to the submission? One “Warmaster.”
“It was exactly what we working on, from the transition to getting into it,” Lashley told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “Step by step we went over that same series, like, maybe hundreds of times.”
Friday’s win is the second consecutive victory for Lashley, whose opponent for the Shark Fights heavyweight title bout changed three times before Knothe was confirmed as an opponent. Several proposed bookings this year also fizzled.
“I had to go through a couple of mental drains there to get back into training and figuring everything out. It’s time to keep training and keep going,” Lashley said.
Lashley and Barnett said they plan to continue working together with the help of longtime Barnett trainer Erik Paulson, and Lashley is looking for a quick turnaround.
“As soon as possible,” he said.
Although the heavyweight admitted the opponent switches were frustrating, he said they didn’t distract from his focus inside the cage.
“When you go through a fight, you can have a game plan, and the game plan switches up while you’re in there,” he said. “Same thing when people are pulling out because they get hurt. I just had to shake it off.”
