Lawler vs Barberena

Who won Lawler vs Barberena?

Bryan Barberena beat Robbie Lawler by during the main card of UFC 276, on Saturday 2nd July 2022 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Bryan Barberena.

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).

Lawler vs Barberena stats

Robbie Lawler stepped into the octagon with a record of 29 wins, 15 losses and 0 draws, 21 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Bryan Barberena made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Robbie Lawler's UFC record stood at 15-10-0, while Bryan Barberena's came in at 9-10-0.

The stats suggested Lawler had an advantage in power over Barberena, with a 72% knock out percentage over Barberena's 59%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Barberena had a slight advantage over Lawler, with a 12% submission rate over Lawler's 3%.

Robbie Lawler was the older man by 8 years, at 42 years old.

Barberena had a height advantage of 1 inch over Lawler. Despite this, he had 2-inch reach advantage.

Lawler was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 19 more fights, and made his debut in 2001, 8 years and 6 months earlier than Barberena, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 42 more professional rounds, 115 to Barberena's 73.

Lawler vs Barberena form

Robbie Lawler had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Nick Diaz at UFC 266 on 25th September 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

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

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Colby Covington at UFC on ESPN 5 on 3rd August 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Prudential Center, Newark.

Before that, he had been defeated by Ben Askren at UFC 235 on 2nd March 2019 by submission in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had lost to Rafael dos Anjos at UFC on FOX 26 on 16th December 2017 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at MTS Centre, Winnipeg, Canada.

Bryan Barberena had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been beaten by Gerald Meerschaert at UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura on 16th March 2024 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Makhmud Muradov at UFC Fight Night London – Aspinall vs. Tybura on 22nd July 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Gunnar Nelson at UFC 286 on 18th March 2023 by submission in the 1st round at o2 Arena, London.

Before that, he had been beaten by Rafael dos Anjos at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland on 3rd December 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Amway Center, Orlando, United States.

He had beaten Robbie Lawler at UFC 276 on 2nd July 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Bryan Barberena had been fighting more than Robbie Lawler.

Going to this contest, Robbie Lawler had last fought 2 years, 6 months and 24 days ago, while Bryan Barberena's last outing had been 1 month and 2 days ago.

Lawler's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Barberena's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 9 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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