TMZ Report Former WWE Star Batista To Fight For Strikeforce

TMZ.com note that former WWE Champion and former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Batista is said to try his hand in the Mixed Martial Arts world with Strikeforce. Batista was at the Strikeforce event last Thursday. The TMZ article notes:

“He’s a former six-time WWE heavyweight wrestling champion of the world, but this weekend Batista finally confirmed that he’s now fighting for real for an MMA company called Strikeforce. The 6′5″, 290 pound behemoth was out in Hollywood this weekend, where he told TMZ.com about the move and hinted that he already has his first fight lined up. The 40-something-year-old recently left WWE after his contract expired and there had been rumors floating around that he wanted to get into Mixed Martial Arts fighting.”

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good luck with that Dave

if it keeps you out of WWE for a bit, i'm all for it