Unrepentant King Mo says keeping hands low had nothing to do with KO loss

Last week at Bellator 90, Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal got knocked out by an Emanuel Newton spinning backfist that shocked everyone. Well everyone who…

By: Nate Wilcox | 10 years ago
Unrepentant King Mo says keeping hands low had nothing to do with KO loss
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Last week at Bellator 90, Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal got knocked out by an Emanuel Newton spinning backfist that shocked everyone. Well everyone who hadn’t already noticed Mo’s habit of keeping his hands down at his waist.

Mo talked to Fight Hype in the aftermath and here’s what he had to say:

“I have been here before and I bounced back from it, and I will do the same this time. I am going to work more on my defense with Jeff Mayweather and I’m going to go back to my roots and work with Kevin Jackson, and I think I will be just fine. Emanuel did what he had to do and he caught me,” Lawal commented.

As far as the spinning backfist that put him out, Lawal said it was a shot he never even saw. “I didn’t even see the shot. A lot of people saying that I was fighting cocky and with my hands down, but if you watch it, when he missed with his right hand, I threw a right hand and then he came with the spinning backfist,” he explained. “So he kind of caught me in the act of punching, but no excuses, I’m good, and I will be back and hopefully I get to fight him again in the future. It was the first time I had been knocked out, and the good thing is I came to pretty quick. When I saw the ref standing over me, I just said, ‘Damn!'”

Take a look at the gif below and decide for yourself:

SBN coverage of Bellator 90



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Nate Wilcox
Nate Wilcox

Nate Wilcox is the founding editor of BloodyElbow.com. As such he has hired every editor and writer to work for the site. Wilcox’s writing for BE is known for its emphasis on MMA history, the evolution of fighting techniques and strong opinions. Wilcox developed the SBN MMA consensus rankings which were featured in USA Today from 2009 to 2011. Before founding BE, Wilcox was a political operative working for such figures as Senators John Kerry and Mark Warner and an early political blogger. He is the co-author of Netroots Rising, a history of the political blogosphere from 2003 to 2007. Wilcox also hosts the Let It Roll podcast on music history for the Pantheon Podcast Network.

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