UFC 171's Hendricks vs. Lawler scorecard: Judge Crosby issues 10-8, 10-10 scores

DALLAS – Although all three judges ultimately got to the same score, one took a different route to award Johny Hendricks (16-2 MMA, 11-2 UFC) a five-round decision victory over Robbie Lawler (22-10 MMA, 7-4 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 171 headliner.

Hendricks earned 48-47 scores across the board, but judge Doug Crosby issued 10-8 and 10-10 rounds to get there.

The championship bout aired on pay-per-view from Dallas’ American Airlines Center. Hendricks picked up a title recently vacated by longtime welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre with the victory.

Judges Aladin Martinez and Mike Gonzales both gave Hendricks 10-9 scores in the first, second and fifth rounds, and Lawler won the other two via 10-9 scores.

Crosby, meanwhile, issued Hendricks a 10-8 second round (a rare occurrence), and he called the fifth round a draw with his 10-10 score.

Check out the full scorecards above.

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