Robbie Lawler Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
W	Niko Price Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head In Clinch	R1	0:38	UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez	Jul 8, 2023
L	Bryan Barberena Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R2	4:47	UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier	Jul 2, 2022
W	Nick Diaz Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R3	0:44	UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega	Sep 25, 2021
L	#14Neil Magny Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Rakic	Aug 29, 2020
L	#2Colby Covington Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Lawler	Aug 3, 2019
L	Ben Askren Welterweight	Submission	Bulldog Choke On Ground	R1	3:20	UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith	Mar 2, 2019
L	#4Rafael Dos Anjos Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Lawler vs. Dos Anjos	Dec 16, 2017
W	#7Donald Cerrone Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2	Jul 29, 2017
L	#4Tyron WoodleyTitle Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	2:12	UFC 201: Lawler vs. Woodley	Jul 30, 2016
W	#4Carlos ConditTitle Welterweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit	Jan 2, 2016
W	#2Rory MacDonaldTitle Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R5	1:00	UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor	Jul 11, 2015
W	CJohny HendricksTitle Welterweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II	Dec 6, 2014
W	#5Matt Brown Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC on FOX: Lawler vs. Brown	Jul 26, 2014
W	#5Jake Ellenberger Welterweight	KO/TKO	Knee to Head At Distance	R3	3:06	UFC 173: Barao vs. Dillashaw	May 24, 2014
L	#1Johny HendricksTitle Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler	Mar 15, 2014
W	#3Rory MacDonald Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 167: St-Pierre vs. Hendricks	Nov 16, 2013
W	Bobby Voelker Welterweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R2	0:24	UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Moraga	Jul 27, 2013
W	#8Josh Koscheck Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	3:57	UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche	Feb 23, 2013
L	Evan Tanner Middleweight	Submission	Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard	R1	2:22	UFC 50: The War Of '04	Oct 22, 2004
L	Nick Diaz Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	1:31	UFC 47: It's On!	Apr 2, 2004
W	Chris Lytle Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 45: Revolution	Nov 21, 2003
L	Pete Spratt Welterweight	Submission	Injury Knee Injury	R2	2:28	UFC 42: Sudden Impact	Apr 25, 2003
W	Tiki Ghosn Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:29	UFC 40: Vendetta	Nov 22, 2002
W	Steve Berger Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	0:27	UFC 37.5: As Real As It Gets	Jun 22, 2002
W	Aaron Riley Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 37: High Impact	May 10, 2002

Outside the UFC

15-6, 1 NCacross 22 bouts · 11 promotions · wins by 14 KO · 1 subStrikeforce · EliteXC · Icon Sport · IFL · PRIDE +6

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Lorenz Larkin27-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Strikeforce	Jul 14, 2012
W	Adlan Amagov14-2-1	KO/TKO	Flying Knee and Punches	R1	1:48	Strikeforce	Jan 7, 2012
L	Tim Kennedy18-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Strikeforce	Jul 30, 2011
L	Ronaldo Souza26-10	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	2:00	Strikeforce	Jan 29, 2011
W	Matt Lindland22-9	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:50	Strikeforce	Dec 4, 2010
L	Renato Sobral37-12	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Strikeforce	Jun 16, 2010
W	Melvin Manhoef32-17-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:33	Strikeforce	Jan 30, 2010
L	Jake Shields33-11-1	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	2:02	Strikeforce	Jun 6, 2009
W	Scott Smith18-11	KO/TKO	Kicks and Punches	R2	2:35	EliteXC	Jul 26, 2008
NC	Scott Smith18-11	No Contest	Thumb in the Eye	R3	3:26	EliteXC	May 31, 2008
W	Murilo Rua20-13-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	2:04	EliteXC	Sep 15, 2007
W	Frank Trigg21-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R4	1:40	Icon Sport	Mar 31, 2007
W	Eduardo Pamplona16-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	1:36	IFL	Feb 23, 2007
W	Joey Villasenor29-10	KO/TKO	Flying Knee and Punches	R1	0:22	PRIDE	Oct 21, 2006
L	Jason Miller23-10	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R3	2:50	Icon Sport	Sep 2, 2006
W	Falaniko Vitale30-11	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:38	Icon Sport	Feb 25, 2006
W	Jeremy Brown2-4	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:48	KOTC	Sep 17, 2005
W	Falaniko Vitale30-11	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:36	Superbrawl	Jul 23, 2005
W	Saburo Kawakatsu5-7-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:49	Shogun 1	Dec 15, 2001
W	Marco Macera3-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:19	EC 41	Jul 13, 2001
W	Landon Showalter11-19-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:14	IFC WC 13	Jun 15, 2001
W	John Reed0-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:14	EC 39	Apr 7, 2001

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

2-0across 2 amateur bouts · 1 promotionEC Trials

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Jerry Hudsperth0-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:05	EC Trials	Jan 20, 2001
W	Ernie Ward4-2	KO/TKO	—	R1	4:27	EC Trials	Jan 20, 2001

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

22 wins, 4 losses

W22

L4

Submission

1 win, 5 losses

W1

L5

Decision

7 wins, 7 losses

W7

L7

Finishes

UFC KOs

8

Above avg · 13%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.40

Above avg · 0.24Welterweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.39Welterweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Robbie Lawler

PowerChin

Knockout rate

32%

8 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

10

0.99 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

3

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

2

0.19 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

7 scorecards on file

Robbie Lawler

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 2 of 2 coin-flip decisions — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 3 of 3 rounds they disagreed on (100%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

2–0

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

3–0

Won – Lost

100% went their way

Unanimous5 decisions · 71%

2W3L

Split2 decisions · 29%

2W

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

1 round total

0

Won

1

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB62nd

47%1,334 / 2,760

Striking accuracy

59%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.82 differential

Landed3.85

Absorbed4.67

62%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+6%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head76%88th1,012
Body20%74th265
Leg4%25th57

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

69%Standing

Standing69%927
Clinch22%288
Ground9%119

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Robbie Lawler

Landed per 15

Head

A+

90th

47.7

90th

Body

A

75th

12.5

75th

Leg

F

18th

2.7

18th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

F

15th

49.4

15th

Body

F

17th

15.6

17th

Leg

F

15th

12.7

15th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	47.7	1,012	2,371	43%
Body	12.5	265	323	82%
Leg	2.7	57	66	86%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	49.4	1,049	3,155	33%
Body	15.6	332	468	71%
Leg	12.7	269	334	81%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Robbie Lawler

74%

Takedown accuracy

65%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-1.1 min net

On top1.5

On bottom2.7

Offense

Takedowns

D

41st

0.8

41st

TD accuracy

A+

89th

74%

89th

Sub attempts

D

38th

0.0

38th

Control

D

31st

1.5 min

31st

Defense

TD defense

C

55th

65%

55th

Controlled

2.7 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	17 / 23
Submission attempts	0
Control time	32:09

Defense

TDs defended	70 / 108
Control absorbed	56:21

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (318min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Robbie Lawler

25 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 318 min

106%

R3 pace · 14 bouts

Lawler builds (+5% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Lawler lifts to 106% of round-1 output by round 3 (14 bouts).

Lawler ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Lawlerlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Lawlerattempts / min

Control time

Lawler% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.9	4.0	3.6	0.11	15%	25
R2	4.3	3.9	6.4	0.04	5%	19
R3	5.0	4.2	4.7	0.09	13%	14
R4	4.4	3.9	6.4	0.06	8%	7
R5	6.0	5.9	7.1	0.00	4%	7

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Robbie Lawler

25 resolved UFC bouts · 13 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

56/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

84th

57%

84th

Win quality

A

82nd

52%

82nd

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

3

11

3

4

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	3	1-2	33%
Top-5	11	6-5	55%
Top-15	1	1-0	100%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Contender-level	1	0-1	0%
Established	1	1-0	100%
Building	3	1-2	33%
Unproven	4	4-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
W	Niko Price	Building	22	Jul 8, 2023
L	Bryan Barberena	Building	28	Jul 2, 2022
W	Nick Diaz	Cross-div ranked	45	Sep 25, 2021
L	Neil Magny#14	Top-5	72	Aug 29, 2020
L	Colby Covington#2	Top-5	89	Aug 3, 2019
L	Ben Askren	Top-5	54	Mar 2, 2019
L	Rafael Dos Anjos#4	Top-5	90	Dec 16, 2017
W	Donald Cerrone#7	Top-5	76	Jul 29, 2017
L	Tyron Woodley#4	Champion	93	Jul 30, 2016
W	Carlos Condit#4	Top-5	85	Jan 2, 2016
W	Rory MacDonald#2	Top-5	89	Jul 11, 2015
W	Johny HendricksCHAMP	Champion	100	Dec 6, 2014
W	Matt Brown#5	Top-5	78	Jul 26, 2014
W	Jake Ellenberger#5	Top-5	80	May 24, 2014
L	Johny Hendricks#1	Champion	98	Mar 15, 2014
W	Rory MacDonald#3	Top-5	88	Nov 16, 2013
W	Bobby Voelker	Unproven	8	Jul 27, 2013
W	Josh Koscheck#8	Top-15	72	Feb 23, 2013
L	Evan Tanner	Contender-level	45	Oct 22, 2004
L	Nick Diaz	Top-5	57	Apr 2, 2004
W	Chris Lytle	Established	22	Nov 21, 2003
L	Pete Spratt	Building	15	Apr 25, 2003
W	Tiki Ghosn	Unproven	8	Nov 22, 2002
W	Steve Berger	Unproven	8	Jun 22, 2002
W	Aaron Riley	Unproven	8	May 10, 2002

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

25 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

3-0

3 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

5-5

10 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

6-5

11 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

6-4

10 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

8-6

14 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

3-2

5 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

2-1

3 bouts

As challenger

fighting for the belt

1-1

2 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

3-0

3 bouts

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

2-0

2 bouts

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

1-0

1 bout

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

3 years

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Robbie Lawler

Extended layoff

3 yearssince last bout

vs Niko Price · Jul 8, 2023

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 6-1As underdog 5-6

65.0

DK avg

78.2

Median

99.2

Ceiling

21.2

Floor

44%

Boom

16%

Bust

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