In the 2008 Brad Pitt film “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” the protagonist was born an old man and got younger and younger with each birthday. To hear American Top Team coach Kami Barzini tell it, the film might as well be about the UFC welterweight champion “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler. “He gets younger and younger with every fight,” Barzini said. “In all my years coaching I’ve never seen anything like it. The man has been fighting for 14 years and he trains like a newbie. His work ethic is unreal. He’s an anomaly.”
Ageless icon Lawler enjoying career resurgence
In the 2008 Brad Pitt film “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” the protagonist was born an old man and got younger and younger with each birthday. To hear American Top Team coach Kami Barzini tell it, the film might as well be about the UFC welterweight champion “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler. “He gets younger and younger with every fight,” Barzini said. “In all my years coaching I’ve never seen anything like it. The man has been fighting for 14 years and he trains like a newbie. His work ethic is unreal. He’s an anomaly.”