{"id":180717,"date":"2015-12-27T08:42:01","date_gmt":"2015-12-27T16:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=180717"},"modified":"2015-12-27T08:42:01","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T16:42:01","slug":"champ-robbie-lawler-video-ruthless-tells-it-like-it-is-why-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/champ-robbie-lawler-video-ruthless-tells-it-like-it-is-why-mma\/","title":{"rendered":"Champ Robbie Lawler Video: &#8220;Ruthless&#8221; &#8211; Tells it like it is &#8211; Why MMA?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Robbie Lawler Recounts Deciding to Make MMA His Career... in High School!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yDeuRWXqXYA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Welterweight champion Robbie Lawler is less than a week away from defending his title for the second time since winning the belt in December last year against \u00a0Johny &#8220;Bigg Rigg&#8221; Hendricks.<\/p>\n<p>The champ gives us an understanding on why chose the path of MMA. \u00a0Lawler (26-10-1 MMA) was thought to be nearing the end of his career during 2009-2012 years. \u00a0 The Filipino\/German fighter turned his career around in 2013 running three straight that included an all out war at UFC 167 against Rory <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/watch-johny-hendricks-full-blast-lawler-vs-macdonald-ii\/\">MacDonald <\/a>via split decision win.<\/p>\n<p>Will <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/video-interview-carlos-condit-breaks-down-how-hes-going-to-break-robbie-lawler\/\">Ruthless <\/a>give Carlos &#8220;The Natural Born Killer&#8221; more than he can handle at UFC 195? \u00a0 Who do you see winning the championship?<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welterweight champion Robbie Lawler is less than a week away from defending his title for the second time since winning the belt in December last year against \u00a0Johny &#8220;Bigg Rigg&#8221; Hendricks. 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