Donald Cerrone vs. Robbie Lawler
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Donald Cerrone
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 23 | 14 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 13 | 3 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.09 · 23 tier-1/2 wins · 27 finish wins over 55 documented bouts
In the UFC: 20-13 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.8 wins over .500
Robbie Lawler
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 15 | 10 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 15 | 6 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.83 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 23 finish wins over 47 documented bouts
In the UFC: 10-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.1 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Donald Cerrone
Distance 89.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.7% (norm 8.0%)
Robbie Lawler
Distance 78.8% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 14.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 6.6% (norm 8.1%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Donald Cerrone
Head 71.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 16.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.8% (norm 7.9%)
Robbie Lawler
Head 85.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 2.4% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Cerrone L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Lawler L/A | Acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 1478 / 3290 | 44.9% | 37.9% | 927 / 2176 | 42.6% | 38.6% |
| In the clinch | 151 / 229 | 65.9% | 67.3% | 288 / 403 | 71.5% | 67.8% |
| On the ground | 119 / 172 | 69.2% | 69.1% | 119 / 181 | 65.7% | 67.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 893 / 2630 | 34.0% | 35.0% | 1012 / 2371 | 42.7% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 442 / 589 | 75.0% | 69.1% | 265 / 323 | 82.0% | 70.7% |
| To the legs | 413 / 472 | 87.5% | 81.9% | 57 / 66 | 86.4% | 82.9% |
Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Welterweight: 182 fighters).
What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man
Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.
| Zone | vs Cerrone L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Lawler L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 1558 / 3375 | 46.2% | 38.9% | 1319 / 3467 | 38.0% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 211 / 305 | 69.2% | 68.6% | 293 / 437 | 67.0% | 68.9% |
| On the ground | 56 / 88 | 63.6% | 68.0% | 38 / 53 | 71.7% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 1069 / 2721 | 39.3% | 35.1% | 1049 / 3155 | 33.2% | 35.6% |
| To the body | 444 / 668 | 66.5% | 68.1% | 332 / 468 | 70.9% | 69.6% |
| To the legs | 312 / 379 | 82.3% | 81.5% | 269 / 334 | 80.5% | 82.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Cerrone has more cage time on record.