Joe Lauzon
Born	May 22, 1984 (1984-05-22) (age 26) East Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Other names	J-Lau Baby Joe
Nationality	American
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st)
Division	155
Style	Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Fighting out of	Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Rank	Purple belt in BJJ
MMA record
Total	23
Wins	18
By knockout	4
By submission	14
Losses	5
Draws	0
Other information
Notable relatives	Dan Lauzon, brother
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Joseph E. Lauzon Jr. (born May 22, 1984) is a professional mixed martial arts fighter from Brockton, Massachusetts. He currently lives in Massachusetts and is training at Lauzon MMA in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.

Early life

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 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.

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.

UFC career

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 2 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.

In his most recent bout, 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 is expected to face Terry Etim on August 28, 2010 at UFC 118.

Mixed martial arts record

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event Title	Date	Round	Time	Notes
		Terry Etim		UFC 118	2010-08-28
Loss	18-5	Sam Stout	Decision (Unanimous)	UFC 108: Evans vs. Silva	2010-01-02	3	5:00	Fight of the Night
Win	18–4	Jeremy Stephens	Submission (Armbar)	UFC Fight Night 17: Lauzon vs. Stephens	2009-02-07	2	4:42	Submission of the Night
Win	17–4	Kyle Bradley	TKO (Punches)	UFC Fight Night 15: Diaz vs Neer	2008-09-18	2	1:34
Loss	16–4	Kenny Florian	TKO (Punches and Elbows)	UFC Fight Night 13: Florian vs Lauzon	2008-04-02	2	3:28	Fight of the Night
Win	16–3	Jason Reinhardt	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	UFC 78: Validation	2007-11-17	1	1:14
Win	15–3	Brandon Melendez	Submission (Triangle Choke)	The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale	2007-06-23	2	2:09	Submission of the Night
Win	14–3	Jens Pulver	KO (Punch)	UFC 63: Hughes vs. Penn	2006-09-23	1	0:47	KO of the Night / UFC Debut
Win	13–3	Douglas Brown	Submission (Armbar)	WFL – Real: No Fooling Around	2006-04-01	1	1:57	Became WFL Grand Prix Champion
Win	12–3	Zane Baker	KO (Slam)	WFL – Real: No Fooling Around	2006-04-01	1	3:33
Win	11–3	Adam Comfort	Submission (Achilles Lock)	WFL – Real: No Fooling Around	2006-04-01	1
Loss	10–3	Rafael Assuncao	Submission	AFC 15 – Absolute Fighting Championships 15	2006-02-18	2	3:08
Win	10–2	Antoine Skinner	Submission (Triangle Choke)	CZ 12 – Night of Champions	2005-11-05	1	1:00
Loss	9–2	Ivan Menjivar	Submission (Calf Slicer)	APEX – Undisputed	2005-09-03	1	0:54
Win	9–1	Tim Honeycutt	TKO (punches)	AFC 13 – Absolute Fighting Championships 13	2005-07-30	1	0:11
Loss	8–1	Jorge Masvidal	TKO (knees)	AFC 12 – Absolute Fighting Championships 12	2005-04-30	2	3:57
Win	8–0	Joe Ahlert	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	MD 19 – Mass Destruction 19	2005-02-26	3	3:47
Win	7–0	Ryan Ciotoli	Submission	CZ 9 – Hot Like Fire	2004-12-14	3	0:34
Win	6–0	Mike Thomas Brown	Submission	CZ 8 – Street Justice	2004-10-02	3	1:28
Win	5–0	Justin Blasich	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	MD 17 – Mass Destruction 17	2004-08-28	1	1:02
Win	4–0	Renat Myzabekov	Submission (Ankle Lock)	CZ 7 – Gravel Pit	2004-07-10	1	0:40
Win	3–0	Kyle Sprouse	Submission	CZ 6 – Rampage	2004-06-26	1	0:18
Win	2–0	Jerry Mosquea	Submission	MMA – Eruption	2004-04-30	1	2:11
Win	1–0	David Gilrein	Submission (Armbar)	MD 15 – Mass Destruction 15	2004-02-21	1	3:42

External links

• Official site
• MySpace site
• UFC profile
• Professional MMA record for Joe Lauzon from Sherdog