{"id":172546,"date":"2015-10-21T20:08:50","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T03:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=172546"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:39:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:39:36","slug":"condit-hoping-for-legendary-fight-against-lawler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/condit-hoping-for-legendary-fight-against-lawler\/","title":{"rendered":"Condit hoping for &#8220;legendary&#8221; fight against Lawler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last time UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler took to the cage fight fans got to witness one of the greatest fights in mixed martial arts history, as &#8220;Ruthless&#8221;\u00a0went to war with Rory MacDonald for the better part of five rounds before eventually earning a TKO victory over the talented Canadian late in the fight.<\/p>\n<p>Robbie Lawler is now preparing to defend his\u00a0UFC\u00a0gold\u00a0against former interim UFC welterweight champion Carlos Condit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;The Natural Born Killer&#8221; was very impressed by the\u00a0blood bath that was\u00a0&#8220;Lawler vs. MacDonald 2&#8221;, and is hoping to deliver a similar &#8220;legendary&#8221; fight when he squares off with &#8220;Ruthless&#8221; in the main event of UF 195 on January 2 in Las Vegas. His words via the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/662948\" target=\"_blank\" data-ref-index=\"7\" rel=\"noopener\">Albuquerque Journal<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>&#8220;Robbie and I are both strikers. We both go for broke, look to finish competitors. That&#8217;s going to make for a fight that I&#8217;m hoping is legendary. That&#8217;s the kind of fight I want to be in. I want to be in fights that people will remember for the rest of their lives. As a competitor, I was impressed [by Lawler vs. MacDonald]. I thought those guys put on a hell of a fight, skill-wise, but even more than that, just their toughness, their resiliency, their will to just get in there and not quit no matter what &#8211; it was inspiring.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Do you think that this January&#8217;s welterweight title fight between Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit could be as good or better than this past July&#8217;s &#8220;Lawler vs. MacDonald 2&#8221; bout? Sound off Penn Nation!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last time UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler took to the cage fight fans got to witness one of the greatest fights in mixed martial arts history, as &#8220;Ruthless&#8221;\u00a0went to war with Rory MacDonald for the better part of five rounds before eventually earning a TKO victory over the talented Canadian late in the fight. 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