Joe Lauzon

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name = Joe Lauzon


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height = 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
weight = 155 lb (70 kg)
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fightingfrom = Bridgewater, Massachusetts
hometown = Brockton, Massachusetts
fightstyle = Brazilian jiu-jitsu
wins = 16
losses = 4
draws = 0
ko = 3
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submissions = 13

Joe Lauzon Jr. (born May 22 , 1984) is a professional mixed martial arts fighter from Brockton, Massachusetts.

Mixed martial arts career

In April 2006, 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 MassMMA.net, a site run by his good friend Rick Caldwell. 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. [cite news
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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. Joe defeated Brian Geraghty in the preliminary round. Joe defeated Cole Miller in the quarterfinals. In the semi-finals, Joe lost a unanimous decision to Manvel Gamburyan. In the finale, he defeated Brandon Melendez via submission (triangle choke) at 2:09 of round two.

Lauzon is currently living in Hilo, Hawaii and is training full-time with B.J. Penn. [cite news
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title=Aloha: Quincy resident Joe Lauzon eyes big move to Hawaii
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work=The Patriot Ledger] At UFC 78, Lauzon defeated Jason Reinhardt via rear-naked choke in 1:14 seconds of round one. At UFC Fight Night 13, Lauzon was recently defeated by Kenny Florian by a TKO from a mount position. At UFC Fight Night 15 Joe defeated Kyle Bradley with strikes early in the 2nd roundcite web
url=http://mmajunkie.com/2008/01/11/kenny-florian-confirms-april-2-fight-with-joe-lauzon/
title= Kenny Florian Confirms April 2 Fight with Joe Lauzon
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Personal life

Lauzon graduated from Wentworth Institute of Technology in 2006 with a Bachelor's degree in computer networking. He worked as a network administrator before he began training in mixed martial arts full-time. [cite news
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title = With College Finished, Lauzon Readies for His MMA Graduation Day
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date = 2006-09-05
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Joe's younger brother, Dan Lauzon, is also a mixed martial artist.

MMA Record

References

External links

* [http://www.joelauzon.com/ Official site]
* [http://myspace.com/lauzonrsd MySpace site]
* [http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=fighter.detail&pid=480 UFC profile]
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