{"id":382719,"date":"2021-04-20T06:02:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T13:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=382719"},"modified":"2021-04-20T06:02:22","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T13:02:22","slug":"former-ufc-champion-robbie-lawler-is-ready-to-return-not-picky-about-next-opponent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/former-ufc-champion-robbie-lawler-is-ready-to-return-not-picky-about-next-opponent\/","title":{"rendered":"Former UFC champion Robbie Lawler is ready to return, not \u201cpicky\u201d about next opponent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC champion Robbie Lawler says he is ready to return to the Octagon, and he says he will not \u201cpicky\u201d about who his next opponent is.<\/p>\n<p>Lawler hasn&#8217;t fought since last summer when he dropped a unanimous decision to Neil Magny. &#8220;Ruthless&#8221; has actually lost his last four fights and five of his last six, which is a far cry from the championship form he displayed back in 2014 to 2016. Despite being on a losing skid, however, Lawler is not thinking about retirement anytime soon. In fact, the team Sanford MMA product says he is excited to return to the Octagon in short order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel good. Life\u2019s good, training is going good right now. I\u2019m waiting for a fight. Just talking to my manager Dave (Martin), and we\u2019ll see where we can go from there,&#8221; Lawler told <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2021\/04\/ufc-news-robbie-lawler-next-fight-no-pressure-losing-skid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie.com<\/a>, adding that he is not picky about who he steps into the cage with.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/daniel-rodriguez-down-to-fight-robbie-lawler-next-ill-make-him-look-like-mike-perry\/\">we saw UFC welterweight contender Daniel Rodriguez call out Lawler for what he believes would be a banger of a fight.<\/a> Considering he is now 39 years old and has seen better days, that would not be an easy fight for Lawler by any means. But whether it&#8217;s Rodriguez or some other savage looking to break into the UFC&#8217;s top-15 at welterweight, Lawler says it&#8217;s all the same. For someone who has been fighting professionally for over 20 years, it&#8217;s old hat, and he doesn&#8217;t care who he steps into the cage with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been doing this for a long time. A fight\u2019s a fight. You do the best you can. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose,&#8221; Lawler said. &#8220;There\u2019s no such thing as pressure really. It\u2019s just what we do. Sometimes you compete a little bit better, sometimes you don\u2019t. But no pressure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Who do you want to see Robbie Lawler next fight?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC champion Robbie Lawler says he is ready to return to the Octagon, and he says he will not \u201cpicky\u201d about who his next opponent is. Lawler hasn&#8217;t fought since last summer when he dropped a unanimous decision to Neil Magny. &#8220;Ruthless&#8221; has actually lost his last four fights and five of his last [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54477,"featured_media":304237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10152,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former UFC champion Robbie Lawler is ready to return, not \u201cpicky\u201d about next opponent | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former UFC champion Robbie Lawler says he is ready to return to the Octagon, and he says he will not \u201cpicky\u201d about who his next opponent is.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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