Gallery Ben Askren def. Robbie Lawler at UFC 235: Best photos LAS VEGAS – One of UFC 235’s most talked-about fights going into the event became perhaps its most talked-about afterward, too, due to a controversial stoppage. In a featured welterweight bout on the main card, Ben Askren (19-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) made his promotional debut with a first-round submission win over former champion Robbie Lawler (28-13 MMA, 13-7 UFC). But immediately after referee Herb Dean waved off the fight, believing Lawler was out from a bulldog choke, Lawler popped up in protest. Replays showed Lawler’s right arm appearing to go limp. Dean checked the arm, then stopped the fight a second later
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