{"id":2946,"date":"2015-07-14T14:38:44","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T14:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/166.62.41.2\/~holaamericanews\/2015\/07\/14\/matt-pena-leaves-team-lawler\/"},"modified":"2016-03-26T20:35:29","modified_gmt":"2016-03-26T20:35:29","slug":"matt-pena-leaves-team-lawler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/matt-pena-leaves-team-lawler\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Pe\u00f1a leaves Team Lawler"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"holaa-3573610574\" class=\"holaa-before-content\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesperformingarts.org\/whats-on\/series\/summerarts\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"HI-SummerSeries-728&#215;90-SP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP.jpg 728w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP-300x37.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP-696x86.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/><p>The boxing coach for Robbie \u201cRuthless\u201d Lawler, and grandson of legendary Davenport Boxing coach Alvino Pe\u00f1a, Matt Pe\u00f1a has resigned from Team Lawler.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.1599998474121px; line-height: 1.3em;\">\u201cIt is with deep regret that I\u2019m resigning as boxing coach for Robbie Lawler, ending over 10 years of dedication to the UFC welterweight champion,\u201d Pe\u00f1a told ESPN\u2018s Brett Okamoto. \u201cI have received tremendous satisfaction knowing that I am one of the few that told people years ago that he was the best welterweight in the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-2561002440\" class=\"holaa-ad-inside-articles-2\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/iowa\/tickets\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Hola Iowa 5&#215;5 copy (1)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Hola-Iowa-5x5-copy-1-e1776430527225.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"300\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.1599998474121px; line-height: 1.3em;\">\u201cMy reasons for stepping away I will keep private right now. The only folks that I feel are entitled to that information are me and Robbie.\u201d Pe\u00f1a added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI would like to thank Pat Miletich, Matt Hughes, Jens Pulver, Tim Sylvia and Spencer Fisher for giving me an opportunity of proving the effectiveness of my grandfather Alvino Pe\u00f1a\u2019s boxing style in the sport of MMA. I\u2019ve helped three men get UFC championships and was privileged to work with a couple of other champions during their career. I know that I\u2019ve been fortunate enough to work with legends, a small group of athletes in Iowa who became the best in the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.1599998474121px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Lawler vs McDonald II at UFC 189 in Chicago last weekend was one of the best fights of the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.1599998474121px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Robbie \u201cRuthless\u201d Lawler\u2019s boxing skills was a big part of his win from last night. A legacy of the Pe\u00f1a school of boxing.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-3226433992\" class=\"holaa-ad-inside-articles\" style=\"margin-top: 1px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/yourlifeiowa.org\/locations?&#038;utm_campaign=FY2026_OD2A_MOUD&#038;utm_content=Recovery_is_Possible&#038;utm_medium=banner&#038;utm_source=iowa_newspaper_association\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"287-10024_MOUD_300BannersF_es-US_LaRecuperacion_01\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/287-10024_MOUD_300BannersF_es-US_LaRecuperacion_01.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"holaa-4157528842\" class=\"holaa-after-content\" style=\"margin-top: 1px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/yourlifeiowa.org\/locations?&#038;utm_campaign=FY2026_OD2A_MOUD&#038;utm_content=Recovery_is_Possible&#038;utm_medium=banner&#038;utm_source=iowa_newspaper_association\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"287-10024_MOUD_300BannersF_es-US_LaRecuperacion_01\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/287-10024_MOUD_300BannersF_es-US_LaRecuperacion_01.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The boxing coach for Robbie \u201cRuthless\u201d Lawler, and grandson of legendary Davenport Boxing coach Alvino Pe\u00f1a, Matt Pe\u00f1a has resigned from Team Lawler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2945,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"es","enabled_languages":["en","es"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"es":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2946"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}