Condit challenges Lawler for welterweight belt at UFC 193

Lawler (left) and Condit (right) will star in a huge card in Australia. Photo: SUPER FIGHTS Production (Josh Hedges/UFC)

If the last fight for the welterweight belt, between Robbie Lawler e Rory McDonald in July, it became an instant classic, the next fight for the title of the 77,1 kg division has everything to maintain the high level and be very exciting. The Ultimate organization confirmed that champion Lawler will face Carlos Condit at UFC 193, on November 14, in Australia.

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The information was confirmed by the organization through its official news broadcast on North American TV, “UFC Tonight”. UFC 193 will be the penultimate pay-per-view of the year, the only one held in the east, and which will mark the debut of the most famous octagon on the planet in the city of Melbourne, in a stadium for more than 50 thousand fans.

Welterweight champion since December last year, Robbie Lawler He has a professional record of 26 wins, ten losses and one unsuccessful fight. The 33-year-old American has won four consecutive victories, the last two in title fights, over John hendricks e Rory McDonald.

Yes, Carlos Condit, 31 years old, has a record of 30 wins and eight losses. Former interim welterweight champion and former linear champion of the now-defunct WEC, Condit returned to the Octagon in May this year, after spending more than a year away due to a knee injury, and guaranteed his chance to fight for the belt by beating the Brazilian Thiago Pitbull in the main fight of UFC Goiânia.