The welterweight championship bout between Robbie Lawler and Rory MacDonald ranks among the UFC’s all-time greatest fights.
While Lawler emerged with a technical knockout victory 60 seconds into round five, there was plenty of back-and-forth action leading up to the finish that shattered MacDonald’s nose. In fact, MacDonald had Lawler reeling at one point, when he rocked “Ruthless’ with a head kick in the third and followed up with punches, standing elbows and knees. However, the violent nature of the bout only seemed to fuel Lawler, who glared at MacDonald and spit blood on the ground in a memorable scene at the conclusion of a brutal fourth stanza.