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Middleweight MMA · 2000s

Robbie Lawler

30–16 · 45 recorded bouts · 2001–2023

Robbie Lawler finished 77% of 30 wins inside the distance — the 46th percentile for middleweight MMA, where the median is 78%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height71″ (180.3 cm)
StanceSouthpaw
DivisionMiddleweight MMA
competed at 2: welterweight, middleweight — compared here against the last
Peak era2000s
CountryUnited States

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Robbie Lawler, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

2010 2020 win vs Saburo Kawakatsu (2001)win vs Marco Macera (2001)win vs Landon Showalter (2001)win vs John Reed (2001)win vs Tiki Ghosn (2002)win vs Steve Berger (2002)win vs Aaron Riley (2002)win vs Chris Lytle (2003)loss vs Pete Spratt (2003)loss vs Evan Tanner (2004)loss vs Nick Diaz (2004)win vs Jeremy Brown (2005)win vs Falaniko Vitale (2005)win vs Joey Villaseñor (2006)loss vs Jason Miller (2006)win vs Falaniko Vitale (2006)win vs Murilo Rua (2007)win vs Frank Trigg (2007)win vs Eduardo Pamplona (2007)win vs Scott Smith (2008)loss vs Jake Shields (2009)win vs Matt Lindland (2010)loss vs Renato Sobral (2010)win vs Melvin Manhoef (2010)loss vs Tim Kennedy (2011)loss vs Ronaldo Souza (2011)loss vs Lorenz Larkin (2012)win vs Adlan Amagov (2012)win vs Rory MacDonald (2013)win vs Bobby Voelker (2013)win vs Josh Koscheck (2013)win vs Johny Hendricks (2014)win vs Matt Brown (2014)win vs Jake Ellenberger (2014)win vs Rory MacDonald (2015)loss vs Tyron Woodley (2016)win vs Carlos Condit (2016)loss vs Rafael dos Anjos (2017)win vs Donald Cerrone (2017)loss vs Colby Covington (2019)loss vs Ben Askren (2019)loss vs Neil Magny (2020)win vs Nick Diaz (2021)loss vs Bryan Barberena (2022)win vs Niko Price (2023)
winlossdraw / NC2001–2023

Record

MMA record

30–16

46 bouts on record

Finish rate

77%

of wins ended inside the distance — middleweight MMA median 78%, 46th percentile

KO/TKO: 22 (73%)Submission: 1 (3%)Decision: 7 (23%)
  • KO/TKO 73%
  • Submission 3%
  • Decision 23%

The career, bout by bout

45 recorded bouts from 2001 to 2023. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

23y

2001–2023

Longest unbeaten run

8

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

2001

4 bouts

Recorded bouts

45

45 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2023 W Niko Price KO/TKO1
2022 L Bryan Barberena KO/TKO2
2021 W Nick Diaz KO/TKO3
2020 L Neil Magny Decision3
2019 L Colby Covington Decision5
2019 L Ben Askren Submission1
2017 L Rafael dos Anjos Decision5
2017 W Donald Cerrone Decision3
2016 L Tyron Woodley KO/TKO1
2016 W Carlos Condit Decision5
2015 W Rory MacDonald KO/TKO5
2014 W Johny Hendricks Decision5
2014 W Matt Brown Decision5
2014 W Jake Ellenberger KO/TKO3
2013 W Rory MacDonald Decision3
2013 W Bobby Voelker KO/TKO2
2013 W Josh Koscheck KO/TKO1
2012 L Lorenz Larkin Decision3
2012 W Adlan Amagov KO/TKO1
2011 L Tim Kennedy Decision3
2011 L Ronaldo Souza Submission3
2010 W Matt Lindland KO/TKO1
2010 L Renato Sobral Decision3
2010 W Melvin Manhoef KO/TKO1
2009 L Jake Shields Submission1
2008 W Scott Smith KO/TKO2
2007 W Murilo Rua KO/TKO3
2007 W Frank Trigg KO/TKO4
2007 W Eduardo Pamplona KO/TKO3
2006 W Joey Villaseñor KO/TKO1
2006 L Jason Miller Submission3
2006 W Falaniko Vitale KO/TKO1
2005 W Jeremy Brown Submission1
2005 W Falaniko Vitale KO/TKO2
2004 L Evan Tanner Submission1
2004 L Nick Diaz KO/TKO2
2003 W Chris Lytle Decision3
2003 L Pete Spratt KO/TKO2
2002 W Tiki Ghosn KO/TKO1
2002 W Steve Berger KO/TKO2
2002 W Aaron Riley Decision3
2001 W Saburo Kawakatsu KO/TKO1
2001 W Marco Macera KO/TKO1
2001 W Landon Showalter KO/TKO1
2001 W John Reed KO/TKO1

33 of these opponents have their own page here.

How this is worked out

  1. Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
  2. Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
  3. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 244 middleweight MMA fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100

Full methodology →

Source: Robbie Lawler on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-06-14. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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