Bobby Lashley's camp was told this morning that negotiations with both former boxing heavyweight champ Hasim Rahman and early days MMA legend Don Frye fell through.
Square Ring Promotions, running a PPV on 3/21 from Pensacola, sent Lashley a contract today for a match with Jason Guida (17-19), whose main claim to fame is being Clay's older brother and often fights as a light heavyweight. The contracts have not been signed yet. Guida was chosen for last season's Ultimate Fighter but was waved off the show by the Nevada State Athletic Commission when he was having medical problems in trying to make weight.
Needless to say, this is a major letdown, both for the show, because it's hardly a PPV match by any stretch of the imagination, and for Lashley, who was hoping for a higher profile fighter.
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