Robbie Lawler
Robbie Lawler
Robert Glenn "Robbie" Lawleris an American professional mixed martial artist and former UFC Welterweight Champion. A professional competitor since 2001, Lawler is also a former EliteXC Middleweight Champion, and has formerly competed in Strikeforce, PRIDE, and the IFL. He is currently #4 in official UFC pound-for-pound rankings and ranked as the #1 welterweight and #6 pound-for-pound fighter in the world by Sherdog...
ProfessionMMA Fighter
Date of Birth20 March 1982
CitySan Diego, CA
basketball football baseball
I did takwondo from the time I was pretty young and also played I did taekwondo for martial arts and then also played football, baseball, and basketball against older kids because of my brother being older. I learned pretty quickly to not be intimidated and to not back down.
dad marine culture
I got a little bit of the Marine mentality from my dad, I guess. You can't but help absorb the culture you're around.
training gym moved
I lived in Iowa for pretty much the rest of my life, but I just moved to St. Louis and opened up a gym and MMA training center.
fighting boxing week
I did a lot of smoker fights and fought pretty much every week since Pat wouldn't let me fight until he was sure I was ready. I was also boxing and so I had 30 unofficial fights or more of those.
mma trying get-better
I just try to keep getting better every day, and that's all I can do.
getting-back-up mma striving-to-be-the-best
It's all about... getting back up and getting back to work and striving to be the best you can be.
loss mma priceless
What I've learned from those losses... Priceless.
brother dad marine
My parents were divorced and my dad was in the Marines. I lived in California until I was 10 then we moved to Bettendorf, Iowa when I was in the fourth grade. I had an older brother so it made it a little easier to adjust to things.
getting-back-up mma ufc
Get back up when you're knocked down.
mma get-better better-days
It's all about getting better and controlling the things that you can control, which is getting better day to day.
fall getting-back-up mma
It's about falling down and getting back up.
military moving kids
A lot of military kids make a lot of moves but I only made the one, so it wasn't really an issue for me.
loss mma saws
Even in the losses, I always saw glimpses of something that kept me going.
mma looking-forward backwards
I'm looking forward, that's all, I'm not looking backwards.