Batista vs. Bobby Lashley Taking Place for Strikeforce MMA?

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- A deal hasn’t been reached between Batista and Strikeforce yet but Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker confirmed interest in a fight, bringing up the idea of Batista vs. Bobby Lashley. Batista was asked about Lashley as a potential opponent and said he would do it, but he wants a few fights to build to Lashley. Coker thinks if they can get Lashley vs. Batista on CBS with a good semi-main event then they can do big ratings.

Batista, who is training, has hired a wrestling coach, a boxing coach and a Jiu Jitsu coach. Lashley is trying to recover from a knee injury that put him out of a fight back in June. It’s said that Lashley’s injury isn’t healing as quickly as he would have liked.

Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

How funny would it be if Batista couldn't even get past warm up matches he is wanting? If Booker T beat him down while wearing flip-flops what chance does he have against Lashley?

Lashley is a legit MMA fighter and he would kick Batista's ass. You don't just train for a couple of months and then you are a fighter. This fight might get ratings, but it is stupid and it will be short.

Wait wait wait...Batista/Lashley would be the main event? 2 guys who have like 3 fights between them are going to main event their card? Oh dear...

He said "semi main event" and I took that to mean the fight before the main event. If that is the main event, Strikeforce might as well declare for bankruptcy now and let Dana White pick the bones.

Well the thing said:

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Coker thinks if they can get Lashley vs. Batista on CBS with a good semi-main event then they can do big ratings.

Using "with" to me in this case means that they want Lashley/Batista to main event, then add on a "good semi-main event".

I might be reading into it wrong and he wants to put them in a main event. You never know with that guy.

babaganoosh wrote:

Using "with" to me in this case means that they want Lashley/Batista to main event, then add on a "good semi-main event".

That's how I read it too.