Muhammed Lawal won’t be committing to a move to middleweight after all as he goes for the inaugural Rizin FF light heavyweight title next month. “King Mo” (21-8), who’s spent his career fighting at 205 pounds and heavyweight, has long discussed dropping to the weight class where he would likely be best physically suited. It seemed back-to-back knockout losses to Ryan Bader and Liam McGeary, respectively, convinced him that facing bigger men was not the best avenue for success, but his rematch with Jiri Prochazka (23-3-1) at Rizin FF 15 proves otherwise. “(I can make) 185, straight up – I’m 204 right now,” Lawal recently told MMA Junkie Radio. “185 is just like right there
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