Though he only had one fight in 2014, featherweight Justin ‘American Kid’ Lawrence made it count. Coming off a nearly year-long layoff, Justin Lawrence was able to get a unanimous decision victory over Mark “Tricky” Dickman to claim the RFA 145-pound title last August. “In the RFA, every time he came out he had a dominating performance and a lot of big wins over some top guys with a lot of finishes,” Lawrence said of Dickman. “But I felt like I really went out there and implemented my game plan and stuffed his wrestling and made him play my game, which is the stand-up battle. “Once I hit him and he felt my power, he was on his heels, and I was able to do what I wanted to and push the pace of the fight
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Justin Lawrence Defends Title at RFA 25, Hoping a Win Gets Him Back to UFC – MMA Weekly