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| Subject: Babalu vs Lawler for title shot- Sheilds seemingly gone Wed Jun 09, 2010 3:38 pm | |
| http://www.mmamania.com/2010/6/9/1509441/strikeforce-ceo-scott-coker-aThe stakes have officially been raised. During today's Strikeforce: "Los Angeles" media call, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker announced that the winner of June 16th's 195-pound catch weight fight between Renato "Babalu" Sobral and "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler will receive a title shot. More specifically, with a win, "Babalu" will get a shot at King Mo's light heavyweight belt while Lawler would get a chance to take on Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza for middleweight gold. Coker made the announcement with hardly a mention of Jake Shields' status with the promotion, seemingly admitting that his time has come to an end with Strikeforce, as is widely believed to be the case.
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| Subject: Re: Babalu vs Lawler for title shot- Sheilds seemingly gone Wed Jun 09, 2010 3:39 pm | |
| Big news: So Babalu could get a crack at Mo or Robbie get a shot at....Jacare. So it would seem that Jake is gone? | |
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| Subject: Re: Babalu vs Lawler for title shot- Sheilds seemingly gone Wed Jun 09, 2010 3:48 pm | |
| I read somewhere Babalu was thinking about making a Middleweight run.
So I take it this means Mousasi vs Hendo is happening ? |
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| Subject: Re: Babalu vs Lawler for title shot- Sheilds seemingly gone Wed Jun 09, 2010 4:00 pm | |
| Babalu just said he is moving to 185 and won't fight King Mo, because they are friends and training partners. | |
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| Subject: Re: Babalu vs Lawler for title shot- Sheilds seemingly gone Wed Jun 09, 2010 4:03 pm | |
| - KingsOwn19 wrote:
- Babalu just said he is moving to 185 and won't fight King Mo, because they are friends and training partners.
Very strange. I got this from mmamania and it says it came from Coker's mouth. Also it wasn't too long ago that Babalu was trying to get into the LHW grad prix in hopes of fighting Mousasi. | |
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| Subject: Re: Babalu vs Lawler for title shot- Sheilds seemingly gone Wed Jun 09, 2010 4:04 pm | |
| http://mmajunkie.com/news/19467/strikeforce-title-shots-on-line-for-robbie-lawler-and-renato-babalu-sobral.mma"If 'Babalu' looks good and wins the fight, I think that he will be first in line for a matchup [with] 'King Mo,'" Coker said. "Robbie, if he wins the fight, he'll be first in line to have a title shot at 185 pounds against 'Jacare' (Souza)." "Normally we don't put those fights out there, but I wanted to let everybody know that this fight will have consequences. It'll be an interesting show, and we're looking forward to putting it on." Coker's mention of a potential matchup between Lawler and Souza would seem to indicate that discussions with Shields haven't necessarily proved fruitful so far. But when pressed on the issue, Coker refused to rule out any possibilities. "That's still to be determined," Coker said. "That hasn't been mapped out 100 percent, but we'll probably have an announcement in the next 10 days or so. | |
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KingsOwn19 Administrator
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| Subject: Re: Babalu vs Lawler for title shot- Sheilds seemingly gone Wed Jun 09, 2010 4:08 pm | |
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| Subject: Re: Babalu vs Lawler for title shot- Sheilds seemingly gone Wed Jun 09, 2010 4:09 pm | |
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| Subject: Re: Babalu vs Lawler for title shot- Sheilds seemingly gone Wed Jun 09, 2010 4:09 pm | |
| Interesting. If this really is the case then the UFC needs to feed Shields to GSP immediately. | |
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| Subject: Re: Babalu vs Lawler for title shot- Sheilds seemingly gone Wed Jun 09, 2010 4:10 pm | |
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| Subject: Re: Babalu vs Lawler for title shot- Sheilds seemingly gone Wed Jun 09, 2010 4:15 pm | |
| Scott probably is unaware of Babalu and Mo's relationship or his intent to move to MW.
Coker said just a couple of days ago that he might do a tournament for the MW belt in the event Jake Shields leaves.
So maybe Scott just does not know what he's going to do untill Jake is officially gone...because you never know untill the deadline is over. They may have an offer on the table for him that Jake is holding out on seeing if he can get more from UFC, or vice versa...nobody knows.
I personally would rather see Sobral fight at 185 and go after that belt should he win, which i think he will. | |
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| Subject: Re: Babalu vs Lawler for title shot- Sheilds seemingly gone Wed Jun 09, 2010 4:19 pm | |
| I personally think he knows about Mo and Babalu, he is just trying to sell the Robbie-Babalu fight. Makes the main event mean more. But I could be wrong because if he knew then why wouldn't he just say the winner of this faces Jacare? Not sure the whole Babalu to MW is set in stone. | |
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