Besides Bo Nickal, Robbie Lawler is also one of the fighters winning very fast at UFC 290. Before rival Niko Price, Lawler took only 38 seconds to defeat the opponent. Immediately after the match, the veteran boxer of UFC also announced the parting of the professional MMA arena to take care of the family.
Lawler is 41 years old, with more than 20 years of professional MMA. He joined UFC in two stages, most notably from 2013 to the present. Lawler has held the Welterweight weight championship in the period of 2014-2016. In the golden age, Lawler used to defeat many boxers such as Matt Brown, Johny Hendricks, Rory MacDonald and Carlos Condit.
After defeating Tyron Woodley in July 2016 and to lose the UFC championship, Lawler experienced a series of 4 consecutive defeats. But in the last 3 matches of his career, Lawler won 2 matches against Nick Diaz and Niko Price. That helps this veteran boxer have a beautiful farewell with the UFC arena.
Robbie Lawler ended a professional MMA competition with 47 times. He won 30 matches (22 no, 1 submission), lost 16 matches and had 1 match that was not recognized. He has been voted for many years as the best MMA boxer of the year, as well as playing some of the best matches of the year.
Another interesting information about Lawler is that he used to play for UFC at the time of the tournament that has not been known as much as it is today. That is the period 2002-2004. Lawler then switched to playing for many other professional MMA awards, but finally returned to UFC when this tournament treated him deserved.