joe lauzon
Joe Lauzon was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 5, which featured lightweights exclusively. [1]
Joe Lauzon made his professional mixed martial arts debut at Mass Destruction 15 against David Gilrein on February 21, 2004. [2]
BOSTON — Joe Lauzon may have produced the most impressive performance at UFC 118 when he dominated Gabe Ruediger en route to a first round submission win. [3]
Joe Lauzon, the Bridgewater native who will take on Gabe Ruediger at UFC 118 Saturday night at TD Garden, will be Boston.com’s special guest at a Wednesday lunchtime chat session (noon eastern time). [...] After my last fight when conditioning was obviously an issue, I knew I needed to shake things up. [4]
In the finale, he defeated Brandon Melendez via submission (Triangle choke) at 2:09 of round two. [1]
In a close and back and forth battle Lauzon gained Miller’s back and unleashed a number of strikes to the back of Miller’s head, prompting the ref to halt the fight and attend the hurt Miller. [2]
No stranger to post-fight awards, the two shared the honor for Fight of the Night. [3]
Lauzon rebounded from the loss with a TKO victory over Tim Honeycutt three months later before he suffered his second professional defeat, this time at the hands of UFC veteran, Ivan Menjivar via calf slicer submission. [...] Joe “J-Lau” Lauzon (born May 22, 1984) is an American professional mixed martial artist and was a semi finalist on The Ultimate Fighter Season 5. [2]
Lauzon then went on an eight fight winning streak with all of the fights ended via submission. [...] 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. [1]
Lauzon fought six more times in 2004, scoring submission victories in all seven bouts which included a submission victory over future WEC featherweight champion, Mike Brown. [2]
The hometown favorite spoke to MMA Fighting following the win about his performance, feeding off the crowd and why this win puts him back on track in his career. [3]
Ruediger is a submission specialist who is on a six-fight win streak outside of the UFC empire. [4]
Sources:
[1] Joe Lauzon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[2] Joe Lauzon
[3] Joe Lauzon Posts — MMA Fighting
[4] JoeLauzon.com - Champions are made in the off season