At last night’s WCF event brother of Joe Lauzon, Dan Lauzon took the victory over Frank Latina in the first round. Going into the fight, Dan Lauzon, like always, was a little hesitant and slow to warm up. After catching a crack in the face, Dan woke up and realized that he was in a fight. The two exchanged blows and went to the ground. Lauzon tried a variety of submission attempts, ending the fight with a triangle choke 3 minutes into the first round. This was a huge fight for Dan Lauzon being that the TapOut crew was there with their camera’s documenting Lauzon, as well as Dana White being among the spectators in the audience recruiting new blood.
Dan Lauzon, younger brother of Joe Lauzon, just signed a sponsorship deal with MMA Clothing Brand TapOut. As a part of the sponsorship, the TapOut crew and cameras has been following Dan Lauzon around in his training leading up to his fight tonight against Frank Latina. The Cameras will be rolling tonight at the Aleppo Shriners Auditorium in Wilmington, Massachusetts as Dan looks to make a greater name for himself. Although he has already fought one bout in the UFC, Dana will be in the stands tonight looking for The Ultimate Fighter Reality Show Contestants and UFC fighters. A big opportunity for all fighters. An exciting fight can lead to such great opportunities. As Dan Lauzon said in a recent interview with FightHype, “I’m going to go for the knockout. I don’t think I’m going to have to take him down, but if he tries to take me down, I’ll out wrestle him and put him on his back. If I’m on top, I’ll keep it on the ground and if not, I’ll get back to my feet and keep looking for the knockout.”
In the spirit of our recent post talking about Dan Lauzon’s (Joe Lauzon’s brother) upcoming fight on Friday, we thought it would be nice to show everyone what they can expect from Dan. His stand up is nice, he finished the last three guys with TKO’s / KO’s standing up, but his ground game is additionally as nice. Here are some great clips of Dan Lauzon showing off his ground game and a little pound.
Dan “The Upgrade” Lauzon, is not only the younger brother of outstanding UFC fighter Joe Lauzon’s, but additionally the youngest fighter to ever fight in the UFC. Dan Lauzon made his debut at UFC 64 against Spencer Fisher. At the time, Dan was 18 years, 5 months and 14 days old. Unfortunately for Dan, he lost to Spencer via a TKO 4:38 into the first round. Since his UFC 64 fight, Dan has fought 4 more times, winning 3 of the four fights. In October of last year, Dan defeated David George 2:46 into the first round, in September he defeated Wayne Harnois a whopping 14 seconds into the first round and in June, James Meal in the second round via TKO. Now Dan is set to face off with a very tough opponent, Team Renzo Gracie fighter Andrew Calandrelli. The event will go down this Friday at the Aleppo Shriners Auditorium in Wilmington, Mass. Ticket Prices are $40, $45, $65, $100, $250. Doors open at 6:30PM, special guests include:
Dana White, Marcus “The Irish Handgrenade” Davis; Kenny “KenFlo” Florian; Sean “The Gladiator” Gannon; Jorge “El Conquistador” Rivera; Pride Fighting Veteran Murilo “Ninja” Rua; Mark DellaGrotte; Boxing Coach Peter Welsh
And the fights for the night:
Dan “The Upgrade” Lauzon vs. Frank Latina
Nate LaMotte vs. Chris Reedy
Nate Kittredge vs. Ronnie Wuest
Travis Lerchen vs. Nuri Shakir
John Benoit vs. Justin Hammerstrom
Ken Stone vs. Leonardo Rodrigues
Henrique Bicalho vs. Jason Bennett
Justin Homsey vs. John Franchi
Reid Homer vs. Ryan Hackney
Dan Bonnell vs. Mark Giove
Greg Croteau vs. Aaron Chidester
Luke Czekalski vs. Larry Kerrigan
Sean Ratcliffe vs. Jose Lopez
If you haven’t seen the video of Dan Lauzon fighting Wayne Harnois, he throws a kick, some punches and drops Wayne into the rope, check it out:
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