Breaking News: Bobby Lashley Knocked Out

Chad Griggs def. Bobby Lashley after two rounds earlier tonight at the Strikeforce event in Houston, TX live on Showtime. The referee called the fight following the end of the second round when Griggs landed a series of huge hammerfists to the side of Lashley’s head.

Lashley had won the first two rounds mainly with takedowns and wrestling. He suffered a huge cut during the first round and the fight was stopped during the second round with 30 seconds left when the cut began to bleed badly. When the fight resumed, Griggs stuffed a takedown attempt by Lashley, landed a series of big hammerfists and shortly after the second round expired, the referee called the fight to end. Lashley is now 5-1 in his MMA career. Lashley was unbelievably tired during the third and final round and could barely stand. He was also bleeding badly throughout the fight.

Here is a recap from the MMASCOOPS.COM play-by-play report:

Bobby Lashley vs. Chad Griggs
Round 1
Lashley shoots a double right off the bat and he easily gets it. Lashley punches from the top and then passes to side control. Hard right hands from Lashley. Griggs tries to kick off the fence, but the stronger man has none of it. Lashley works to trap the left arm of his opponent under the leg from side control, but he can’t secure the position. Lashley stuffs a sweep attempt and continues to punch exclusively with his right hand. Griggs uses good leg work to block a mount pass. Lashley moves briefly to north-south position and then ends up in side control on the opposite side as last time. Griggs explodes and gets to his feet, but is quickly taken back down with a high single. Referee Jon Schorle warns Griggs for holding the fence, but the foul didn’t aid his takedown defense. Again Griggs gets to his feet. Lashley lands digging left hands to the body from the clinch against the fence and Schorle separates the fighters. Griggs roughs Lashley up with punches as he shoots another double. Lashley gets the takedown, but he’s bleeding badly from a cut below his left eye. Lashley is cut BAD. It’s really really deep.

Round 2
Lashley lifts Griggs high into the air and deposits him hard on the canvas. Lashley hits the body and head with his right hand and passes to side control. Right hands from Lashley find the jaw of Griggs. The crowd starts to boo the inactive fighters and Lashley gets the mount. Lashley is letting loose with his hands and he’s landing with frequency. Griggs bucks to reverse the position, but Lashley is too strong. A right hand lands for Lashley. The former pro wrestler rests in the mount and then opens up with his hands. In complete control, Lashley repeats the sequence of resting and punching from the mount. Schorle stands the fighters. Lashley is winded and slow to stand. He complains about his eye and the doctor checks him out. He tells the doctor he is OK and the fight is restarted. Lashley is DEAD TIRED. Wow. Lashley shoots a double from too far away and Griggs stuffs it. Griggs pounds away with punches and hammerfists and Lashley is in big trouble. Heavy shots are pummeling the ATT product. The bell rings to end the frame, and Lashley is a mess. He wobbles while trying to stand and the fight is called. Griggs takes a TKO at 5:00 of round two. Bobby Lashley QUITS. Ref had seen enough and so had Lashley. WOW.

PHOTOS: Bobby Lashley’s CUT – A 1-Inch GAP – OMG – This Is NASTY BAD!!!