It’s been a while…
by Joe Lauzon on Jun.21, 2009, under Blog
It has been a while since I have put out an update because I have been trying to stay as busy as possible. I have had a healthy dose of X-Box and teaching at my gym to keep me occupied, and time has just been slipping away. Everyone keeps asking about my knee and I am happy to say it’s coming along nicely. Two and a half months after surgery, I was told I was way ahead of schedule but to still be real careful with my knee. I asked how much I could do and was basically told to ease into things and take my time with progression. I have been boxing lightly here and there and have been rolling doing Jiu-Jitsu lightly with people I trust. There is no worse move for me to make than to train with someone spazzy and jerky and risk putting myself back to square 1.
I was running here and there for a bit but I eased off it for a couple weeks while I started to train lightly. That went smooth so I am going to start running again this week while continuing to train. My ACL needs my muscles to be strong and not fatigued so I didn’t want to be trying to start both at once so early. I think my leg is getting strong enough now though that it can handle it.
I think I will be back to training pretty hard in September or October and hopefully fighting around December or January. Rumors are flying on a possible UFC in Boston around that time, so we will see!
I am glad I did blogs on all of my rehab because one of the guys at my gym might be having the same surgery before too long. The blogs will hopefully be a guide for him on what to expect and hopefully make the whole ordeal a little bit easier on him.
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June 21st, 2009 on 9:32 pm
Thanks so much for the update. Im glad its going so well, look forward to seeing you back in action.
June 22nd, 2009 on 1:00 am
Good luck with the knee. I used to train with Joe Pomfret back in 96 to 98. I dislocated my kneecap twice in that Dojo training Uechi and then Jiu Jitsu. Be careful.
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June 22nd, 2009 on 1:56 am
Yea glad your on the mend Joe, i almost posted on your facebook asking when you would be back but didn’t because i suddenly realized i would probably have been the 1,000,000th person to have asked lol
so thanks for the update. fingers crossed for UFC in Boston!
June 22nd, 2009 on 10:51 am
Sup Joe?…. when do you think you will be ready for the UFC again? Take Care from Tallahassee, Fl joey
June 22nd, 2009 on 4:10 pm
Hey joe, glad everythings coming along great. Can’t wait to see you fight again.
June 22nd, 2009 on 6:38 pm
You’re knee looked fine to me when you slapped me in a knee bar stopping my 4 fight win streak in Undisputed…In all seriousness, get well soon man, love watching you fight. You’re balls to the wall start to finish.
June 23rd, 2009 on 2:42 pm
Very glad to hear this as well Joe. Hopefully you’re back to full strength training soon too. The 155 class seems to be roiding up man. Just got done watching Tibau vs. Guillard and I swear if you couldn’t see the hieght of these guys they look like 205′rs. Ridiculous.
Do you get worried about the size and power of some of these guys dropping into the 55? Maybe their just super shorties or something.
July 5th, 2009 on 12:02 am
when you come back make sure to submit pelligrino for talking trash, u own him
July 12th, 2009 on 3:59 pm
Perfect
July 17th, 2009 on 7:43 pm
Man, fighting in Boston would be unreal. I’d definitely try to get tickets to that event if you were fighting.