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.