1. Joe Lauzon was born on May 22,1984 and is a semi-retired American professional mixed martial artist who competed in the UFC's Lightweight division.
51 Facts About Joe Lauzon
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Joe Lauzon lived there until he was in the third grade, when he moved to Bridgewater.
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Joe Lauzon did not begin training in the martial arts until his junior year at East Bridgewater High School, after seeing a demonstration that piqued his interest.
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Joe Lauzon graduated from Wentworth Institute of Technology in 2007 with a Bachelor's degree in computer science.
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Joe Lauzon worked as a network administrator in Cambridge, Massachusetts before he began training in mixed martial arts full-time.
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In 2004, Joe Lauzon had his first cage fight, winning with a first round armbar in a local Massachusetts promotion, Mass Destruction.
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Joe Lauzon then went on an eight fight winning streak with all the fights ending via submission.
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Joe 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.
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Joe Lauzon was named 2004 Massachusetts fighter of the year by local Massachusetts MMA outlets.
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Joe Lauzon made his debut in the UFC upsetting former UFC Lightweight Champion Jens Pulver at UFC 63 on September 23,2006, winning via KO in 48 seconds and beating 7-to-1 odds.
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Joe Lauzon was awarded a Knockout of the Night award.
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Joe Lauzon has been sponsored throughout his career by independent record label Massachusetts-based Deathwish Inc.
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Joe Lauzon was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 5, which featured lightweights exclusively.
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At UFC 78 Joe Lauzon submitted previously undefeated Jason Reinhardt by rear-naked choke in the first round.
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Joe Lauzon defeated Kyle Bradley by technical knockout in round two at UFC Fight Night 15 on September 17,2008.
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Joe Lauzon managed to recover and continued to trade with Bradley in a close first round.
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Joe Lauzon landed several punches from this position until the referee stepped in to save Bradley.
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Joe Lauzon was scheduled to fight former WEC Lightweight Champion, Hermes Franca on February 7,2009, in the main event for UFC Fight Night 17.
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Joe Lauzon defeated Stephens by armbar in the second round, which earned him a Submission of the Night bonus award.
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Joe Lauzon fought Sam Stout on January 2,2010, at UFC 108 and lost in a very entertaining fight by decision, which won Fight of the Night bonus award.
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Joe 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.
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Joe Lauzon was instead set to fight fellow Ultimate Fighter season 5 castmate Gabe Ruediger.
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Joe Lauzon defeated Ruediger, who is a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, via armbar in 2:01 of round one having completely dominated him for the entire fight.
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Joe Lauzon faced George Sotiropoulos on November 20,2010, at UFC 123.
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However, by the end of the round, Joe Lauzon began to tire and saw Sotiropoulos began to gain momentum.
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Joe Lauzon defeated Warburton via first round kimura, which earned him a Submission of the Night bonus award.
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Joe Lauzon was briefly linked to a bout with Charles Oliveira on November 19,2011, at UFC 138.
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Joe 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.
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Joe Lauzon faced Anthony Pettis on February 26,2012, at UFC 144 He lost the fight by KO due to a head kick in 91 seconds.
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Joe Lauzon was again expected to face Terry Etim on August 4,2012, at UFC on Fox 4.
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Joe Lauzon's performance earned him the Fight of the Night and Submission of the Night honors and a Fight of the Year nomination at the World MMA Awards.
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Joe Lauzon was expected to face Gray Maynard on December 29,2012, at UFC 155.
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Joe Lauzon faced Michael Johnson on August 17,2013, at UFC Fight Night 26.
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Joe Lauzon was defeated by unanimous decision, after being outmatched by Johnson.
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Joe Lauzon faced Mac Danzig on December 14,2013, at UFC on Fox 9.
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Joe Lauzon faced Michael Chiesa on September 5,2014, at UFC Fight Night 50.
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Joe Lauzon was expected to face Diego Sanchez on November 15,2014, at UFC 180, replacing an injured Norman Parke.
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Joe Lauzon next faced Al Iaquinta on January 31,2015, at UFC 183.
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Joe Lauzon faced Evan Dunham on December 11,2015, at The Ultimate Fighter 22 Finale.
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Joe Lauzon faced Diego Sanchez on July 9,2016, at UFC 200.
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Joe Lauzon won the fight via TKO in the first round, becoming the first man to finish Sanchez by strikes.
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Joe Lauzon next faced Marcin Held on January 15,2017, at UFC Fight Night 103.
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Joe Lauzon was awarded a controversial split decision victory, even stating he felt he lost the bout post-fight.
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Joe Lauzon next faced Stevie Ray on April 22,2017, at UFC Fight Night 108.
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Joe Lauzon faced Clay Guida on November 11,2017, at UFC Fight Night 120.
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Joe Lauzon lost the fight via technical knockout in round one.
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Joe Lauzon lost this fight after his corner stopped the fight after the second round.
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Joe Lauzon won the fight via technical knockout in round one.
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Joe Lauzon announced that he is semi-retired, saying he wouldn't come back unless there was something highly intriguing for him.
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Joe Lauzon is married to Katie, and they have two sons.
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Joe Lauzon's eldest was diagnosed with stage 4S neuroblastoma a week after he was born, and was finally cleared as cancer-free in early 2019.