{"id":1643,"date":"2023-07-09T10:56:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T09:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=1643"},"modified":"2023-07-09T16:37:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T15:37:04","slug":"ufc-290-robbie-lawler-eliminates-nico-price-in-38-seconds-in-an-emotional-final-ufc-bout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/ufc-290-robbie-lawler-eliminates-nico-price-in-38-seconds-in-an-emotional-final-ufc-bout\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 290 \u2013 Robbie Lawler eliminates Nico Price in 38 seconds in an emotional final UFC bout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">It was 38 seconds for fighter Robbie Lawler to knock down his opponent &#8220;Nico Price&#8221; Balcao in an emotional final MMA match.<\/span><\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 696px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1643-1\" width=\"696\" height=\"696\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1.mp4\">https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Another UFC page-turner, Robbie Lawler, has announced his retirement from MMA.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Some thought he was unable to win his latest UFC fight against Nico Price, but the former welterweight champ not only won the fight, he did it in style.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Robbie Lawler Octagon Interview | UFC 290 - RETIREMENT FIGHT\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TUCJko7UEL4?start=13&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">It only took a minute of fighting, not even.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Find all UFC 290 results here.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Season-ending MMA fights don&#8217;t usually end well for those who ride off into the sunset.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">But for Robbie Lawler, his career was capped in fantasy fashion at UFC 290.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Five shots.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">That&#8217;s what it took for &#8216;Ruthless&#8217; to defeat his opponent in his fight at UFC 290. The story couldn&#8217;t have been better than that.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">While he had started a clinch phase Robbie Lawler took out his technical arsenal to overcome Niko Price.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">A few hooks and above all an uppercut in the chin turned off the light of Niko Price who absolutely did not exist during this opposition.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">The latter said he was ready to beat Lawler and ruin the party, apparently he could not keep his promise.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Robbie Lawler is a member of the UFC Hall of Fame and will forever go down as one of the greatest champions the UFC has ever known.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Always present during major events, the latter gave of himself to put on a great show throughout his career, in victory as in defeat.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">All MMA fans will remember the great man and great fighter he was.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was 38 seconds for fighter Robbie Lawler to knock down his opponent &#8220;Nico Price&#8221; Balcao in an emotional final MMA match. Another UFC page-turner, Robbie Lawler, has announced his retirement from MMA. Some thought he was unable to win his latest UFC fight against Nico Price, but the former welterweight champ not only won [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,21],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1643","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"category-ufc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1643"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1643"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1651,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1643\/revisions\/1651"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}