Lawler vs Cerrone

Who won Lawler vs Cerrone?

Robbie Lawler beat Donald Cerrone by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 214, on Saturday 29th July 2017 at Honda Center in Anaheim.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Robbie Lawler.

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 Cerrone stats

Robbie Lawler stepped into the octagon with a record of 27 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 20 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Donald Cerrone made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Robbie Lawler's UFC record stood at 15-10-0, while Donald Cerrone's came in at 23-14-0.

The stats suggested Lawler had a massive power advantage over Cerrone, boasting a 74% knock out percentage over Cerrone's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lawler had a slight advantage over Cerrone, with a 4% submission rate over Cerrone's 0%.

Robbie Lawler was the older man by 1 year, at 42 years old.

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

Lawler was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 38 more fights, and made his debut in 2001, 4 years and 10 months earlier than Cerrone, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 115 to Cerrone's 115.

Lawler vs Cerrone form

Robbie Lawler had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, 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, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

He had lost to Ben Askren at UFC 235 on 2nd March 2019 by submission in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Lawler's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 13 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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