In an attempt to give himself some time to breathe, Condit aims to stifle Lawler through upper body control, but Big John puts them vertical again. The crowd erupts as they battle in the guard of NBK. Lawler counters with a pair of hooks and a thundering uppercut that sends Condit falling faster than the stock market in 2008. Lawler suffers another left hook thanks to the classic boxing stick and move modus operandi.Ruthless then whiffs on a front kick that would be through the uprights in football.Īs if Condit had based his plan of attack around the legs feed the wolf scene in the film Miracle, he connects low again. Condit tries to touch the toes of his right foot to Lawler’s jaw but the attempt is blocked. With another five minutes now ticking away on the clock, Lawlers tree stump of a shin hits paydirt with Condit’s midsection. Condit launches a flurry in close, a buffet of technique: hands, kicks, and (in Muay Thai fashion) elbows, keeping the defending champion on his toes. The pair center-up in the middle of the Octagon, their shadows dancing as they hover over the familiar Monster Energy logo. He then goes right-side-high with a kick that Lawler works through. He grins–maybe he’s unfazed, maybe it’s a facade–the action rolls on. The knuckles of Condit’s right hand make contact and may have made for good TV, but Lawler pops up to his feet from the canvas almost instantaneously. Condit sees a the opening that the movement left and capitalizes. Lawler looks to make his next move and does so by moving offensively with his left hand. They may not win you the fight, but the key is to let them add up early. In the first 90 seconds Lawler is the picture-perfect definition of cage control, starting out with feints before working his way into Condit’s personal space to pepper him with jabs. Amongst all the noise, the only man these combatants hear is referee Big John McCarthy and his signature line: Let’s get it on!
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The tale of the tape flashes on TV screens and ring announcer Bruce Buffer does his thing. Smiling but focused, this clearly is not a place where you say work was just another day at the office. Standing in an arena filled with thousands of people, Lawler looked like he was in a room all by himself. With his challenger lying in wait, Lawler stalked his way to the the ultimate proving ground.
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On the night of UFC 195 earlier this month, Condit could be defined by one simple phrase: I’m still here. 50 percent of those involved his fists being used as a place for his opponents to rest their heads once the lights went out. This increased his list of triumphs to 30. Not to be forgotten, the next times fans saw him in the cage over a year later, Condit put down a Pitbull in Thiago Alves by way of doctor stoppage.
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Pierre in their battle to be call undisputed, Condit then fell short to another former 170-pound champ in Johny Bigg Rigg Hendricks in a title-eliminator (both via unanimous decision.) Condit looked to gather back some momentum with a TKO victory against Martin The Hitman Campan.īOOM! As quickly as a flash of lightning, an ACL tear put him on the shelf.
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Having tasted glory in the past as an interim champion, Carlos Condit entered the Octagon like a man possessed. The first and so far most talked about card of the new year finally allowed the paths of men named Ruthless and The Natural Born Killer to collide for the Welterweight championship.
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As I get back into the full swing of things here in the MMA department of InsideSTL for 2016, the UFC has already delivered in a big way with UFC 195.