We heard from King Mo's boxing coach Jeff Mayweather yesterday in an interview. Now we've got a quote from Mo about what happened from his perspective at Bellator 90 last week where he suffered a first round knockout loss to Emanuel Newton, and how he plans to deal with it and make adjustments moving forward. Read More »
King Mo's boxing coach Jeff Mayweather discusses his fighter's disappointing knockout loss to Emanuel Newton at Bellator 90 last Thursday in the Season 8 light heavyweight tournament semifinal round. Read More »
ProMMAnow.com's Dan "The Wolfman" caught up King Mo Lawal and his boxing coach Jeff Mayweather last week at Bellator 85 in Irvine, Calif. Mo talked about his upcoming Bellator debut which takes place this Thursday on Spike TV. He also discussed his pro wrestling training for TNA Impact, which he calls "harder than MMA", and he and his boxing coach Jeff Mayweather shared their opinion on the idea of a boxing match between Mo and Kimbo Slice, and fighting Rampage Jackson in the Bellator cage. Read More »
So much for "what happens in the gym, stays in the gym" -- just a week-and-a-half before Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal is set to make his Bellator debut at Bellator 86 in Oklahoma, this video has surfaced of Mo dropping his sparring partner at Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas. Read More »
It wasn't that long ago Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson spewed vitriol at one another like Tony Soprano vs. Tom Kane and were probably just a couple insults away from meeting in a back alley parking lot for some bare-knuckle score-settling. Read More »
ProMMAnow.com's resident old-school MMA guru Dan "The Wolfman" sat down with Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal this past week to talk about his new deal with TNA Impact Wrestling and Bellator Fighting Championships that will allow him to perform as a pro wrestler and compete as a pro MMA fighter simultaneously. Read More »
Former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal (8-1, 1 NC) has signed a deal to compete in both pro mixed martial arts with Bellator Fighting Championshps and in pro wrestling with TNA Impact Wrestling. Read More »
At 2 p.m. ET today, Spike TV is holding a media conference call to announce major talent deal involving Bellator Fighting Championships and TNA Wrestling. It looks like that talent deal could involve none other than former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal. Read More »
Former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion "King Mo" Lawal has been released from his contract following statements he made on Twitter regarding a Nevada State Athletic Commission hearing he attended Tuesday. Read More »
"King Mo" Lawal was a guest Monday evening on Inside MMA on HDNet to discuss his positive steroid test following his first round TKO win over Lorenz Larkin at "Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine" on Jan. 7. Read More »
The Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer confirmed via email on Tuesday that former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion and current top contender Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal tested positive for the anabolic steroid Drostanolone following his first round TKO ... Read More »
ProMMAnow.com's resident Olympian Dr. Rhadi Ferguson talks with "King Mo" Lawal following his win over Lorenz Larkin at "Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine" this past weekend in Las Vegas. Read More »
The ProMMAnow.com staff weighs in with their thoughts and predictions on Saturday's "Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine" Showtime card featuring middleweight champ Luke Rockhold vs. Keith Jardine in the main event. Read More »
"King Mo" was a guest on The 1st Quarter radio show this morning where he discussed his upcoming Strikeforce fight with Lorenz Larkin which takes place this Saturday. Mo also talked about a potential bout with Rampage Jackson. Read More »
On the newest episode of The Cageside Beat, the official radio show of Pro MMA Now, Brian, Mike, and Jack were joined by Dr. Rhadi Ferguson and Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal. This episode was sponsored by MMAHQ. Read More »
No one here at ProMMAnow.com predicted Feijao would defeat King Mo. Our Staff Picks reflected our belief Lawal's wrestling would likely play a big part in the fight, much like in his fight with Mousasi. Read More »
The fighters competing at tonight's "Strikeforce: Houston" event weighed in Friday at the Toyota Center in downtown Houston, Texas. Lightweight competitor K.J. Noons was a ¼ lb. over the 156 lb. non-title fight limit. Read More »
Fighters who will participate at "Strikeforce: Houston" on Aug. 21 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, joined the media for a conference call on Monday to discuss their upcoming bouts. Read More »
Mo Lawal says he will fry up some “Feijao”, Sarah Kaufman talks about her KO slam, and "Judo" Gene LeBell tells of how he turned down a part in "Enter the Dragon". Read More »
On Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010, Strikeforce will bring its show to the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas with two big championship bouts and a stacked under card which will air live on Showtime. Read More »
Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal and 205 lb. contender Renato "Babalu" Sobral are friends and training partners and do not want to fight each other. So what is Strikeforce to do when their 205 lb. division is so limited? Read More »
The mood at Tuesday’s “Strikeforce: Nashville” conference call was lightened as Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal was asked to give his best impression of light heavyweight champ Gegard Mousasi. King Mo had said in the past that Mousasi reminded him of ... Read More »
