UFC Not Interested in Bobby Lashley

[Superman33]

Dana White recently said the following in an interview (http://www.wrestlezone.com/article.php?articleid=232925327#) with AOL Fanhouse regarding whether he has interest in bringing Bobby Lashley to the UFC:

"I don't think so. We brought in Brock Lesnar because he's a great wrestler. He's a big guy, I thought he should have taken some fights in some smaller shows, but he assured me he was ready and I believed him and he was right, thank God. I don't know how many people can cross over and do what Lesnar has done. I don't think there's many out there."

I guarantee you if Lashley ends up being absolutely dominant Dana will snatch him up. He get to where Lesnar is as fast as Lesnar, but he could get there eventually.

[Aperama]

Well, Lashley's got a military wrestling background, and I'm not too sure whether that accounts for much overall. However, I can guarantee that Lashley's bulk is probably dropping bigtime now that he's getting into professional fighting - just because he literally had to forcibly put it on to have the pro wrestling look. I'd be surprised if he did keep it - but it makes him an attraction, if not necessarily a very appealing one, if he did. Lesnar also stayed with the WWE longer, having a little more face value - and the fact that he went through the amateur leagues for so long really helped his cred with the less WWE-centric people, I'd think (while they still hated him).

Either way, though, I feel Lashley-Lesnar would be a really boring fight somehow.

[The Kid]

Well, Lesnar is by a pretty large margin the UFC's biggest star, so I guess Lashley wouldn't be a bad guy to bring in. That said, they have to strike a balance here, this isn't Japan, so they can't bring in all the pro wrestlers they want, they must appear legit. Lashley could probably make a fair bit of money going to DREAM and main eventing against Bob Sapp, which might actually be a better option.