When I fought last weekend at UFC 118, all of my friends and family were wearing some green shamrock shirts that I had printed up. If I had known how popular they were going to be, I would have printed up a ton more and sold them at the UFC Fan Expo. There has been an overwhelming demand for them so I decided to sell them on here. I have a ton of large in stock but only a few of the other sizes right now. I will have plenty …
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“I don’t need a lot of time. A lot of my fights have ended quickly and it’s only a small window of time and opportunity you need to win a fight with a submission or knockout, and I’m in there for 15 minutes and I’m there to fight until the very last bell.”
The sport of mixed martial arts is filled with stories of Spartan dedication to training and the sacrifices necessary to compete at the highest level of the sport. Everything from diet to being away from family for weeks …
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). Get your questions ready.
Lauzon is 17-5 in professional mixed matrial arts bouts, and faces a former teammate on the television show “The Utimate Fighter” in Ruediger. Lauzon has five UFC victories.
Ruediger is a submission specialist who is on a six-fight win streak outside of the UFC empire.
Dan Duggan wrote a great article for the Boston Herald about my fight, the UFC coming to Boston, the UFC Fan Expo and Josh Grispi. So here you go…
Before I started camp for my upcoming fight, we decided to take a Caribbean vacation to St Martin to ensure I don’t overtrain. It was a good chance to recharge my batteries before hitting camp hard. One of the things we did on the island was go extreme zip lining at the Loterie Farm. My flipcam was all messed up for the beginning, but I caught a few clips towards the end. The video doesn’t do it justice but it gives you a rough idea.
This is Josh aka “Slicky” at my gym tonight. Josh is an absolute killer in every sense of the word… pretty sure he has no soul to go along with some ridiculous standup and grappling skills. He is going to be the first of our third generation of fighters. There is a slightly younger version of Josh on the way too… his younger brother Ben.
Dealing with family can be really tough sometimes. When you mix business and family… it’s an absolute nightmare. You make a tough decision and its cold. You go easy on someone and they are only treated that way because they are family. I am usually tough on Dan, but it’s because I love him and want what’s best for him. I know that me being easy on him in training is not going to help him when there is someone across the cage from him trying with everything they have …
This was from the AFO MMA Show tonight at Plymouth Memorial Hall. They were having a ring card girl contest later in the night, and the “talent” of one of the girls was to do a flying armlock. So here you go. Random… but entertaining.
