Whenever you hear UFC play-by-play commentator Jon Anik refer to the UFC welterweight division as “ruthless,” you can’t help but assume that he’s paying homage to the weight class’ former ruling warlord, Robbie Lawler.
A fighter who initially entered the organization with the billing of “the next big thing,” Lawler saw his fair share of ups and downs before returning to the UFC and winning the welterweight title over a decade later at UFC 181.
