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This is from about 2 years ago. We duct taped Guido to a heavybag, spun it and then worked it. Guido screams but is never touched. I think we left him hanging for a while afterwards. I thought this video was lost but was talking with Greg and he had it on his phone.

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Thursday Night
We left Boston on Thursday night and headed for Las Vegas. We got in pretty late so we hit up some late night pizza and went to bed early.

Next Stop: Las Vegas

Friday
We had to be up early for some stuff for the new UFC video game and then we went training. After training we went to the weigh-ins and then hit up the Hard Rock and did a little gambling and walking around.

Quick little photoshoot…

Quick little 3D Mapping…

Quick little J-Lau coming to XBox360

Saturday

We got in a good workout Saturday morning and then went to back to the hotel. Along the way we had to stop for some DELICIOUS In-N-Out Burger after training…

We had great seats for UFC79… they really don’t get any.

Amy + Margaritas = Amy Likes Boobs

AAAAANND…. she’s out.

After the fights we walked around before talking with Jeff and meeting up with him and his brother Greg. We ended up finding our way to MGM and going to Chuck’s after party at Studio 54.

Sunday
We were out late on Saturday and after training took it easy on Sunday. We basically slept most of the day away. When we finally woke we were starving and had to make a trip to PF Chang’s with The Ultimate Fighter Season 6 star Matt Arroyo.

Mmmmm….. Green Tea.

Matt, Greg, Me, amy, Lauren, Hollywood, Brandon, Natalia

After dinner we went to New York New York to ride the rollercoaster thats on the roof.

Walking to the rollercoaster, Hollywood challenged me at “any game”. After I lost 150 to 140 in Whack-A-Mole, I challenged him to a rematch in another game. Steve plays basketball, I don’t… and I still smoked him in the baskletball game 31 to 14. We tried to find a third game to be the tie breaker. We found a racing game but this one kid sat there playing for a good 20 minutes and we gave up. We will have the tie breaker later… he is going down.

No Hollywood, I will not duel you in Dance Dance Revolution

Monday
I had to twist Matt’s arm to get him to train Monday morning (okay, I will be honest… I mentioned training and his eyes lit up like Amy’s on Christmas morning.) and we got a good workout in.

Practing the “quick tap” technique”

Taking Matt’s ACL home with me

Trying to guillotine… but no such luck with that posture

Being lazy and complaining about the air being thin and dry

Watching UFC79

Bunch of degenerates

With Brandon… this is right before I ball tapped him.

Monday Night (New Years Eve)
We went to Cherry which is a night club in Red Rock. We met Giff and a few others there and had a great time.

Even UFC Lightweights enjoy a nice bubble bath…

Domestic abuse at its funniest…

Tuesday
We slept most of the day away and then took a walk through Ceasars

Cool stuff in Caesars…

More cool stuff in Ceasars…

Me, Amy, Joe Lewis

We flew home on Wednesday. Nice little trip to Vegas for some fights and new years.

I want to start out by thanking everyone that helped me for this fight. Most people will say don’t fix what’s not broken but I went out and changed up my training for this fight as much as one could do so. I moved away from all of my friends, family and training partners and took a chance that I would click with an entirely new group of partners and coaches. Luckily I had the chance to test the waters on the Ultimate Fighter training with BJ, Rudy, Tony and Regan. I wasn’t going into the situation blind but you never know how things will work out.

Fortunately, things worked out quite well for me. I took Jason out in the first round with a rear naked choke after controlling the fight from start to finish. Jason was a game opponent with an 18-0 record having finished everyone he had faced.

I want to start by thanking everyone back home for all of their help. Joe Pomfret has been there since day one and I wouldn’t be anywhere without him. Its funny because my life was set on a different path since he walked into my high school when I was 17. I can never thank him enough for not only the time he has put into me, but for instilling all the right ideas about training and life. Steve Maze is next on the list for being the guy back home that was there for the last year and half that was always meeting me at the gym regardless of how tired he was or how early it was on a Saturday morning. I know that if I ever need anything I can count on these guys. There have been a lot of others back home that have helped me too. of course all of the guys at Team Aggression in Bridgewater…. guys like Chris, Greg, Brandon, Cushman, Perry, both Conrads, Eddie Bishop and everyone else that I am forgetting.

I brought an absolute army with me to this show because the drive was only a couple hours. Brian Conrad and Chris Palmquist were both a huge help in organizing tickets, buses, hotels and t-shirts for around 150 people. The Team Aggression/Lauzon army was in full effect and I want to thank everyone for coming. Want to thank Adam too for taking care of all the sponsor stuff and organizing the after party. I want to thank Joe Cushman (“the CUSH!”) for dealing with my last minute crap and putting in a 15 hour day to get the shirts done and the sponsor shorts printed.

Heading island side, I want to start off thanking BJ, Rudy, Regan and the rest of the Penn family. The opportunity they have given me is deeply appreciated and I can’t thank them enough. I cannot think of a better place to train or better guys to work out with. I honestly believe BJ is the best fighter in the world and there is no one I would rather take beatings and learn from on a day to day basis. Special thanks to Junior, Tony, Shane, Poai, Ross, Larry, Justin, Butch, Brian, Frank and everyone else that helped me train for this fight. Everyone I met in Hawaii made me feel like family and while it was a big change it went pretty smoothly.

Of course I need to thank my family. I have said for a long time that my dad is my hero and that still holds true. Right before I left for Hawaii he told me he wanted to start training and fight for his 50th birthday in March. Like a lot of people he has gotten into his fair number of fights as a kid but has never really trained. He started taking training right before I left and lost a lot of weight (210 pounds to 170 at 5′11″). A few things have slowed him down since then, but I am sure we will work something out. My mom is next on the list because no matter she is always there to help. I was stressing over petty stuff the day of the fight and she took care of everything and make everything 100 times better without even thinking about it. She’s been there for almost every one of my fights and only at huge shows like the UFC am I unable to pick her voice out of the crowd of people screaming. I gotta thank my brother Dan because he is one of the few guys that I can always count on to push me. No one wants to lose to their brother and it works both ways with us. Dan is there to push me no matter how tired either of us are and no matter how many times we get into all out brawls I know when I need him he will be there. I want to thank my other brother Steve too. Yes, there IS another Lauzon brother that most don’t hear about. Steve doesn’t train or fight so most think its just Dan and I. Steve does his own thing but is always there if I need something. Kid will help you out with anything you need with the same undying conviction that he refuses to compromise or let things slide. He will always keep you honest and tell you what you need to hear.

I have a sister too… and she sucks. No need to thank the sucker for anything. And I guess I should mention my Aunt Marie so she stops asking me to thank her in something. I do thank her for coming this weekend to my fight when I know it wasn’t easy for her to do so.

Thanks to all of my sponsors. Sprawl (http://sprawl.tv) has always been with me since day one and I can’t thank them enough. We ran into some potential last minute issues and Sprawl was there to bail us out. Bullshido (http://bullshido.com) and Deathwish Records (http://deathwishinc.com) were with us again for this fight. Slaying Angels (http://slayingangels.com) is a clothing line my buddy and I started up for fun because we had some designs we liked, so we threw our own logo on my shirt. Peak Pysique (http://BFit2Fight.org), Stars Guards (http://starsguards.com) and Alpha Electronics (http://www.alphaelectronics.com/)were new this time out but we were thankful to have them.

Another week on the Big Island and another update. This weekend was a good time. We had great training all week and then Friday came and it was time to take it a little bit easier. I went and saw Ratatouille with Timmy and his girlfriend. For those of you that haven’t seen it, you should skip it. I blame Greg for making the mistake of going to see it, because he said it was pretty good. We SHOULD have seen Transformers again. Never make that mistake again. Moment of weakness on trying something new…

After the movie, I went out with Hoyt to the Palms and met up with Junior, Larry, Regan and some others. I put out my hand to shake Regans hand he armdragged me across the table and tried to wrist lock me. And people think I’m not training out here. Hanging with the Penns… you are always training. It ended up being an early night because we had training in the morning.

After training we went to a party on the beach and then to a bachelor party for JD, BJ’s brother . That was a good time, and then we went out after to Palms and Detour. Got my ass handed to me in pool a few times and called it a night.

On Sunday we went to Ka Lae and then Mahana Beach. Ka Lae is also known as South Point and is the southern most point on the Big Island and is also the furthest point South you can go in the United States.

We jumped from some ledges into the water, which was the saltiest I have ever been in. I didn’t get water in my mouth and I could still taste the salt. There was also a hole that you could jump down into and land inside a cave.

The water was like a toilet because as the tide went in and out the water level would change. Every 5 or 10 seconds, the water level would change by about 10 feet or so. I skipped out on Jumping into the hole because after everyone heard about jumping from the bridges a couple weeks ago, I promised I would stop doing “stupid stuff” until after my fight. Normally Tony is trying to get me to do things, but even he said something along the lines of “Yah, better to wait… could make a mistake and get really F’ed up on that one”. If Tony is telling me its a good idea to not do it, I’m gonna listen.

After South Point, we went to the Mahana Beach, which is the “Green Sand Beach”. We had to walk about 2 miles to get to the beach but it was a pretty good walk along the water.

The sand at Mahana Beach is green because there is a large deposit of Olivine. I took a few pictures and in some you can see how its green, but in others it looks like normal sand. I think my camera thought the color balance was off and made the pictures less green. You get the idea though.

We don’t just train for the ring, cage or street… we train for the beach! So never wanting to miss a chance to train, Brian and I had the first “Green Beach Takedown Tournament” hosted, reffed and video taped by Tony DeSouza.

Not happy about how the first tournament ended… an immediate rematch was granted.

Shameless Plug, hah.

And last, but certainly not least… the Pats whooped the Cowboys. Great weekend overall.

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