Robbie Lawler is a UFC Corridor of Famer. Once more.
Throughout Saturday’s UFC 313 broadcast from Las Vegas, Lawler, 42, was introduced as the latest inductee to the UFC Corridor of Fame’s Trendy Wing. He was beforehand inducted in 2023 as one half of a traditional title struggle between him and Rory MacDonald at UFC 189.
Watch video of the announcement beneath.
Lawler’s solo induction was seemingly inevitable given his standing as a one-time UFC champion and in style fan favourite. Within the early 2000s, “Ruthless” developed his fame as an all-action fighter for the UFC earlier than happening to compete for different promotions comparable to Strikeforce and EliteXC. When he returned to the UFC in 2013, he launched into a championship run that few anticipated.
After scoring spectacular wins over Josh Koscheck, Bobby Voelker, and MacDonald, Lawler earned his first shot at UFC gold when he battled Johny Hendricks for a vacant welterweight title at UFC 171. Although Lawler got here out on the dropping finish of a call on that night time, he battled again to a rematch with Hendricks, this time popping out on high at UFC 181 and happening to defend the title twice, together with his traditional UFC 189 rematch with MacDonald and his UFC 195 battle with Carlos Condit that may doubtless earn its personal induction sometime.
Lawler received 5 Combat of the Evening bonuses in his 15-10 run within the UFC and retired in July 2023 with a professional file of 30-16 (1 NC). Within the ultimate struggle of his profession at UFC 290, Lawler thrilled the followers one final time with a 38-second knockout of Niko Worth.
The 2025 UFC Corridor of Fame induction ceremony takes place June 28 at T-Cell Enviornment as a part of Worldwide Combat Week. Additionally introduced for the induction checklist to this point are producer Craig Piligian (Contributor Wing) and UFC 236 title struggle between Israel Adesanya and Kelvin Gastelum (Combat Wing).
Lawler joins numerous legends within the Trendy Wing, together with 2024 inductee Frankie Edgar, all-time greats Jose Aldo, Daniel Cormier, Khabib Nurmagomedov, and Georges St-Pierre, and girls’s MMA pioneer Ronda Rousey.
