Askren vs Lawler

Who won Askren vs Lawler?

Ben Askren beat Robbie Lawler by submission in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 235, on Saturday 2nd March 2019 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Askren vs Lawler stats

Ben Askren stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 18 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Robbie Lawler made his way to the cage with a record of 28 wins, 12 losses and 0 draws, 20 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Ben Askren's UFC record stood at 1-2-0, while Robbie Lawler's came in at 15-10-0.

The stats suggested Lawler had a massive power advantage over Askren, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Askren's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Askren had a large advantage over Lawler, boasting a 28% submission rate over Lawler's 4%.

Ben Askren was the younger man by 3 years, at 39 years old.

Lawler had 3-inch reach advantage.

Askren was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 22 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 7 years and 10 months later than Lawler, whose first professional fight was in 2001. He had fought 63 less professional rounds, 52 to Lawler's 115.

Askren vs Lawler form

Robbie Lawler had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Niko Price at UFC 290 on 8th July 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Bryan Barberena at UFC 276 on 2nd July 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Nick Diaz at UFC 266 on 25th September 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Neil Magny at UFC Vegas 8 on 29th August 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been defeated by Colby Covington at UFC on ESPN 5 on 3rd August 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Prudential Center, Newark.

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Lawler's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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