UFC 114: Dan Lauzon vs Efrain Escudero in the works for May 29
by Jesse Holland on Feb 1, 2010 12:20 PM EST
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UFC sophomore Dan Lauzon (12-3) is in talks to try and get his first win inside the Octagon when he meets Ultimate Fighter 8 Champion Efrain Escudero (12-1) at the UFC 114 Memorial Weekend extravaganza planned for May 29 in the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Dan Duggan from The Boston Herald tweeted the pending match up earlier today.
After making a name for himself in the World Championship Fighting (WCF) promotion in his home state of Massachusetts, Lauzon made his appearance on the Affliction: "Day of Reconing" card in January 2009, submitting Bobby Green like an overdue tax form in the first round of their lightweight scrap.
After the "T-Shirt guys" bounced themselves out of the fight game, Lauzon got an "Upgrade" in opponents when Zuffa signed him to tangle with submission specialist Cole Miller on the main card of UFC Fight Night 20 back on January 2.
"Magrinho" welcomed the brother of Joe with a first round submission (Kimura).
Like Lauzon, Escudero was enjoying a comfortable winning streak following his championship run on the eighth season of the Spike TV reality show. After outworking Phillipe Nover at the TUF 8 Finale in December 2008, he pounded out Cole Miller at UFC 103: "Franklin vs. Belfort" in September 2009.
It seemed he was on the fast-track to the upper echelon of UFC lightweights -- until he ran into Evan Dunham at last month's UFC Fight Night 20 event.
After an impressive first round, "Hencho en Mexico" found himself on the wrong end of a grisly armbar. Because of his best efforts not to tap, Dunham was forced to crank the limb to the point of no return, damaging some tendons but fortunately avoiding any seriious injuries.
Escudero will reportedly be back in May. Will Lauzon be ready?
UFC 114 will feature the long overdue light heavyweight grudge match between bitter rivals and former TUF 10 coaches "Suga'" Rashad Evans and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson.
Keep it locked in to MMAmania for future updates to this still-developing fight card.
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thinking the same thing
Its kind of a step way down imo
Dan just got whooped by cole and efrain destroyed cole.
I would have rather seen him take on joe or even andre winner
by Phenomenal Angel on Feb 1, 2010 12:42 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I don't mind this match up
Agreed that it is several notches below Dunham, but Efrain is only 2-1 in the UFC and is very young. Not a bad idea for him to take a fight he should be able to control to get him some confidence back before he takes that step back up.
this will be a gut check for both guys... not a lot of quit in either.
I’d be interested in Evan Dunham fighting the other Lauzon…Joe
OFF TOPIC
I nver got to watch the riggs/heiron fight. Although I know the outcome I’d like to view it.
Anyone got a link?
Congrats to everyone who picked Robbie over MM. He took an a$$ whoopin but played a "risky" game plan like a fiddle. H O L Y S H 1 T that was an insane finish - Melvin was completly waxed. 2/3 on the night. Crap.
You aren't missing much
"You can deal with UFC, I know that they have flexible contract system. All these talks about "strict" contract terms with signing with UFC, come ONLY from Vadim Finkelstein, who wants to push his owns business projects through Fedor's fights" -- Aleksander Emelianenko
by Synyster_08 on Feb 1, 2010 1:00 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
i agree
good to see efrain get back on the horse so soon after dunham nearly snapped his arm, hopefully he’s learned from that experience, if not this one could be a replay
I don't really like this match up because...
I feel there is a great upside to both of these young fighters. More so with Escudero. However with Dan Lauzon this would be his 3rd fight in the UFC at only 22 and has fought only top guys. seeing him go 0-3 in the UFC would really, really hurt his career. I don’t see how he could beat Escudero.
D Lau should be on the undercard of fight nights, not against Spencer Fischer, Cole Miller, and Efrain Escudero. IMO.
Damn
I don’t like this match up only because i think Dan would lose this and he is a great fighter and should be built up a little instead losing two in a row.
Escudero by unanimous dec.
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