The last time the world saw Robbie Lawler, it was a gruesome sight. Drenched in the blood of his enemy, with an upper lip literally cleaved in two, Lawler landed the left straight that brought an end to one of grisliest contests in mixed martial art's young history.
From that moment on, there was never any doubt that Lawler and Rory MacDonald's UFC 189 rematch would win ‘Fight of the Year' honors -- the second straight year a Lawler fight has done so. The only question was how the two welterweights would be affected moving forward.