Robbie Lawler is a UFC Corridor of Famer. Once more.
Throughout Saturday’s UFC 313 broadcast from Las Vegas, Lawler, 42, was introduced as the latest inductee to the UFC Corridor of Fame’s Fashionable Wing. He was beforehand inducted in 2023 as one half of a basic title combat between him and Rory MacDonald at UFC 189.
Watch video of the announcement beneath.
Lawler’s solo induction was seemingly inevitable given his standing as a one-time UFC champion and standard fan favourite. Within the early 2000s, “Ruthless” developed his popularity as an all-action fighter for the UFC earlier than occurring to compete for different promotions reminiscent of Strikeforce and EliteXC. When he returned to the UFC in 2013, he launched into a championship run that few anticipated.
After scoring spectacular wins over Josh Koscheck, Bobby Voelker, and MacDonald, Lawler earned his first shot at UFC gold when he battled Johny Hendricks for a vacant welterweight title at UFC 171. Although Lawler got here out on the shedding finish of a choice on that evening, he battled again to a rematch with Hendricks, this time popping out on high at UFC 181 and occurring to defend the title twice, together with his basic UFC 189 rematch with MacDonald and his UFC 195 conflict with Carlos Condit that may doubtless earn its personal induction sometime.
Lawler received 5 Combat of the Night time bonuses in his 15-10 run within the UFC and retired in July 2023 with a professional file of 30-16 (1 NC). Within the last combat of his profession at UFC 290, Lawler thrilled the followers one final time with a 38-second knockout of Niko Price.
The 2025 UFC Corridor of Fame induction ceremony takes place June 28 at T-Cellular Area as a part of Worldwide Combat Week. Additionally introduced for the induction listing to this point are producer Craig Piligian (Contributor Wing) and UFC 236 title combat between Israel Adesanya and Kelvin Gastelum (Combat Wing).
Lawler joins quite a lot of legends within the Fashionable Wing, together with 2024 inductee Frankie Edgar, all-time greats Jose Aldo, Daniel Cormier, Khabib Nurmagomedov, and Georges St-Pierre, and ladies’s MMA pioneer Ronda Rousey.
