Tag: hilo
Great Article: Answers a lot of Questions about my knee and my future
by Joe Lauzon on Jul.09, 2009, under Blog, Press
UFC lightweight title contender and Bridgewater native Joe Lauzon does not rattle easily.
Just 11 days after an electrifying second-round armbar submission victory over Jeremy Stephens to headline SpikeTv’s Fight Night 17 on Feb. 7, Lauzon’s (18-4, 5 KOs, 13 subs) possible title hopes were put on hold when he suffered a torn ACL that forced him to undergo surgery. (continue reading…)
Trainers
by Joe Lauzon on Feb.24, 2009, under Blog
Joe Pomfret – Head Trainer / The Man
“Stand on the shoulders of giants”
Joe has been my trainer since day one. I can’t ever thank Joe enough for the foundation of everything I do in training. When everyone else was being protective and wanted you to only train with them, Joe was the guy telling us to go to other places and learn as much as we could because its always good to learn from as many sources as possible. I was that little 17 year old kid that didn’t want to do anything his way but he never gave up on me and stuck it out. After about the 15th move that I “discovered” and loved that I later realized he had been trying to teach me all along, I realized I should start listening more closely and stop changing things. Truth be told, Joe has kind of been like a second dad to me and has always been there for me whenever I had a difficult decision to make.
Website: http://lauzonmma.com
Hollywood Steve Maze – Boxing Coach and Wraps my Hands for Every Fight
“What you see when two men fight is more a test of will than a test of skills. The man with the stronger will will always win, provided the other man’s skill isn’t so great that his will isn’t tested.”
When I knew I was going to be doing the WFL 8 man Tournament, I wanted to make sure I had someone that was really good at wrapping hands. In a tournament setting, there are few things worse than winning your fight and then not being able to continue because you jacked your hand up.Joe Pomfret had worked out with Eddie Bishop at Bishops Boxing previously and we figured that was the best place to find someone that really knew how to wrap hands. We went in and talked to Eddie and he told us all about Steve and how he was the best at wrapping hands. Steve wrapped my hands that night for the tournament and I will never fight without him.
After I won the WFL tournament, I got a call to fight Jens Pulver in the UFC. If we were going to be fighting a southpaw boxer, we wanted to work out with boxers so we knew what to expect. I immediately called Steve and we started a 12 week camp working out 6 days a week doing boxing and strength and conditioning. Steve was a great addition to the team and was the main reason we were able to knock out Jens Pulver in my UFC debut.
Steve Baccari - Strength and Conditioning and Director of Motivational Quotes
“When brute force doesn’t work, you just arent using enough.”
While I was training with Steve Maze for the fight with Jens Pulver, it seemed like he pulled some different strength and conditioning routines out of the air. I was amazed at how good some of the things we were doing were. I assumed he was coming up with things on his own or just looking for ways to make me tired. Then one day he introduces me to another Steve, Steve Baccari. Steve Baccari is a maniac when it comes to learning about strength and conditioning and has a ton of experience in traning fighters and seeing what works best for combat athletes. Immediately, everything made sense. Baccari and Maze had worked with fighters together in the past and I was doing some of the same routines they had done.As time went on, Maze got Baccari more involved and it got to the point where I was working with Baccari pretty exclusively on the strength and conditioning side of things. In only a few short months I noticed a drastic increase in both strength and conditioning.
BJ Penn – MMA Coach, Grappling Coach, Hawaiian Guide
“Advanced Basics, thats all it is”
No real need for an explanation about BJ. He was my coach on The Ultimate Fighter show and I came out to Hilo to train with him after we hit it off on the show.“
Website: http://BJPenn.com
Rudy Valentino – Kickboxing Coach
“Guys that like to train train… guys that don’t lose”
Rudy is one of those guys that are usually like a secret weapon. Rudy has been BJ’s kickboxing coach for years but no one really knew about him until recently. Rudy is a great standup coach and is even good for some impromptu ground and pound drills as you are hitting mitts with him and he falls over for you to “finish strong”. Rudy is one of the nicest guys you could ever meet, is always there for you and will do everything in his power to help you out.
Website: http://RudyVHawaii.com
Leaving for Vegas Today
by Joe Lauzon on Dec.09, 2008, under Blog
I am leaving for Vegas in a few hours for The Ultimate Fighter Finale. I have a couple friends that were in the house on this season so its really not a show that I could miss.
Tom Lawlor has been training on and off with us for years now. I trained with him long before he was even interested in MMA and have cornered for him at a couple local shows in Massachusetts. He has been out training with us at my gym for the last week for his fight with Kyle Kingsbury. Should be a classic striker versus wrestler fight and I am sure it will be interesting.
When I was out in Hilo with BJ and the guys out there, Shane Nelson was one of the best training partners I had to work with. I was so happy to hear that he was going to be on the show. Unfortunately I think Shane came into the show out of shape a little bit and it came back to haunt him. Have talked to him a couple times though and it sounds like he had a great training camp. I am actually going to be in the corner for Shane in his fight with George Roop.
A lot of people know that a few years back my brother Dan went out to Arizona and lived with Drew Fickett in Tucson. Well Dan made a bunch of good friends out there. Of those guys, Efrain Escudero was at the top of the list. I met Efrain out in Vegas for one of Drews fights and not only is he a great fighter, but he is hilarious too. Efrain had a fight while Dan was out there and Efrain took the kid down, took his back and choked him out pretty quickly. He proceeds to get on the microphone and start thanking his team for teaching him “the bottom”. Efrain was a great wrestler going into it and didnt use guard at all in the fight, but he still thanked his team for showing him some stuff from there. Efrain has a tough fight ahead against arguably “the next Anderson Silva” as everyone keeps saying. I still like his chances though and can’t wait to see the final fight of the show.
Should be a good week. I will try and get some pictures and video up from the trip.
Article on UFC.com – There’s No Place Like Home
by Joe Lauzon on Sep.14, 2008, under Blog, Press
Hilo, Hawaii. Not exactly the first place that comes to mind when you think of grueling training for mixed martial arts fights, or at least not the one that fits the stereotype of the gritty and grimy urban landscape which houses gyms that produce mean and nasty prizefighters.
Fight Night Journal Part 1
by Joe Lauzon on Mar.16, 2008, under Blog, Press
Last week I got to train with not only Ultimate Fighting Championship 155-pound champ B.J. Penn, but also World Extreme Cagefighting 145-pound champ Urijah Faber. I’ve got to be honest, I really can’t complain about spending the week training with two of the best pound-for-pound fighters out there.
From Snow to Sand: New Interview on UFC.com
by Joe Lauzon on Mar.06, 2008, under Blog
Success in the UFC can be a life-altering experience, maybe never as much as it’s been for Joe Lauzon. A former network administrator who still went back to his 9 to 5 job after a spectacular UFC debut in September of 2006, Lauzon has moved from life behind the desk to six weeks inside the reality television bubble as a member of The Ultimate Fighter’s fifth season cast, and then off to Hawaii, where he now trains full-time with UFC lightweight champ BJ Penn.
Visiting some schools around The Big Island
by Joe Lauzon on Mar.05, 2008, under Blog
This week I had the opportunity to go and speak with a few schools around the Big Island with BJ, Rudy, Scott, Parillo, Hoyt and Koa. We had a good time and talked with the kids about staying in school, not fighting on the streets and to set goals and pursue them.
Hawaii is Paradise? Usually… not necesarily right now though
by Joe Lauzon on Feb.02, 2008, under Blog
This is what I was greeted by when I touched down in Hilo…
This is Downtown Hilo.
This is Rainbow Falls on a Normal Day…
This is Rainbow Falls Today.
This is Wailuku River on a Normal Day…
This is Wailuku River Today.
It’s been raining here for a while with no end in sight. Its a complete flood and all kinds of roads are closed and whatnot. I still love it out here, but not exactly what I was expecting when I returned.
Joe Lauzon Seminar this weekend in Worcester
by Joe Lauzon on Dec.06, 2007, under Blog
Fresh off a 2 month stay in Hilo, Hawaii with BJ Penn and a first round win at UFC78, I will do doing a seminar this weekend. The seminar will cover no-gi grappling and some MMA. I have a lot of material for either and will let the group dictate what we put emphasis on.
Where: MMA Training Center – 230 Brooke St – Worcester, MA
When: Saturday December 8th from 5-8pm
Cost: $55 Pre-Registration, $65 day of
Contact: Bill Luff at 508-852-6628 or billluff@hotmail.com
If you are 21+ registration gets you free admittance to the after party at the Lucky Dog Music Hall. There will be a Pantera cover band named Trendkill performing and we are going to be watching the Ultimate Fight Night replay. Should be a good time. Hope to see some of you there.
Inside Fighting Article: Learning New Tricks from the Prodigy
by Joe Lauzon on Nov.12, 2007, under Blog, Press
Some mixed martial artists look for an extra source of motivation to get up for a fight, but Joe Lauzon isn’t in that group. Lauzon trains relentlessly so he can beat you at your own game, neutralize your strengths and take away all of your options. Click Here for the full story
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@steve_maze doing what he does best 
Train With Joe at his school in Bridgewater, MA!
