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 »
Bellator 90 takes place this evening at the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah and features a main event between Rad Martinez and Shahbulat Shamhalaev in the Bellator Featherweight Tournament Championship. King Mo also makes his Bellator return tonight as he takes on Emanuel Newton in Season 8 light heavyweight tournament semifinal action. Read More »
Bellator MMA returns this Thursday night on Spike TV. On the main card, the Rad Martinez and Shahbulat Shamhalaev face off for the season-seven featherweight tournament crown. The season-eight light heavyweight and welterweight tournaments continue as well. Read More »
On Tuesday, news broke that the International Olympic Committee had dropped wrestling, one of the most ancient Olympic sports, from the Summer Games. Wrestling and MMA have always shared an odd-yet-symbiotic relationship. The development will certainly change the MMA landscape, but the question is: How? Read More »
Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal (9-1, 1 NC) will return to action February 21 when he faces Emanuel Newton (19-7) at Bellator 90 in the Season 8 light heavyweight tournament semifinals. Read More »
Bellator 86 takes place this evening from the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Okla. Ben Askren puts his welterweight title on the line against Karl “Psycho” Amoussou. In addition to the title fight there are five tournament bouts on the card including the Bellator debut of King Mo. The first prelim fight kicks off at 8 p.m. ET and will stream live on Spike.com. The televised portion of the night will begin at 10 p.m. ET and will air live on Spike TV. Read More »
Bellator Fighting Championships is looking to continue their momentum after making their debut on Spike TV last week. On Thursday, Bellator 86 goes down at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Okla. and features a title fight, the first round of the welterweight tournament and the debut of former Strikeforce champion Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal. 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 »
After a year away from the cage, Muhammed 'King Mo' Lawal ( 8-1, 1 NC) will be making his long-awaited Bellator debut on January 17th. Read More »
Former Strikeforce light heavyweight champ Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal made his debut with Impact Wrestling Thursday night on Spike TV. 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 »
UFC President Dana White participated in a media scrum following the "UFC on Fuel TV 2: Gustafsson vs. Silva" press conference Saturday in Sweden. Read More »
On this episode of Inside the Cage Radio host Greg DeLong and MMA Mania's Jason Probst recapped TUF Live episode 3 and Bellator 62, discussed King Mo's suspension by the NSAC and much more. 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 »
