Robbie Lawler has reviewed his choice words for Conor McGregor after an almost decade.
Weight lessons for the most of their career apart, the former UFC champion Welterweight never had the honor to share the Octagon with Conor McGregor, but Lawler seemed to know how a fight would have gone between them.
Lawler and McGregor were at the top of their competitions in 2015 and 2016. McGregor, the biggest superstar that the sport has ever seen, took a two-field detour at Welterweight after winning the Vederweight title of Jose Aldo.
There he would avenge Nate Diaz on UFC 202 for a loss of submission (surviving choke) before he became a world champion with two weights with a TKO from Eddie Alvarez in November 2016.
Lawler, the Welterweight champion for the first half of that year, gave a horrifying answer when he was asked about a potential fight with the Irishman.
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Robbie Lawler said he did not take the neck of Conor McGregor in the viral interview
In June 2016, Lawler prepared to defend his title for the third time against Tyron Woodley at UFC 201. 'Ruthless' was as violent as always, two all -time great title fights against Rory Macdonald and Carlos Condit, known for how bloody they were.
On the subject of Conor McGregor, which he had rumors to fight, “was Lawler” not too much worries “about the prospect of a super fight.
“He is a big draw, but would not have been good for him,” Lawler said about fighting McGregor in an interview with WSB TV.
“How like that?” Asked the interviewer.
“Because if I hurt him, I didn't take his neck,” Lawler said.
“What were you going to take?” Lawler was asked again.
“His soul,” replied the UFC champion with a straight face.
Robbie Lawler: 'I was not in a good mood at the time' …
Robbie Lawler, one of the most stubborn hunters in the history of UFC, admitted that they caught him on a bad day and was serious about how he would treat at 170 pounds of Conor McGregor.
“I was not in good mood at that time,” Lawler said about his interview in 2016 about taking McGregor's Soul on the Pound 4 pound podcast.
“At that moment, when I fought, that is what I did. I tried not to let people fight.
'People laugh [but] I look back a bit on my career now that I am retired. No single entry in the UFC … “
Lawler continued.
“My way of thinking, now I look at it, I am so crazy, that is crazy. But I always thought you will be submitted, such as: 'Oh, you cheated on me …' But if you beat your butt, there is no trick for that.
“Sometimes you could be watched in a wrestling match, but they are just slippery things or someone just beats the S *** [of you]. They are two different ways and mentities of but that is quite my way of thinking. “
Robbie Lawler had a Hall of Fame worthy career in the UFC Octagon, his 'killed or edited' Vechtstijl praised years after his retirement in 2023.
Lawler won the UFC-Welterweight title in 2014 after he returned a harsh Johny Hendricks to a wrestler at UFC 181.