Bellator 123 Adds "King Mo" Lawal, Bobby Lashley, Cheick Kongo and Others

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Bellator 123 adds 'King Mo' Lawal, Bobby Lashley, Cheick Kongo and others

In addition to a previously announced title fight, September’s Bellator 123 event has added some notable names to the fight card.

Bellator 123 takes place Sept. 5 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The main card airs on Spike TV following prelims on Spike.com.

As previously announced, featherweight champion Pat Curran (20-5 MMA, 10-2 BMMA) headlines the event against Patricio Freire (21-2 MMA, 9-2 BMMA). They first met in January 2013 at Bellator 85. After five hard-fought rounds, Curran was awarded a split-decision victory and defended the Bellator 145-pound title.

The co-headliner features heavyweights and UFC vets Cheick Kongo (21-9-2 MMA, 3-1 BMMA), who’s won three of his past four, and Lavar Johnson (18-9 MMA, 1-2 BMMA), who’s stuck in a 1-4 skid.

Additionally, after falling short to Quinton Jackson in a recent light heavyweight tournament final, Muhammed Lawal (12-4 MMA, 4-3 BMMA) returns to the cage. “King Moâ€￾ take on Tom DeBlass (9-2 MMA, 1-0 BMMA), a former UFC fighter who knocked out Jason Lambert in his November 2013 Bellator debut.

Also on the card, former Strikeforce fighter and WWE star Bobby Lashley (10-2 MMA, 0-0 BMMA), who currently performance for the TNA pro-wrestling promotion, makes his Bellator debut against fellow heavyweight Josh Burns (8-7 MMA, 0-4 BMMA), who gets a fifth shot at his first win with the promotion.

The latest Bellator 123 card now includes:

Champ Pat Curran vs. Patricio Freire – for Bellator featherweight title
Lavar Johnson vs. Cheick Kongo
Tom DeBlass vs. Muhammed Lawal
Josh Burns vs. Bobby Lashley

MMAJunkie

 

[The Great Cochrane]

First round of the next Bellator Heavyweight title tournament I want to see Kongo vs Lashley.

Seriously... Lashley needs to get knocked out.

 

[Castiel]

Putting your world champion in a legit fight is a pretty dumb move but I guess it's all publicity in the end.

 

[The Great Cochrane]

Putting your world champion in a legit fight is a pretty dumb move but I guess it's all publicity in the end.

Considering Josh Burns holds a less than impressive record of 8-7, it seems like a pretty safe bet.

But then again... anything can happen.