{"id":182191,"date":"2016-01-11T10:55:45","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T18:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=182191"},"modified":"2016-01-11T10:55:45","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T18:55:45","slug":"muhammed-lawal-interview-video-i-will-never-be-a-ufc-fighter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/muhammed-lawal-interview-video-i-will-never-be-a-ufc-fighter\/","title":{"rendered":"Muhammed Lawal Interview Video:  I will never be a UFC fighter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"King Mo: I&#039;ll never be a UFC fighter, I don&#039;t fit the mold\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k_RB4DeEnW0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Muhammed Lawal had a &#8220;King Mo&#8221; type of year winning all five of his contests, two by KO and three via unanimous decision.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/watch-king-mo-lawal-lands-one-punch-knockout-to-take-rizin-tournament\/\">Lawal (19-4-1 MMA)<\/a> is coming off his KO victory at Rizin FF Heavyweight Grand Prix finals. \u00a0 The first round knockout concluded &#8220;King Mo&#8217;s&#8221; year, check out the quote below.<\/p>\n<p id=\"paragraph3\" class=\"pgh-paragraph\">Lawal spoke about his chances of ever competing in UFC with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k_RB4DeEnW0\" target=\"_blank\" data-ref-index=\"10\">Submission Radio<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"paragraph4\" class=\"pgh-paragraph\"><i>&#8220;Dawg, listen. I&#8217;m not a UFC fighter. I never will be. I don&#8217;t fit the mold. You know, I&#8217;m too much end work for them. You know what I&#8217;m saying? Straight up, I can&#8217;t play the game. Like, they do their thing, I do my thing. People there, they do great. I&#8217;m happy for them. They&#8217;re getting paid. I just can&#8217;t, it&#8217;s not me. I don&#8217;t feel comfortable. Even when I go to a fight, because of my people I&#8217;m there, I don&#8217;t feel comfortable in that environment. I don&#8217;t know what it is. I feel more at home with like, the Strikeforce and the Bellator feel, and even in Japan. It&#8217;s just different with the UFC.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"pgh-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"pgh-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"pgh-paragraph\">Is Lawal playing hard to get? \u00a0 Would Lawal join the<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/is-fabricio-werdum-the-greatest-heavyweight-ever\/\"> elite fighters of the UFC <\/a>if the money was right regardless if the feeling wasn&#8217;t right?<\/p>\n<p class=\"pgh-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"pgh-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"pgh-paragraph\">Enjoy the video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muhammed Lawal had a &#8220;King Mo&#8221; type of year winning all five of his contests, two by KO and three via unanimous decision. Lawal (19-4-1 MMA) is coming off his KO victory at Rizin FF Heavyweight Grand Prix finals. \u00a0 The first round knockout concluded &#8220;King Mo&#8217;s&#8221; year, check out the quote below. 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