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Muhammad “King Mo” Lawal Interested in Heavyweight Fight with Fabricio Werdum
Written by Tom Ngo
August 11th, 2010

Things have been fairly quite on the Strikeforce front since the promotion hosted multiple events earlier this summer. All that will change in exactly 11 days when
Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante challenges Muhammad “King Mo” Lawal for his light heavyweight crown at “Strikeforce: Houston.”

The talented 205-pounders took the mic at Monday’s per-fight conference call to not only discuss their pivotal match-up, but potential scraps with other superstars as well. Here are some of the memorable quotes from yesterday’s pow-wow.

Muhammad “King Mo” Lawal:

“Feijao knows he wants the knock out. He doesn’t want the submission. He trains in the ground game, but I’m training with guys in jiu jitsu that are comparable. So I’m not worried at the ground at all because I’ve got good submission defense.

“My toughest tests so far have been the training. The fights are the easy part. The tough part is training. As far as a plan goes or strategy, I have five of six different plans and pick one going in. If that one doesn’t work, I just change it up and go to another one. With (Gegard) Mousasi he was coming up so hard that I had to go for the take down. My plan with Mousasi was to hit him a few times and make him stand and frustrate him. Then I was able to capitalize and get the take down.”

How do you think you would do against Anderson Silva?

“I don’t know. If you ask me if I could beat anybody I’m going to say I can beat anybody. I’d win against anybody with a good game plan. It doesn’t matter who it is. Except my momma. It doesn’t matter who it is, I’ll beat them with a good game plan.

“I wouldn’t mind fighting Fabrico (Werdum), who’s the top dog right now. I wouldn’t mind fighting at heavyweight a few times. I just like fighting. A belt is a belt. I fight because I like to fight first and for the belt second.

“I’ve only been fighting for two years. There’s no pressure on me whatsoever. If there’s pressure on anybody it’s Feijao. He has the name. He’s been fighting longer and he’s been training longer. I remember watching Feijao just mashing people in the IFL. I think people look at me as having the bigger name but I don’t care. I think he’s the favorite. I’m the underdog even though I’m the champ.

“I may be implementing a new style like from Bernard Hopkins, one of my favorite boxers. I’m going to implement his style. And maybe if that doesn’t work than a little of Paul Williams. So you’ll all be seeing some new stuff from me.”

[joeyP]

If the fight hit the ground, Mo would be tapping out

[TheKidInside]

King Mo by obliteration 1st round

I know everyone is hating on Lawal but he's a beast of a wrestler who is training with the right guys and the right ...just about everything

[roaddawg]

You gotta stop all of these supportive posts KinInside. I'm starting to like you more and more ugh

[popsicle]

This is a bad match up for Mo. His strength is in his wrestling, and he has not faced anyone as large or as skilled on the ground as Werdum. If this fight were to happen I think Werdum would eventually catch him.

[Kimbo> Rampage]

i like mo at 205 although not too exciting, he could def beat a lot of hw's but werdum would be a very tough fight for him. MO's standup might be one of the most overrated in the game, what he ko'ed whitehead!?! Werdums standup is also very bad, so it would to tough to say, mo is more explosive, has some speed and power, but im leaning towards werdum standing, and werdum would be hard to takedown, he probably would get a takedown but imo werdum would submit him. Werdum is an elite grappler and is far more dangerous than mousasi and a lot bigger. Mo's upcoming fight might give more insight, but he might just use is subpar striking in that fight.

[CHAEL fan]

I give King Mo props for wanting to step up with each and every fight....maybe Bobby Lashley could learn a few things from King Mo and actually fight somebody decent.

[dmc_tim]

Originally Posted by CHAEL fan

I give King Mo props for wanting to step up with each and every fight....maybe Bobby Lashley could learn a few things from King Mo and actually fight somebody decent.

x2 lashley VS arlovski maybe??

[TBEAR]

Originally Posted by popsicle1228

This is a bad match up for Mo. His strength is in his wrestling, and he has not faced anyone as large or as skilled on the ground as Werdum. If this fight were to happen I think Werdum would eventually catch him.

I agree Mo gets the TD ......and then Werdum gets the sub and Mo taps

[Black]

Mo is not stupid he would probably strike get TD and get back to win points easily UD or TKO/KO for King Mo , I would love to see him in UFC...