“Ruthless” returns with a bang, defeats Koscheck by TKO

After a few punches by Lawler to start the fight, it was apparent early on that Koscheck didn’t want anything to do on the feet with “Ruthless.” After taking the fight into wrestling mode, Koscheck wasn’t able to much damage despite controlling the pace of the first round. After getting up off the ground and moving into a sprawl position, Lawler started to rain big powerful punches from the back mount forcing Herb Dean to stop this one at 3:57 in the very first round. Lawler wins in the UFC for the first time since 2003.