Mo Lawal is considered one of the best wrestlers to come out of the large state of Texas. He started wrestling to support his football but it soon developed into his passion. Mo Lawal went on to win Texas… + See More +
Mo Lawal is considered one of the best wrestlers to come out of the large state of Texas. He started wrestling to support his football but it soon developed into his passion. Mo Lawal went on to win Texas… + See More
- See Less - Mo Lawal is considered one of the best wrestlers to come out of the large state of Texas. He started wrestling to support his football but it soon developed into his passion. Mo Lawal went on to win Texas State and represent Texas at nationals.
As soon as he was done with high school he was driving up to Central Oklahoma a powerhouse Division II school. At Central Oklahoma he was a 2x DII National champ. By his senior year Central Oklahoma and the Division II quest wasn?t large enough for MO. He transferred to the legendary Oklahoma State and vied for a Division I title. He fell a little short but took 3rd at 197lbs.
Mo was just getting started though and right away was contending for the 2004 olympic spot. In 5 years he went from not being a division I recruit to contending with the legendary Cael Sanderson, the Olympic champion, for the Olympic spot. Again he came short but kept at it. In 2005 Mo Lawal finally reached the national championship that had been avoiding him the two years prior. He represented the US in the World Championships in 2005 and had a strong performance yet did not medal.
After falling just short of making the Olympic wrestling team in 2008 Mo started training mma full time. He has no one place that he considers his training gym. His first fights have been in Sengoku in Japan and plans to one day get into the UFC.
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Mental Workout November 15, 2008 at 10:04pm
I like that he does know which workout partners are so mentally tough that they don't even know when they are worn out. He's pretty smart. Be a legend in more than his own mind because he's working on doing the best that he can do and let us all go out and support all the former wrestlers. Let's all GDP!
Mo says that mma is 95 percent mental and 5 percent physical. He becomes strong mentally through the rigorous workouts he puts himself through and the mentally tough partners he trains with. He feels like he would like to hone his skills in Japan and then eventually make a move to the US and fight for whichever organization has the best fighters. He talks about GDP, which means get that paper, getting paid which is what you have to do. November 15, 2008
Mo Lawal GDP
