Lawler wins split decision thriller over Condit at UFC 195

“One of the greatest rounds you will ever see in a fight”, White said. Little could they know, however, what was swirling through the 31-year-old challenger’s mind.

This weekend is the first UFC card of 2016, and it is on pay-per-view, with the welterweight title on the line as Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit will square off for UFC gold. Georges St. Pierre described Condit as his toughest competitor following their title bout in November 2012.

“I dont care about being overshadowed, ” Lawler said. But it was one hell of a fight regardless of the decision in it, even if it was probably the wrong one.

In the Philippines, the UFC has a new home in Cignal TV, the country’s foremost direct-to-home company, after the two groups agreed to an extensive three-year deal that will see the UFC beamed on various platforms. “There’s going to be different stars out there, and I’ll get my chance to shine”. Condit stuck his gameplan of throwing and landing various strikes from all angles, but Lawler poured all of his power into every punch he had left as the fight’s time expired. I needed to push forward in the fifth and that’s what I did. I don’t know. I feel like tonight was kind of a do-or-die moment for my career and I was all in. I was all in.

Two of the hardest hitting, most violent fighters in the world square off in the main event of UFC 195 on Saturday at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler’s chin is bigger than Jay Leno’s.

A year ago brought MMA fans many gifts in the form of Conor McGregor, Holly Holm and Lawler vs Rory MacDonald and perhaps there was a bit of a hangover in Las Vegas as a result.

Then, when that fight company was shut down in early 2013, Lawler’s contract was assigned to the UFC roster. “The game plan was to use my range and distancing to dictate the fight and some of it went according to plan and some of it, not so much”. “There were two winners tonight”.

Regardless of what one thought of the outcome, and opinions were divided, both earned massive respect. He is coming off a TKO win over Thiago Alves last May, but is just 2-3 in his last five fights. While an immediate rematch would seem to make sense, the UFC has already appointed a new No. 1 contender for Lawler’s belt in the form of Tyron Woodley.

He’s [Lawler] our Evander Holyfield. “It’s just like he’s never in a boring fight”.

On the UFC 195 Fight Pass, Dustin Poirier and Joseph Duffy finally get to step inside the cage against one another after their UFC Fight Pass headliner was canceled due to a Duffy concussion.