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 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, 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, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Renato Moicano at UFC 272 on 5th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Paul Felder at UFC Vegas 14 on 14th November 2020 by split decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Michael Chiesa at UFC on ESPN+ 24 on 25th January 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at PNC Arena, Raleigh.

Activity check

Anjos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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