Robbie Lawler (16-4) is the former EliteXC and ICON middleweight champions. Next weekend he will face off against another former EliteXC champion, welterweight Jake Shields (22-4-1), at Strikeforce's June 6th event in St. Louis. 

Lawler is a middleweight (185lbs.) and Shields is a welterweight (170lbs.) yet the fight will in fact be taking place at a catchweight of 182lbs.

In a recent interview with MMAMania Robbie Lawler touched on the catchweight issue and he seemed less than thrilled about the prospect of dropping a few more pounds. 

Derek Bolender: At the 182 pound catchweight, do you feel like you'll have the size and strength advantage? Do you anticipate being able to push out of positions and bully him around a little bit?

Robbie Lawler: No, because the catchweight is not really good for me. It's better for him. I'm coming down. He does not have to cut any weight. I have to cut more than I'm normally used to, but I don't think it really matters. I'm going to be ready to go and ready to fight.

Derek Bolender: The catchweight was something that appeared to be agreed on after the fact. Is that something you'll try to agree upon up front next time if a catchweight is needed? What are your thoughts on how that transpired?

Robbie Lawler: Well the thing is they're like, "Hey you're going to fight Jake Shields" and I was like, "Okay we're fighting him." We did the press conference and everything.

Then my manager goes, "They want to do it at 182″ and I was like, "Why didn't they say that in the beginning?"

Then he was like, "Do you really want to fight him on this? Is this something where you think you should make a big deal about it?" I go, "Hey, it's not a big deal if they don't think it's a big deal."

Now it's at 182 and we're all passed that and we're going to fight. Yeah, I wasn't too happy about the way it went down

Remind anyone else of a boxing fight where one camp starts changing things after the contract has been signed?

This is one of the reasons why I am not a big fan of catchweights and think it is really bad idea in the long run.