{"id":265933,"date":"2017-12-17T07:31:27","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T15:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=265933"},"modified":"2017-12-17T07:31:27","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T15:31:27","slug":"robbie-lawler-breaks-loss-rafael-dos-anjos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/robbie-lawler\/robbie-lawler-breaks-loss-rafael-dos-anjos\/","title":{"rendered":"Robbie Lawler breaks down his loss to Rafael dos Anjos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, the UFC touched down in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada with UFC on Fox 26. In the card&#8217;s main event, former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos and former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler collided in a perceived welterweight number one contender fight.<\/p>\n<p>Though Lawler and Dos Anjos were quite evenly matched as far as the betting odds were concerned, Dos Anjos ended up <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rafael-dos-anjos\/video-ufc-on-fox-26-rafael-dos-anjos-vs-robbie-lawler-full-fight-highlights\/\">outclassing his veteran foe<\/a> for the duration of the bout, tenderizing his legs with kicks, landing to the body, completing a few takedowns, and at one point, landing an uninterrupted, 23-second, 40-punch combo. All three judges scored it 50-45 for him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OH! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RdosAnjosMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RdosAnjosMMA<\/a> unloads, but Lawler survives at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCWinnipeg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFCWinnipeg<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g8u1uRp0TT\">pic.twitter.com\/g8u1uRp0TT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UFC Canada (@UFC_CA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UFC_CA\/status\/942226953238540290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While Dos Anjos now stands out as perhaps the top contender in the UFC welterweight division, Robbie Lawler must now return to the drawing board.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the UFC on Fox 26 post fight press conference, the former welterweight champion broke down his loss to Dos Anjos, and explained that, at this point, he&#8217;s not thinking too far ahead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter,\u201d Lawler said. \u201cHe did a great job out there. It just wasn\u2019t my night. He did a great job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just wasn\u2019t able to do the kind of things I wanted to do,\u201d He continued. \u201cHe took advantage of \u2013\u00a0he did a great job out there. Landed some good knees. Landed some good punches, couple takedowns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to go home tomorrow. That\u2019s as far as I\u2019m thinking ahead, I guess.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With his loss to Rafael Dos Anjos, Robbie Lawler returns to the loss column after a close win over Donald &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; Cerrone. In his next most recent fight, he was knocked out by Tyron Woodley, surrendering the UFC welterweight title in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you want to see Robbie Lawler fight next? <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/jorge-masvidal\/\">Jorge Masvidal<\/a>? <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/mike-perry\/mike-perry-reacts-defeat-santiago-ponzinibbio\/\">Mike Perry<\/a>? Somebody else? 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