At UFC 195, champion Robbie Lawler defends his title against Carlos Condit in what is being billed as the most ‘terrifying’ fight in welterweight history.
Robbie Lawler is won the UFC welterweight title in January of 2014, defeating Johnny Hendricks by Split Decision in a rematch of their first title fight. He successfully defended his title in July at UFC 189, earning a TKO stoppage of Rory MacDonald.
Carlos Condit earned his title shot by defeating Thiago Alves at UFC Fight Night 67 after taking more than a year off due to injury. Prior to that Condit was just 1-3 inside the Octagon.
About Robbie Lawler
Robbie Lawler has experienced the highs and lows of his profession more than most – the exhilarating victories, the crushing defeats and everything in between.
But nothing in his MMA career matched the night Lawler’s hand was raised in triumph and he became the UFC welterweight champion after 13 years in the sport.
Lawler’s split decision win over Johny Hendricks, who had beaten him at UFC 171 to win the title vacated by Georges St-Pierre, finally took Lawler to the top in a career that has been occasionally bumpy.
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More about Carlos Condit
• Has won seven of his last 10
• 13 wins by submission, 14 by TKO / KO
• Last welterweight champion in WEC history. Went 5-0 in the organization, defeating Kyle Jensen, John Alessio, Brock Larson, Carlo Prater, and Hiromitsu Miura.
• Has faced Jake Shields, Frank Trigg, Renato Verissimo, Brandon Melendez, Pat Healy, and Koji Oishi in non-UFC / WEC bouts.
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UFC 195 takes place Saturday January 2nd, in Las Vegas, Nevada and the five fight main card airs live on PPV at 10:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM PT.
