While Conor McGregor and Chad Mendes were caught up with gazing one another down and sufficiently tossing interjections at one another that Howard Stern would become flushed, welterweight champion Robbie Lawler and No. 1 contender Rory MacDonald had pretty much the friendliest pave the way to their title battle at UFC 189.
Without a doubt things got a little snide at the measure ins when MacDonald put his clench hand up to Lawler's button and just before they left, the hand was swiped away as UFC president Dana White ventured in the center just to guarantee nothing awful happened.
As far as pre-battle warmth, Lawler and MacDonald enrolled some place on the subarctic level yet none of that mattered once they ventured into the Octagon together.
Lawler was the champion made and produced through a profession loaded with ups, downs, rises, falls, awards and frustrations before at long last understanding his fantasy last December when he crushed Johny Hendricks to win the welterweight title.
MacDonald was the beneficiary clear, who was touted as the following extraordinary welterweight on the day he landed in the UFC and saw the buildup just develop greater as he prepared and worked under fabulous champion Georges St-Pierre before venturing out of his shadow once his kindred Canadian semi-resigned from rivalry.
The two welterweights ventured into the Octagon together and truly had a dreary opening round as they both attempted to discover their reach and the ideal opening to land some sort of offense. From that point on out, Lawler and MacDonald continued to put on one of the best title battles ever.
Lawler discovered a home for his punches in cycle two that amazed MacDonald and busted open his nose. Exactly when it resembled the champion was going to observe, MacDonald returned with a gigantic head kick in cycle three preceding about completing the battle notwithstanding a horn sounding and sparing Lawler from losing his belt.
Lawler and MacDonald fought it out in cycle four also, yet before the end of the five minutes, the occupant champion had a seriously split lip and it resembled the title may be set home to Canada once more.
That was until cycle five.
Lawler investigated MacDonald from over the pen, spit some of his blood on the ground and gazed at the challenger like he was truly taking nourishment from his family's mouths and cash from their pockets.
With five minutes to go, Lawler turned out terminating however it wasn't a haymaker or a jaw shattering uppercut that completed the battle. It was a straightforward, specialized straight punch down the center that arrived like a strategic rocket and MacDonald's nose emitted.
That was sufficient as MacDonald tumbled to the ground in torment and Lawler didn't have to do much else subsequently to do what needs to be done and recapture his title. At the point when the battle was over both men went to the doctor's facility with Lawler obliging some consideration on a mutilated lip and MacDonald enduring a broke nose and a cracked foot.
"It's all the more energizing in light of the fact that I demonstrated everybody I'm a genuine warrior," Lawler hollered in the wake of winning his fourth straight battle. "I come to battle, regardless of what happens I continue advancing and attempt to thump individuals out!"
Lawler is presumably never going to bowl anybody over with his verbal abilities paving the way to his battles and as energized as he was in his post-battle discourse with UFC reporter Joe Rogan, nobody is likely covering up to hear him say it again.
In any case, what Lawler did at UFC 189, alongside Rory MacDonald, was put on a demonstrate that didn't require animosity or brutal words. They just went into the Octagon and performed like two of the best warriors on the planet and let the battle represent itself with no issue.
To make due as the greatest MMA advancement on the planet, the UFC needs Conor McGregor the same amount of as they need Robbie Lawler and Rory MacDonald. Positively, warriors like McGregor, who can buildup a battle and offer Pay-Per-Views are crucial to the game blasting into the standard where contenders are showing up on "The Conan O'Brien Show" and getting offers to star in computer game ads.
Yet, for the MMA perfectionists who simply love to watch extraordinary battles and awesome warriors handling their art, Lawler and MacDonald are vital to the game, just in a vastly different way.
They go out and put on the sort of battles like what we saw on Saturday night that will live until the end of time. At the point when there's a naysayer who just can't get into MMA, somebody is going to reveal to them Lawler versus MacDonald from UFC 189 and they may very well alter their opinion. At the point when there's a newcomer who has never seen MMA and needs to comprehend what its about, somebody can draw up the Lawler versus MacDonald battle from UFC 189 and say this is what is incredible about MMA.
Lawler and MacDonald won't wow you with their words, however what they do with their clench hands is similar to watching a performance of viciousness that can't ever be overlooked.
Without a doubt things got a little snide at the measure ins when MacDonald put his clench hand up to Lawler's button and just before they left, the hand was swiped away as UFC president Dana White ventured in the center just to guarantee nothing awful happened.
As far as pre-battle warmth, Lawler and MacDonald enrolled some place on the subarctic level yet none of that mattered once they ventured into the Octagon together.
Lawler was the champion made and produced through a profession loaded with ups, downs, rises, falls, awards and frustrations before at long last understanding his fantasy last December when he crushed Johny Hendricks to win the welterweight title.
MacDonald was the beneficiary clear, who was touted as the following extraordinary welterweight on the day he landed in the UFC and saw the buildup just develop greater as he prepared and worked under fabulous champion Georges St-Pierre before venturing out of his shadow once his kindred Canadian semi-resigned from rivalry.
The two welterweights ventured into the Octagon together and truly had a dreary opening round as they both attempted to discover their reach and the ideal opening to land some sort of offense. From that point on out, Lawler and MacDonald continued to put on one of the best title battles ever.
Lawler discovered a home for his punches in cycle two that amazed MacDonald and busted open his nose. Exactly when it resembled the champion was going to observe, MacDonald returned with a gigantic head kick in cycle three preceding about completing the battle notwithstanding a horn sounding and sparing Lawler from losing his belt.
Lawler and MacDonald fought it out in cycle four also, yet before the end of the five minutes, the occupant champion had a seriously split lip and it resembled the title may be set home to Canada once more.
That was until cycle five.
Lawler investigated MacDonald from over the pen, spit some of his blood on the ground and gazed at the challenger like he was truly taking nourishment from his family's mouths and cash from their pockets.
With five minutes to go, Lawler turned out terminating however it wasn't a haymaker or a jaw shattering uppercut that completed the battle. It was a straightforward, specialized straight punch down the center that arrived like a strategic rocket and MacDonald's nose emitted.
That was sufficient as MacDonald tumbled to the ground in torment and Lawler didn't have to do much else subsequently to do what needs to be done and recapture his title. At the point when the battle was over both men went to the doctor's facility with Lawler obliging some consideration on a mutilated lip and MacDonald enduring a broke nose and a cracked foot.
"It's all the more energizing in light of the fact that I demonstrated everybody I'm a genuine warrior," Lawler hollered in the wake of winning his fourth straight battle. "I come to battle, regardless of what happens I continue advancing and attempt to thump individuals out!"
Lawler is presumably never going to bowl anybody over with his verbal abilities paving the way to his battles and as energized as he was in his post-battle discourse with UFC reporter Joe Rogan, nobody is likely covering up to hear him say it again.
In any case, what Lawler did at UFC 189, alongside Rory MacDonald, was put on a demonstrate that didn't require animosity or brutal words. They just went into the Octagon and performed like two of the best warriors on the planet and let the battle represent itself with no issue.
To make due as the greatest MMA advancement on the planet, the UFC needs Conor McGregor the same amount of as they need Robbie Lawler and Rory MacDonald. Positively, warriors like McGregor, who can buildup a battle and offer Pay-Per-Views are crucial to the game blasting into the standard where contenders are showing up on "The Conan O'Brien Show" and getting offers to star in computer game ads.
Yet, for the MMA perfectionists who simply love to watch extraordinary battles and awesome warriors handling their art, Lawler and MacDonald are vital to the game, just in a vastly different way.
They go out and put on the sort of battles like what we saw on Saturday night that will live until the end of time. At the point when there's a naysayer who just can't get into MMA, somebody is going to reveal to them Lawler versus MacDonald from UFC 189 and they may very well alter their opinion. At the point when there's a newcomer who has never seen MMA and needs to comprehend what its about, somebody can draw up the Lawler versus MacDonald battle from UFC 189 and say this is what is incredible about MMA.
Lawler and MacDonald won't wow you with their words, however what they do with their clench hands is similar to watching a performance of viciousness that can't ever be overlooked.
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