Robbie Lawler, circa 2001, was a fight promoter’s dream. Raw-boned, corn-fed and lily white, the 19-year-old Iowan prodigy appeared to be cut from granite as he laid waste to Saburo Kawakatsu at a long-forgotten extravaganza in Hawaii. The world wasn’t watching Shogun Fights, but that wasn’t important, at least not for Lawler. One man who mattered […]
UFC 171?s Robbie Lawler Says He’s Finally Ready to Live Up to the Hype
Robbie Lawler, circa 2001, was a fight promoter’s dream. Raw-boned, corn-fed and lily white, the 19-year-old Iowan prodigy appeared to be cut from granite as he laid waste to Saburo Kawakatsu at a long-forgotten extravaganza in Hawaii. The world wasn’t watching Shogun Fights, but that wasn’t important, at least not for Lawler. One man who mattered […]