Back at UFC 189 Robbie Lawler went to war with Rory MacDonald. It was a battle of wills, a battle of durability, a fight for the ages. It also gave fans a couple of gut churning post fight images to contemplate. On the one side was MacDonald’s pulped face and nose. Blood smeared, offset, crushed into a whole new shape.
On the other side was Robbie Lawler’s lip. Lawler split his upper lip in the bout up toward his cheek; a nearly inch long gash that gave the impression you could see his gums with his mouth shut.