TYRON Woodley says he’s ready to jump into the firing line to beat Robbie Lawler and claim UFC welterweight gold at UFC 201 on Saturday night. Lawler is arguably in the best form of his veteran career, but Woodley says he hasn’t shown his full hand in the Octagon just yet. And ‘The Chosen One’ […]
ROBBIE Lawler is renowned for a succession of Octagon wars. But while the fans absolutely love to watch ‘Ruthless’ Robbie going toe-to-toe for five 5-minute rounds as he did in his recent bouts with Carlos Condit and Rory MacDonald, the UFC welterweight champion would much rather have a shorter night. Speaking ahead of his title […]
FOR Robbie Lawler, the path to UFC championship glory was a long and winding road. Considered a prodigious talent in his early years, Lawler’s brand of straight-ahead, heavy-handed brawling endeared him to the early-Zuffa-era UFC fanbase. But after a highlight-reel KO at the hands of Nick Diaz, things began to go awry, as Lawler fell […]