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Bobby Lashley

This college graduate holds a degree from Missouri Valley College and has taken his career in new directions. He established a retail store selling health drinks and also set up the Lashley Network in 2009. With a strong Web presence, Lashley promotes his Bobby Lashley gym, his nutrition store and a social-networking site. The Denver, Colorado gym carries the title American Top Team Altitude.

Lashely’s full name is Franklin Roberto Matthew Lashley. He was born in 1976 and established himself as a mixed-martial artist and professional wrestler. He has been associated with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Most recently he opened a new company in the mixed-martial arts field – Lashley Management. He and Judith Sussman work as representatives for MMA fighters.

Bobby Lashley

Bobby Lashley MMA

After getting his feet wet with several matches in both the WWE Raw and SmackDown! shows in 2005 and 2006, Lashley captured the WWE United States Championship by defeating rival competitor “JBL.” During this stint with the league and another in 2007, Lashley wrestled several top superstars, including The Big Show and John Cena.

Lashley made his MMA debut on December 13, 2008, earning a 41 second TKO over Joshua Franklin after Franklin sustained a cut that would not allow him to continue their fight.

Earlier this year, Lashley joined Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling. In his first appearance with the league on July 30, he helped tag team matchup partner Mick Foley defeat superstars Kurt Angle and Kevin Nash.

Tickets for STRIKEFORCE: Miami officially go on-sale tomorrow/Friday, December 11 at the BankAtlantic Center ticket office as well as online.

Doors at BankAtlantic Center open at 7 p.m. The first non-televised, preliminary card fight will begin at 8 p.m.

Bobby Lashley Mma

Bobby Lashley TNA

Well it seems that MMA fight fans are going to have to wait a long time before they see the bout between Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley. Not that this one was ever on the books; Brock’s next match is a fight with Frank Mir, the one person to make Lesnar look incompetent during his brief UFC run. Considering the fact that the both men have the sort of builds that would qualify them as medium sized planets and have both held championships in Vince McMahon’s World Wrestling Entertainment, there was considerable interest in seeing this pair of sports entertainment stars go head to head in real combat. Bobby Lashley has made that possibility less likely as he has returned to the world of fake fighting.

During the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) pay per view on April 19th, Lashley appeared in a video that signaled his return to the wrestling ring. TNA is a rival company to the WWE, and has slowly started rising in the ratings. In response, Vince has created a show that airs directly opposite TNA’s Thursday night broadcast on Spike TV. As a way to defend against this threat, it would appear that TNA management has thrown the bank at Lashley, and brought him into the fold.