Anjos vs Lawler

Who won Anjos vs Lawler?

Rafael dos Anjos beat Robbie Lawler by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC on FOX 26, on Saturday 16th December 2017 at MTS Centre in Winnipeg.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Rafael dos Anjos.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Anjos vs Lawler stats

Rafael dos Anjos stepped into the octagon with a record of 27 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Robbie Lawler made his way to the cage with a record of 28 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 20 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Rafael dos Anjos' 36th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2008.

Rafael dos Anjos' UFC record stood at 21-15-0, while Robbie Lawler's came in at 15-10-0.

The stats suggested Lawler had a massive power advantage over Anjos, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Anjos' 19%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Anjos had a large advantage over Lawler, boasting a 33% submission rate over Lawler's 4%.

Rafael dos Anjos was the younger man by 3 years, at 40 years old.

Lawler had a height advantage of 3 inches over Anjos. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Anjos was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2004, 3 years and 5 months later than Lawler, whose first professional fight was in 2001. He had fought 25 more professional rounds, 140 to Lawler's 115.

Anjos vs Lawler form

Rafael dos Anjos had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Geoff Neal at UFC 308 on 26th October 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Mateusz Gamrot at UFC 299 on 9th March 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Kaseya Center, Miami, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Vicente Luque at UFC Fight Night – Luque vs Dos Anjos on 12th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had won against Bryan Barberena at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland on 3rd December 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Amway Center, Orlando.

He had lost to Rafael Fiziev at UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev on 9th July 2022 by knockout in the 5th round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Anjos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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