King Mo Fought with NO PCL and Probably No ACL

Mamba · Mar 26, 2009

Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal (4-0) knows his recent unanimous decision win over Ryo Kawamura at "Sengoku Seventh Battle" was not the best performance he's turned in during a blossoming, six-month-old career.

As Lawal recently told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio), it certainly wasn't the way he planned for the fight to unfold.

But then again, what can you expect from a guy working with one functioning knee?

"I'm getting an MRI done," Lawal said. "I think the ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) is gone."

Athletes in many sports have previously fought through an injury such as Lawal's, but the 28-year-old had one additional challenge as well.

"The problem is I have no PCL (posterior cruciate ligament) already," Lawal said. "And now my ACL may be gone."

While Lawal's performance in the bout with Kawamura certainly paled in comparison to his three prior outings, understanding that two major ligaments in his knee were completely ineffective explains a bit about the fight.

"The thing is, I hurt [my knee] a week before the fight, so I couldn't really train," Lawal said. "I was just icing it, and I was struggling to walk. So I was like, 'Well if I can get to the point where I can just bend my leg a little bit, I can beat this dude just wrestling.'

"The way I trained for this fight, I was going to try and knock his ass out, or at least drop him and submit him. But that was hard enough because I couldn't bend my leg. So I was just trying to slam him here or there when I could - just end the fight any way I could."

Lawal's muscular strength is obvious at first glance of the light-heavyweight's frame. So with a bum knee, Lawal was still able to power through many wrestling techniques.

However, striking was a different story.

"I couldn't get any power behind my punches," Lawal said. "When I would step forward my knee would buckle.

"I wanted to finish the fight. It was just hard because when I would get his back, I couldn't put the hooks in. And I couldn't do nothing because of my leg. He crawled through the ropes, and I started punching him. [But] I couldn't punch him the way I wanted to because his head was outside the ropes."

Lawal was so intent on finishing the fight that he actually created further problems for his ailing body.

"The last slam I saw his eyes roll back in his head," Lawal said. "I tried to throw a punch, and I missed, and I hit the ground. Actually I think I broke my hand.

"That [expletive] was funny because I was trying to kill him with that right hand, and I hit the ground twice. My hand started hurting."

Despite the physical adversity - and despite dealing with his own pre-fight version of "Greasegate" when World Victory Officials officials insisted on wiping his body down with water and alcohol - Lawal persevered for the victory.

Now facing a possible surgery, and a four-to-six-month recovery time, the question becomes, "When will Lawal fight again?"

"My leg is so strong that I can still squat, but I have a hard time walking down stairs right now," Lawal said. "I'm trying to think if I can get my leg strong enough. My leg is strong, but I'm trying to get it strong enough to where my leg can support itself without surgery."

And no Lawal fight would be complete without a proper grand entrance, another key reason Lawal is intent on recovering properly.

"That's the main thing," Lawal joked. "I couldn't get my intro down. I couldn't hit my moves like I wanted to."

But with each win, no matter how it is reached, Lawal continues to build up an impressive resume and star power in Japan. However, at least for now, Lawal insists he's still learning the ropes.

"I'm still up-and-coming," Lawal said. "The big names in Sengoku are really (Satoru) Kitaoka and (Jorge) Santiago. I'm just a fun person, so I make this [expletive] fun, but those two are the big names with Sengoku.

I'm just an up-and-coming fighter. They're the champions."
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yankshater213 · Mar 26, 2009

That's fucking crazy. I tore my ACL before and it fucking sucked. I walked on it for a few months before my surgery, and I couldn't do anything (let alone fight a fucking high level MMA match).

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