For a few minutes, it looked like defeat was inevitable for Robbie Lawler. Melvin Manhoef was killing him with leg kicks, body shots, and combinations. Lawler was offering nothing in return; he just kept backing up and covering up.
Eventually, Manhoef got too confident and started unloading big shots. As he swung, he left his left hand well below his waist, and Robbie Lawler took advantage, crumbling Manhoef with an overhand right. It was all over after that right hand, but Lawler followed up with a left on Manhoef’s way down that put the lights out.
This was a huge win for Lawler, who just wrote his ticket back into the UFC. After the fight Quadros asked him about Jake Shields, but Lawler was cagey with his response. I believe he wants to go into the UFC, and if that’s the case, he just got the KO that will open the door.