Lawler vs Cerrone

Who won Lawler vs Cerrone?

Robbie Lawler beat Donald Cerrone by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 214, on Saturday 29th July 2017 at Honda Center in Anaheim.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Robbie Lawler.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Lawler vs Cerrone stats

Robbie Lawler stepped into the octagon with a record of 27 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 20 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Donald Cerrone made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Robbie Lawler's UFC record stood at 15-10-0, while Donald Cerrone's came in at 23-14-0.

The stats suggested Lawler had a massive power advantage over Cerrone, boasting a 74% knock out percentage over Cerrone's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lawler had a slight advantage over Cerrone, with a 4% submission rate over Cerrone's 0%.

Robbie Lawler was the older man by 1 year, at 43 years old.

Cerrone had a height advantage of 2 inches over Lawler. Despite this, he had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Lawler was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 38 more fights, and made his debut in 2001, 4 years and 10 months earlier than Cerrone, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 115 to Cerrone's 115.

Lawler vs Cerrone form

Cerrone had lost to all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Alex Morono at UFC Vegas 26 on 8th May 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, his fight against Niko Price at UFC Vegas 11 on 19th September 2020 ended in a no contest.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Conor McGregor at UFC 246 on 18th January 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Justin Gaethje at UFC on ESPN+ 16 on 14th September 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

He had lost to Tony Ferguson at UFC 238 on 8th June 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at United Center, Chicago, United States.

Activity check

Cerrone's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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