AEW star Bobby Lashley, a former WWE Champion, lately shared stunning information about his future exterior of wrestling. Lashley has grow to be well-known in skilled wrestling over time.
In addition to wrestling, Lashley can be well-known for his success in blended martial arts (MMA). He began his MMA profession in 2008 and fought in main organizations like Strikeforce and Bellator, dealing with prime fighters. Lashley has a formidable MMA document of 15 wins and a pair of losses.
His final MMA match occurred at Bellator 162 in 2016, the place he gained by submission towards Josh Appelt. Since then, Lashley has stayed out of the MMA ring. Nonetheless, now having fun with a profitable run in AEW, Lashley lately mentioned the potential of returning to MMA.
AEW star Bobby Lashley says he’s not accomplished with MMA or Boxing
In a current version of AEW’s Hey! (EW) on their YouTube channel, Bobby Lashley was requested about being one of many few wrestlers to transition into MMA efficiently. He responded, “No, I don’t suppose I’m the one one who was good at it. Dave [Batista] went in there, gained a match, he had a combat he educated for it, and he’s nonetheless actively coaching. To me, that’s success. Brock [Lesnar] was profitable, successful the UFC championship, and there have been others who acquired into it”
He continued, “For me, after I acquired into it, it wasn’t nearly like making it to a sure stage. Like after I get into one thing, I truly wish to be a pupil of the sport. I open up a fitness center. So I truly put myself into it…I’m the kind that I’m okay with taking a again seat to not figuring out all the pieces. So I fought for 10 years. In that point, I used to be coaching at all types of various gyms and I ran my very own fitness center…So it’s one thing that I nonetheless wish to pursue. I’m going to do a boxing match or a combat nonetheless.”
Final week, Bobby Lashley gained the AEW Tag Workforce Championship with Shelton Benjamin on Dynamite. Whereas Lashley is presently having a profitable profession in professional wrestling, will probably be fascinating to see if he pursues a profession in MMA as soon as once more.
