King Mo Lawal Discusses His Upcoming Fight With Mike Whitehead, and the Possibility of Fighting Fedor or Mousasi
Posted by Larry Csonka on 12.01.2009
King Mo does a lot of talking…
- King Mo Lawal recently spoke with MMAJunkie.com Radio, here are the highlights…
On His Fight With Mike Whitehead On December 19th: "I'm not overlooking anybody, but my plan is to beat Mike Whitehead, then keep on winning," Lawal said. "Any opponent, I'm not going to be like, 'Oh, it's going to be a tough fight.' I'm going to be like, 'I'm going to win.' I fight to win, so any opponent from here on out, I envision myself beating them. It doesn't matter who it's against. The fight with me and Mike Whitehead was supposed to happen at 205 (pounds), but I don't think he wanted to fight at 205," Lawal said. "I think he's kind of big right now; he probably just wanted to stay comfortable at heavyweight. I was like, 'If you're comfortable at heavyweight, I'll fight you where you're comfortable at. It means nothing to me.'"
On Fedor Emelianenko : "Strikeforce calls the shots, not me," Lawal said. "Obviously, Fedor has a few tough fights on the radar with Fabricio (Werdum) and (Alistair) Overeem. He has his hands full right there. I just have to do my thing and keep winning. If he keeps winning, and I keep winning, it could happen. Of course, Lawal's not certain Emelianenko will even make it through those potential fights to allow for a future matchup. [Emelianenko] has got two tough fights in front of him," Lawal said. "Fabricio is no joke. I could see Fabricio beating him, and I could see Overeem beating him. Anybody can be beaten at any given time. You've just got to be prepared. [Emelianenko] is only fighting once or twice a year. He looks good, but you can't expect to improve that much when you're fighting once or twice a year."
On Gegard Mousasi: "I have a feeling he's going to be at 185 again, eventually," Lawal said. "I have a feeling that I'm going to be the reason he goes back down."
