For today’s look back into MMA history we are focusing on one of the sports biggest fan favourites; ‘Ruthless’ Robbie Lawler. It was on this day, 13 years ago, that the former Miletich product lived up to his nickname and took out a former UFC title challenger.
At 25-years-old Robbie Lawler had already been in and out of the UFC. After four wins on the regional circuit he debuted at UFC 37 in 2002. He beat Aaron Riley in that debut and then got wins over Steve Berger and Tiki Ghosn. After that came his first loss ever, to Pete Spratt (due to a hip injury) at UFC 42.