Bobby Lashley to face Ken Shamrock

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Sources close to Bloody Elbow can exclusively confirm that the heretofore unnamed opponent of former WWE superstar Bobby Lashley set to square off at Roy Jones Jr.'s mixed boxing and MMA event known as "March Badness" is none other than Ken Shamrock.

Shamrock is coming off a recent submission victory over Ross Clifton at the inaugural Wargods event on February 13, 2009. Lashley is coming off of his professional MMA debut, stopping Joshua Franklin at a Mixed Fighting Alliance event on December 13, 2008. The bout between Lashley and Shamrock will be contested at heavyweight.

The Lashley vs. Shamrock bout is part of an hybrid boxing-mixed martial arts card being assembled and promoted by former Ring Magazine pound-for-pound greatest boxer alive in Roy Jones, Jr. Jones's promotional company, Square Ring Promotions, Inc., has scheduled the event to take place at the Pensacola Civic Center in Pensacola, Florida and will be broadcast live on pay-per-view. According to published reports, a press conference had been scheduled for Feb. 11 to formally announce the event. There are no updates and when or if there will be a formal press conference. The event itself is scheduled for March 21st.

Shamrock...is...fucked...

I dunno. Did you see Lashley's debut match? He's was matched up against this little skinny dude. Shamrock has more experience and power, although age might be a small factor.

I want Lashley to win, but it might be a closer match than you might think.

My prediction: Lashley via Dominator in the second round.

Lashley's debut match really means nothing when you think about it. It was moreso just a punch that landed in the right place and landed a bad cut. I'm also not too sure whether power is much of an advantage for Shamrock when he's facing a huge dude like Lashley.

Lashley is taller and like 50 pounds heavier. If he wasn't in the UFC, he'd qualify for a super heavyweight. Experience can only take you so far, and then performance has to take over. When Lashley is so thick, even locking in submissions (Shamrock's specialty of course) will become harder. Shamrock going 2-7 in his last 9 fights doesn't help either.

At best, it will go like Mir/Lesnar I. Shamrock will have to hope that Lashley makes a rookie mistake and he can grab hold of a libm. He's no longer going to be able to wrestle himself into position to get submissions anymore, he's going to have to hope Lashley puts himself out there for him to grab IMO.