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Robbie Lawler

30-16-0 (1 NC)
44y·5' 11"·74" reach·Southpaw
1:31
Control / 15m
time on top
-0.82
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
67%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.7
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

Tells

Non-traditional predictors we've tested against the record. Only the ones that fire on this fighter show up here.

Chin Decay

Predictive

First KO loss April 2004. Fighters at the same age and mileage lose by KO in 11.3% of fights; after a first KO it runs 17.3%.

Fired again Jul 2022

Read the research

Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 1 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 25 recorded bouts, 1334 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 76%Body 20%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 69%Clinch 22%Ground 9%
And how often each lands
Head43%
Body82%
Legs86%
Distance43%
Clinch71%
Ground66%

How fights end

UFC bouts only, so these will not add up to the record above. Counts rather than rates: two knockouts in three wins is not a 67% finisher.

21Wins14 KO · 7 DEC
15Losses3 KO · 5 SUB · 7 DEC

Control, bout by bout

Seconds spent controlling the opponent in each fight, oldest on the left. UFCStats records this per bout and never adds it up; this is what that looks like added up.

30%
Riley
37%
Berger
2%
Ghosn
30%
Spratt
32%
Lytle
0%
Diaz
24%
Tanner
6%
Koscheck
23%
Voelker
16%
MacDonald
0%
Hendricks
9%
Ellenberger
16%
Brown
4%
Hendricks
1%
MacDonald
3%
Condit
0%
Woodley
2%
Cerrone
18%
Anjos
17%
Askren
0%
Covington
10%
Magny
2%
Diaz
0%
Barberena
0%
Price

As the fight goes on

Which measure to show

Significant strikes landed, per minute fought. Every round is measured against round one, except rounds reached by fewer than 3 bouts, which are dimmed and left uncompared.

Landed / minvs R1Bouts
R13.97100%25
R23.9499%19
R34.18105%14
R43.9499%7
R55.87148%7

Only fights that reached a round count towards it, so later rounds are a smaller sample.

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min3.85
Strikes absorbed / min4.67
Striking accuracyof everything thrown47%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed59%
Takedowns / 15 min0.65
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land64%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed65%
Sub attempts / 15 min0
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together8.52
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 25 bouts12.7m

Earned Accuracy

How hard the opponents on this record were to hit at distance, and whether they beat it. Distance strikes only, so nobody gets credit for accuracy they picked up hammering someone already flat on the floor.

42.6%
Landed at range
2,176 thrown over 25 bouts
36.6%
Expected
against these opponents
+6.0pp
Gap
above expected
83.3%
Coverage
from real records
The fine print

Distance strikes only

Nothing thrown in the clinch or on the ground counts. Those land at about 72% and 71%, against 44% at distance, so a blended accuracy mostly measures where a fight happened. Rank the sport that way and its best strikers are all wrestlers.

One pass, not a rating

How much each opponent lets through is taken raw. It isn't adjusted for who they fought, so a fighter whose opponents all had soft schedules comes out looking better here than they are. Running it to convergence is a later job.

Coverage, and who gets ranked

Coverage is how much of the expected number came from the opponents' own records instead of the division average. Under 65% it's mostly the division talking, so the comparison gets hidden. Same for anyone under 5 qualifying bouts, or under 300 distance strikes of their own, which is where an accuracy still moves on a single exchange. Miss any of the three and you'll see what they landed, nothing else, and they stay out of any ranking.

Short records get pulled to the middle

An opponent who hasn't been shot at much gets dragged toward their division's average, and the drag fades as their record fills in. At 60 distance strikes faced, their own record and the division average count for the same.

Bout log

WNiko PriceJul 2023KO R10:00 ctrl8 str0 td
Significant strikes
8 of 10 · 80%
Total strikes
8 of 10 · 80%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 0:38
Punches to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 50%Clinch 50%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LBryan BarberenaJul 2022KO R20:00 ctrl81 str0 td
Significant strikes
81 of 141 · 57%
Total strikes
81 of 141 · 57%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:47
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 80%Body 19%Legs 1%
Position
Distance 96%Clinch 4%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WNick DiazSep 2021KO R30:14 ctrl131 str0 td
Significant strikes
131 of 221 · 59%
Total strikes
131 of 221 · 59%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:14
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 0:44
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 67%Body 25%Legs 8%
Position
Distance 76%Clinch 24%Ground 1%
This fight on UFCStats
LNeil MagnyAug 2020U-DEC1:33 ctrl26 str0 td
Significant strikes
26 of 45 · 58%
Total strikes
41 of 62 · 66%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
1:33
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 69%Body 15%Legs 15%
Position
Distance 58%Clinch 23%Ground 19%
This fight on UFCStats
LColby CovingtonAug 2019U-DEC0:00 ctrl78 str0 td
Significant strikes
78 of 167 · 47%
Total strikes
82 of 171 · 48%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 78%Body 13%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 85%Clinch 15%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LBen AskrenMar 2019SUB R10:33 ctrl26 str1 td
Significant strikes
26 of 29 · 90%
Total strikes
30 of 33 · 91%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:33
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 3:20
Bulldog Choke On Ground
Target
Head 81%Body 19%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 4%Clinch 35%Ground 62%
This fight on UFCStats
LRafael Dos AnjosDec 2017U-DEC4:24 ctrl86 str0 td
Significant strikes
86 of 212 · 41%
Total strikes
137 of 267 · 51%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
4:24
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 62%Body 37%Legs 1%
Position
Distance 56%Clinch 44%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WDonald CerroneJul 2017U-DEC0:21 ctrl77 str0 td
Significant strikes
77 of 156 · 49%
Total strikes
85 of 164 · 52%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:21
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 61%Body 36%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 45%Clinch 55%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LTyron WoodleyJul 2016KO R10:00 ctrl3 str0 td
Significant strikes
3 of 6 · 50%
Total strikes
4 of 7 · 57%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:12
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 0%Body 100%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 67%Clinch 33%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WCarlos ConditJan 2016S-DEC0:41 ctrl92 str0 td
Significant strikes
92 of 177 · 52%
Total strikes
93 of 178 · 52%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:41
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 89%Body 8%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 83%Clinch 15%Ground 2%
This fight on UFCStats
WRory MacDonaldJul 2015KO R50:11 ctrl70 str0 td
Significant strikes
70 of 156 · 45%
Total strikes
76 of 163 · 47%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:11
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R5 1:00
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 97%Body 1%Legs 1%
Position
Distance 93%Clinch 4%Ground 3%
This fight on UFCStats
WJohny HendricksDec 2014S-DEC1:02 ctrl116 str0 td
Significant strikes
116 of 201 · 58%
Total strikes
167 of 253 · 66%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
1:02
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 61%Body 39%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 47%Clinch 31%Ground 22%
This fight on UFCStats
WMatt BrownJul 2014U-DEC3:57 ctrl80 str2 td
Significant strikes
80 of 200 · 40%
Total strikes
87 of 207 · 42%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
3:57
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 80%Body 16%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 85%Clinch 9%Ground 6%
This fight on UFCStats
WJake EllenbergerMay 2014KO R31:11 ctrl68 str0 td
Significant strikes
68 of 155 · 44%
Total strikes
72 of 159 · 45%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
1:11
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 3:06
Knee to Head At Distance
Target
Head 84%Body 16%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 69%Clinch 13%Ground 18%
This fight on UFCStats
LJohny HendricksMar 2014U-DEC0:00 ctrl150 str0 td
Significant strikes
150 of 331 · 45%
Total strikes
162 of 343 · 47%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 94%Body 3%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 97%Clinch 3%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WRory MacDonaldNov 2013S-DEC2:22 ctrl44 str0 td
Significant strikes
44 of 102 · 43%
Total strikes
65 of 126 · 52%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
2:22
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 57%Body 11%Legs 32%
Position
Distance 73%Clinch 7%Ground 20%
This fight on UFCStats
WBobby VoelkerJul 2013KO R21:13 ctrl28 str1 td
Significant strikes
28 of 46 · 61%
Total strikes
32 of 51 · 63%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
1:13
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 0:24
Kick to Head At Distance
Target
Head 79%Body 18%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 75%Clinch 21%Ground 4%
This fight on UFCStats
WJosh KoscheckFeb 2013KO R10:14 ctrl9 str0 td
Significant strikes
9 of 15 · 60%
Total strikes
16 of 22 · 73%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:14
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:57
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 78%Body 22%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 22%Ground 78%
This fight on UFCStats
LEvan TannerOct 2004SUB R10:34 ctrl3 str1 td
Significant strikes
3 of 14 · 21%
Total strikes
4 of 15 · 27%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:34
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 2:22
Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard
Target
Head 67%Body 33%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 33%Clinch 33%Ground 33%
This fight on UFCStats
LNick DiazApr 2004KO R20:00 ctrl16 str0 td
Significant strikes
16 of 64 · 25%
Total strikes
18 of 66 · 27%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 1:31
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 81%Body 19%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 88%Clinch 13%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WChris LytleNov 2003U-DEC4:52 ctrl30 str3 td
Significant strikes
30 of 72 · 42%
Total strikes
51 of 93 · 55%
Takedowns
3 of 4 · 75%
Control
4:52
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 77%Body 17%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 43%Clinch 17%Ground 40%
This fight on UFCStats
LPete SprattApr 2003SUB R22:16 ctrl15 str2 td
Significant strikes
15 of 25 · 60%
Total strikes
24 of 34 · 71%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
2:16
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 2:28
Injury Knee Injury
Target
Head 20%Body 73%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 7%Clinch 80%Ground 13%
This fight on UFCStats
WTiki GhosnNov 2002KO R10:02 ctrl5 str0 td
Significant strikes
5 of 11 · 45%
Total strikes
5 of 11 · 45%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:29
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 80%Clinch 0%Ground 20%
This fight on UFCStats
WSteve BergerJun 2002KO R22:02 ctrl28 str1 td
Significant strikes
28 of 51 · 55%
Total strikes
39 of 62 · 63%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
2:02
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 0:27
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 57%Body 43%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 11%Clinch 61%Ground 29%
This fight on UFCStats
WAaron RileyMay 2002U-DEC4:27 ctrl64 str6 td
Significant strikes
64 of 153 · 42%
Total strikes
87 of 176 · 49%
Takedowns
6 of 8 · 75%
Control
4:27
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 81%Body 14%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 53%Clinch 33%Ground 14%
This fight on UFCStats

Numbers from UFCStats. Control time and strike placement are summed from each bout, everything else is as published.