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08:18 AM ET 12.16 | Usually when fighters make their professional debut, only friends and family know about it. When you are Bobby Lashley and you've already spent two years as a pro wrestling star, quietly starting in a new sport is not an option. He's a little too well known and far too big to go unnoticed. And the spotlight isn't likely to go away, because people are already talking about a match down the line with Brock Lesnar. Lashley, the latest wrestling star to move into mixed martial arts, didn't take long to win his first match. In the semi-main event and most talked about match on Saturday night's Mixed Fighting Alliance show in Miami, Lashley took only 41 seconds to open a deep cut near the hairline of Joshua Franklin, who was also making his pro debut, before the match was stopped. Lashley wasn't sure which blow opened the cut, which reportedly needed 32 stitches to close. There were a few quick punches on the ground, and one solid shot just as Franklin was trying to get up before the match was called.

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