Lauzon: I hope everyone overlooks me like that
For UFC 136 winner Joe Lauzon, his odds beating, title shot stopping, main-card upset of Melvin Guillard isn’t his signature…
For UFC 136 winner Joe Lauzon, his odds beating, title shot stopping, main-card upset of Melvin Guillard isn’t his signature career performance.
Lauzon has pointed to two other fights as his favorites – his UFC debut when he shocked the sport by upsetting former UFC champ Jens Pulver in just 48 seconds, and his August 2010 submission victory over Gabe Ruediger, in front of his howmetown crowd in Massachusetts.
“I think fighting on Boston, fighting in front of my hometown crowd and the fight I was able to put on really is No. 1,” Lauzon said. “But this is No. 2. It’s right behind it.”
“I was back in the hotel room taking it easy and relaxing because I knew I had to tend to business tonight,” Lauzon said after the shiow reflecting on the win. “I definitely think he was overlooking the whole entire thing. He was looking past me. But I like being in that position. I hope everyone overlooks me like that.”
UFC president Dana White concurred with the analysis.
“(Guillard) came dancing in there like he won, like he just won the fight, instead of being serious,” White said. “It’s one of the things I always say about this – and I’m not taking anything away from Lauzon. Lauzon fought awesome. It would be one thing if we said, ‘It went to the ground and Lauzon submitted him.’ But he rocked him twice and then submitted him … That kid just doesn’t have the focus that he needs..”
With the upset, Lauzon has put together a 5-2 run, winning four “Submission of the Night” bonuses and three “Fight of the Night” awards, worth $365,000 in extra pay.