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Joe Lauzon Bio
Joseph E. Lauzon Jr. (born May 22, 1984) is an American mixed martial artist from Brockton, Massachusetts. He currently lives in Massachusetts and is training at Lauzon MMA in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
Early life and background
Lauzon grew up in Brockton, Massachusetts until the third grade, when he moved to East Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Lauzon lived on a small farm.
Lauzon graduated from Wentworth Institute of Technology in 2006 with a Bachelor's degree in computer science. He worked as a network administrator in Cambridge, MA before he began training in mixed martial arts full-time.
Joe's younger brother, Dan Lauzon, is also a mixed martial artist.
Mixed martial arts career
Lauzon did not start his training martial arts until his junior year of high school. Beginning with learning grappling techniques, his first amateur fight was in 2002.
In 2004, Lauzon had his first professional fight. Winning with a first round armbar in a local Massachusetts promotion, Mass Destruction. Lauzon then went on an eight fight winning streak with all of the fights ended via submission. Lauzon won an eight-man tournament, defeating three fighters in one night in the World Fighting League and was crowned the WFL Grand Prix Champion. Lauzon was also named 2004 Massachusetts fighter of the year by local Massachusetts MMA outlets.
Lauzon made his debut in the UFC by upsetting former UFC lightweight champion Jens Pulver at UFC 63 on September 23, 2006, winning by KO in 48 seconds and in doing so, beat 7-to-1 odds.
Lauzon has been sponsored throughout his career by independent record label Deathwish Inc., which is based out of his home state.
The Ultimate Fighter
Joe Lauzon was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 5, which featured lightweights exclusively. He was on B.J. Penn's team, against a team coached by Jens Pulver. Lauzon defeated Brian Geraghty in the preliminary round. He then defeated Cole Miller in the quarterfinals. The win was somewhat controversial due to an illegal strike to the back of Miller's head. Miller appeared obviously dazed by the illegal strike and was given time to recover. However, when action was restarted, it was clear that Cole was still feeling the effects of the strike. Joe Lauzon, then, capitalized and won the fight. In the semi-finals, Lauzon lost a unanimous decision to Manvel Gamburyan. In the finale, he defeated Brandon Melendez via submission (Triangle choke) at 2:09 of round two.
Ultimate Fighting Championship
At UFC 78 Lauzon defeated previously undefeated Jason Reinhardt by rear naked choke in the first round. Lauzon got Reinhardt in a clinch and took him down before moving to the north-south position. Reinhardt rolled, giving Lauzon his back, and Lauzon quickly sunk in the rear naked choke for a quick submission victory.
On April 2, 2008, Kenny Florian defeated Lauzon at UFC Fight Night 13 by TKO from strikes from mount. In the fight, Lauzon took down Florian to the mat but while there Florian landed several elbows to the head that cut Lauzon. The 1st round was back and forth as Florian landed a body kick and took Lauzon's back and Lauzon landed several take downs and looked for knee bars and heel hooks. Florian finished the round with some hard shots to Lauzon's head. Florian opened the 2nd round with a takedown and punches on Lauzon from the mount position. Lauzon attempted another heel hook but Florian continued to strike Lauzon from both the mount and side control at which point the fight was stopped.
Lauzon defeated Kyle Bradley by TKO (strikes) in round two at Ultimate Fight Night 15. In the first round Bradley connected with a punch and rocked Lauzon. Lauzon managed to recover and continued to trade with Bradley in a close first round. In the second round Lauzon scored a takedown and transitioned quickly into mount before taking Bradley's back. Lauzon landed several punches from this position until the referee stepped in to save Bradley.
Lauzon was scheduled to fight Hermes Franca on February 7, 2009, in the main event for UFC Fight Night 17. However, Franca pulled out of the event with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. Jeremy Stephens stepped in as a late replacement. Lauzon defeated Stephens by armbar in the second round.
Joe Lauzon also fought and won against WoodysGamertag in his own personal Octagon this past summer. Woody escaped with only minor damage to the nose.
Lauzon fought Sam Stout on January 2, 2010, at UFC 108 and lost in a very entertaining fight by decision, which also won Fight of the Night.
Lauzon was expected to face Terry Etim on August 28, 2010, at UFC 118, but Etim had to withdraw from the bout due to injury. Lauzon was instead set to fight fellow Ultimate Fighter season 5 castmate Gabe Ruediger. During the UFC 118 weigh ins Ruediger brought Lauzon a cake that read "Sorry for your loss". Lauzon defeated Ruediger, who is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, by armbar in 2:01 of round 1 having completely dominated him for the entire fight. According to Joe Rogan, Gabe "was never in it for a second."
Lauzon faced George Sotiropoulos on November 20, 2010, at UFC 123. The fight began with an action-packed first round, that saw Lauzon set the pace. However, by the end of the round, Lauzon began to tire and saw Sotiropoulos began to gain momentum. The second round saw a fatigued and passive Joe Lauzon. After a scramble, Sotiropoulous ended up on top position and torqued a kimura to force the tap-out.
Lauzon faced Curt Warburton on June 26 at UFC on Versus 4. Lauzon defeated Warburton via first round kimura.
Lauzon was briefly linked to a bout with Charles Oliveira on November 19, 2011 at UFC 138. However, Oliveira instead faced Donald Cerrone on August 14, 2011 at UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle, replacing an injured Paul Taylor.
Lauzon defeated Melvin Guillard on October 8, 2011 by rear naked choke at UFC 136, earning his fourth Submission of the Night honor and sixth straight UFC Bonus award.
Lauzon faced Anthony Pettis on February 26, 2012 at UFC 144 He lost the fight via first round KO due to a head kick and follow up punches.
Lauzon is expected to face Terry Etim on August 4, 2012 at UFC on Fox 4.
Championships and accomplishments
Mixed Martial Arts
- Ultimate Fighting Championship
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- Submission of the Night Honors (Four Times)
- Fight of the Night Honors (Three Times)
- World Fighting League
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- WFL Grand Prix Champion
- Massachusetts MMA outlets
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- 2004 Massachusetts Fighter of the Year Honors
Mixed martial arts record
External links
- Official site
- MySpace site
- Official UFC Profile
- Professional MMA record for Joe Lauzon from Sherdog
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