HOUSTON, Texas — Well, we know former WWE star Bobby Lashley (5-0) wanted to fight Fedor Emelianenko (31-2, 1 NC) next, but it looks like he instead has settled for Chad Griggs (8-1).
Who?
Chad “The Grave Digger” Griggs; a 6 ft. 3 in., 235 lb. firefighter from Tucson, Ariz. He went 1-1 in the IFL in 2007, and the rest of his bouts have been fought in Rage in the Cage and other small shows.
Strikeforce announced the bout on Friday via press release.
At first glance, Griggs seems like another hand-picked opponent Lashley is meant to walk through. However, it might not be so easy.
Out of his eight victories, Griggs has knocked out seven and submitted the other, never going the distance. His lone loss was a kimura submission loss to Shane Ott (3-3) in the IFL.
Lashley’s last fight was a first round TKO victory over Wes Sims (22-13-1, 2 NC) at “Strikeforce: Miami” back in January.
Lashley vs. Griggs will take place as part of the “Strikeforce: Houston” Showtime televised card on Aug. 21 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
I wish Chad Griggs will win Lashley
Bobby Lashley sucks, period.
I am glad Griggs handed him his ass. Get these cheaters and former fake wrestlers out of my site. They deserve to earn what the cheaters of world’s strongest man, all steroid users, used to earn, nothing. These guys have been taking steroids, hgh, and anything else they can get their hands on to cheat. If Bobby Lashley was that big from naturally working out he would not get gassed out by round 1. Steroids stop glucocorticoids from allowing the immune system to strengthen muscle properly. I have met the guy. Huge biceps with tiny wrists with guitar string tendons. Any doctor can see he cheated to get where he is at. Steroids deposit fat, because we all need it like it or not, in the arteries and veins rather than deposits on stomach, etc. Bobby looks like he has no fat, steroid bullshit. We need to start testing by blood olympic style and not just piss tests. They should even do a fat cell check for steroids that would show who has been cheating for many years in the past. It does not matter the cost. The cost is me wasting time watching this pumped up loser fight who never should have been in Strikeforce to begin with. Get rid of the cheaters, you too UFC Shane Carwin federal scandal, or people are going elsewhere. Notice Carwin got gassed in round 1 as well, steroids. This goes for football, baseball, bicycling, etc. We are tired of the cheaters, and your pocketbooks are going to get a little smaller, mark my words. If Congress is listening, drop the hammer on these guys already, at least Olympic standard blood random tests. There are plenty of legit athletes ready to take their place. Maybe we can finally see who the real genetic God of War is, but not with lab created bullshit.
Tired of the Bullshit
All steroids are detectable with piss test. To check for HGH you need blood. Also, I think it is funny that Lashley’s fight draws your ire. Clearly his performance was not enhance in anyway, since he lost to a firefighter with the nickname “The Grave Digger.”
Blood or a few fat cells by a needle is the only way to go. You can detect steroids by other means than urine, and that includes blood. With urine a cheater wannabe athlete can fill his bladder with a catheter flush before a piss test or dilute it, not effective. Give me an High Performance Liquid Chromatography machine and some enzymes and I can detect any steroid by size. Particle, steroids, move through a glass column and come out based on size. Small first then large particles like protein. I was just pointing out the cheaters biggest in UFC and Strikeforce, the biggest names, that is all. Glad to see the world is coming full circle, that is all. Lashley was enhanced, and if these or at least olympic testing is done, you will see every cheater flee from the test. Steroid juicing losers, tired of them all in any sport, period. Just my view.
Army of Darkness
Evidence of catheter flush or diluted urine counts as a positive test.
I still stand by my original point. How can you says his PERFORMANCE was enhanced when he lost to a below average fighter? He may look buff as hell, but he still lost to Chadd Griggs, yes Chad Griggs.
No one would have cared if Barry Bonds came out yoked up and struck out 200 times in triple A.
Muscle, even weaker steroid muscle, equals power. If Bobby Lashley or any other fighter cheated it matters because they should not be where they are without them. I cannot just speculate because there is no basis. I would need a fight with Lashley and even Griggs steroid free and one with steroids. That is not possible. So we can speculate all day. I speculate that steroids reduced cardiac efficiency that tired Lashley, and Griggs simply made him do all the lifting in the fight. Bobby definitely does not have an MMA mind set towards strategy. This is why the fight went the way it did. However, Lashley had steroid muslce well above his genetic predisposition, and one solid punch could have really hurt Griggs where a natural Lashley would pose a less of a risk. My point.
As for other sports, I am tired of cheaters period, and I voice my opinion about these douche bags whenever I go to an event or bar. 90% of the people I talk to agree, or at least that is what they say. So this steroid problem is going to work itself out one way or another regardless of our opinions. It is all about money, and people are less like to pay to see a cheater than a fair fight, match, etc.
Army of Darkness
People really hate to watch roiders compete. I agree. That is why that whole McGwire and Sosa thing in baseball was such a rating disaster for MLB.
Also, if you don’t trust the drug testing in MMA, how can you be sure Griggs wasn’t on anything?
Your right, Griggs could be on roids. I am never biased. They all need to be tested randomly by blood and urine and even just fat cell checks. These tests are even pretty cheap comparatively. I, along with many of my amateur mma buddies, would like a fair shot. I am sure that applies to football players and even baseball. I rank sports by risk. The sport that you can get hurt the most is number one all they way down to synchronized swimming, ha. Sorry, but baseball, soccer and basketball, I just don’t get.
Army of Darkness
The NFL and MLB do not have blood testing for HGH
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4940922
Again, not questioning the fact that the NFL and MLB do not do blood testing. The olympics does now, and I bet 95 to 100 % of the cheaters are eliminated. I would like the same for all “professional sports”. Every sport is a joke without thorough steroid testing, and almost everyone on the planet knows this at some level or another. Whether they accept steroids or not. Additionally, many professional sports keep their results a secret in their organization which is bullshit. Kind of protect their reputation.
I have one huge question for all “professional sports” out there. Who died and made them kind. Who decided that their organizations deserve fields, gear, taxes from us, in some cases (football fields). I think everyone should be able to put together a team and compete without cheating, and see who the best man/woman or group is. One organization is created dominates and allows cheating. This should not be the American way. They should not control who can compete nationally. The NFL should remove the national (N) part and replace it with private football cheaters allowed PFCA. It is the reason I don’t support sports, but I try to play a lot of them. Americans should get some exercise, and stop participating in the idea of spectator sports, especially with cheating. Just a thought, but what do I know.
STEROIDS-BOYCOTT-STEROIDS-BOYCOTT-STEROIDS-BOYCOTT
Done with MMA, Football, Baseball, Hockey, Basketball, Underwater Basket weaving, ha,ha,ha etc.
I am tired of all the cheaters and steroids. If a sport cannot do olympic style blood and urine testing for hgh, steroids, etc, then they are not going to get my money. Look at baseball. Even though the sport is boring and has many problems, steroids killed baseball’s revenue. I see the empty stands and see how cameras try to manipulate seating shots to make it appear there is a full stadium. A real man stands on his own two feet for what he is and struggles to change his weaknesses into strengths, not cheat with steroids. All those mma cheaters are just a bunch of losers, and regardless of the media hype or money thrown they will always look like that in everyone’s eyes, period. Why don’t I give everyone a bat who didn’t take steroids to even the playing field. Americans know their “pro” sports are tainted, and we don’t need to wait for congress to fix you. Everyone speaks of mma like it is a circus rather than a sport because of all the controversy. You are going the same route as fake wrestling or strongman competitions that make no money because of steroid losers. It is cause and effect. Less fans, less attendance at other venues like bars, means less money for all businesses around. Regulate steroids before it destroys your source of income. I know I am not going to any events until you fix this crap.
List of Steroid Cheaters, some are still with their organizations after a slap on the wrist.ex Chris Leben
JOSH BARNETT (now with strikeforce), TIM SYLVIA, KIMO LEOPOLDO, NATE MARQUARDT, VITOR BELFORT, STEPHAN BONNAR, PAWEL NASTULA, KIT COPE, JOHNNIE MORTON, ROYCE GRACIE, JORGE ORTIZ, PHIL BARONI, SEAN SHERK (still with UFC), HERMES FRANCA, ANTHONY TORRES, BILL MAHOOD, ADAM SMITH, JASON WINTHERS, RUBEN VILLAREAL, DENNIS HALLMAN, ALEXANDER CRISPIM, CARINA DAMM, ALEXANDRE NOGUEIRA, ANTONIO SILVA, EDWIN DEWEES, CHRIS LEBEN (still with UFC), KIRILL SIDELNIKOV, KEN SHAMROCK, JOSH BARNETT, COLE PROVINCE, CHAEL SONNEN (still with UFC), SHANE CARWIN (not caught but federal link to purchase of steroids).
Really, you cheat you get another chance, bullshit!!!
For everyone who supports steroid use, I don’t know what to say. You are either born a man or not, and compensating by drugs pretty much answers those questions. Everyone can see when most anyone really abuses steroids, and notes records broken, and people dying of cancer early. I hope those that support it take it and die from the stuff so the rest of us can enjoy this rock with a few less losers on it.
Piss tests are not good enough because any cheater can use a catheter and fill his bladder with whatever at any time. The testing is also not that costly, for blood and urine, so that argument don’t fly with me either. Also sports need to publicly state who was on what whenever they fail a test. Football and baseball keep their information private other than announcing a failed PED. I hear about a steroid user and I boycott and bad mouth.
Dana White you are a DOUCHE
Army of Darkness