Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal Responds To CSAC Fine
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After defeating Mike Whitehead during this past weekends Strikeforce “Evolution” event, Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal (6-0) opened up a can of Rockstar energy drink in the cage, drinking some but getting more on the mat as it fizzed out of the can.
The California State Athletic Commission took offense to his actions and fined Lawal 10% of his earnings, which totaled $2,000 of his $20,000 purse, surprising the fighter that he’d been fined.
Speaking to MMAFighting.com, Lawal said that his actions had been something he planned on doing and noted that it wasn’t a cheap ploy for sponsorship.
“Someone told me, ‘You got fined.’ I was like what? Fined by who?,” Lawal said.
“I told Strikeforce. I figured that everybody knew. I think it probably had to do with the huge uproar because everybody was like, ‘Mo’s unsportsmanlike,’ and their corny a** bulls***. They don’t want to see me have fun and what not. They think this is the NFL.”
“I’m not sponsored by Rockstar. The thing is, I couldn’t have any other beverage in the ring. If I could have, I would have had Pepsi. But Rockstar is cool, they are the sponsor for Strikeforce, I have a lot of respect for Strikeforce so I just did it. Why not? I was just out there having fun.”
Lawal took offense to people claiming he tried to soak the mat on purpose with three fights left on the card.
“I didn’t splash the mat with the drink. The drink exploded when I opened it because someone shook it up,” he said.
“As far as people saying, ‘Yeah, Mo got the mat slippery on purpose.’ Let me telling you something, you idiots: the canvas is slippery anyway. If I get Rockstar on the mat and it dries up, I’m doing them a f***ing favor, you know what I’m saying? It irritates me when people run their mouths and sh**. They always say the dumbest sh** ever and they don’t know sh** about what’s going on.”
He was not suspended! It was a fine that amounted to $ 2000.00. Which is and was not really a big deal in my books, neither the act nor the fine.
The guy put on great performance and was happy about it much less it is part of his persona.