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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal is a former NCAA D1 wrestling champion, and he knows a thing or two about the differences between utilizing that skill set in the amateur context and attempting to impose it in mixed martial arts. That's something facing Brock Lesnar this Friday night at UFC 141 - finding a way to impose his biggest skill set against someone hell-bent on not allowing him to do so. In an interview with Yahoo! Sports, Lawal gave his suggestion for what he believed Lesnar needs to do in order to be successful on Friday night:
"If I were Brock, I would establish a good jab, fake ... jab, fake ... fake, jab. Look to shoot off the fakes. You know in wrestling. if the person doesn't respond to your fakes then you shoot next time. If the person responds to your fakes then you throw punches. It's going to be very important for Brock to set up his takedowns because without the setups, he's getting knocked out or hurt. Overeem is the wrong person to shoot on out of the blue."
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