Who won Lawler vs Diaz II?
Robbie Lawler beat Nick Diaz by knockout in the 3rd round during the main card of UFC 266, on Saturday 25th September 2021 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).
Lawler vs Diaz II stats
Robbie Lawler stepped into the octagon with a record of 28 wins, 15 losses and 0 draws, 20 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.
Nick Diaz made his way to the cage with a record of 26 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 by submission.
Robbie Lawler's UFC record stood at 15-10-0, while Nick Diaz's came in at 7-7-0.
The stats suggested Lawler had a large advantage in power over Diaz, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Diaz's 50%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Diaz had a large advantage over Lawler, boasting a 31% submission rate over Lawler's 4%.
Robbie Lawler was the older man by 2 years, at 42 years old.
Diaz had a height advantage of 1 inch over Lawler. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.
Lawler was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2001, 4 months earlier than Diaz, whose first professional fight was in 2001. He had fought 25 more professional rounds, 115 to Diaz's 90.
Lawler vs Diaz II form
Robbie Lawler had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight leading up to 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, 11 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 29 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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