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Joe Lauzon becoming an athlete under the tutelage of BJ Penn and Marv Marinovich

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Quoteworthy:

"It’s been GREAT training. I have only been around for a couple weeks but I can see why BJ has looked so great in his last few fights. Marv and Gary Marinovich are on top of things here. On top of all the great stuff I have learned to do from Marv and Gary… I have really learned a lot of things NOT to do. Apparently I am not much of an athlete, because I do pretty much every activity with the worst form they have ever seen. I have horrible flexibility and I am just a nightmare. As Marv put it though: 'Imagine what you will be able to do when you become a real athlete.' I guess that just means I have a lot of room for improvement, right? I have made good improvements compared to how I started out though. I will have a LOT of time to improve on things before August rolls around anyways."

Bridgewater native Joe Lauzon (18-5) gets a little taste of the BJ Penn camp after flying to Hawaii to train under "The Prodigy" and his head conditioning guru Marv Marinovich. "J-Lau" returned from knee surgery to hook 'em up with Sam Stout in their "Fight of the Night" at UFC 108 in Las Vegas but was unable to break the "Hands of Stone," who took home the unanimous decision victory. Now the former TUF 5 contestant hopes to get back to his winning ways when the UFC comes to his backyard on August 28 in Boston. Will the new and improved Lauzon be a force to be reckoned with at 155-pounds?

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I like Lauzon.

i hope Marv and BJ can help him and am looking forward to seeing an ever-improving Joe.

2010:
Lesnar > [Carwin > Mir] ---> Lesnar > [Nog > Velasquez] ---> Lesnar > [JDS > GG]

by freenow82 on Feb 9, 2010 11:36 AM EST reply actions  

word and bj looks like he’s in the best shape of his life.

by Glamis on Feb 9, 2010 11:43 AM EST up reply actions  

Agreed Glamis...

makes me wanna see a GSP-Penn fight again… But damn, I don’t wanna see BJ humiliated like in the second one again.

2010:
Lesnar > [Carwin > Mir] ---> Lesnar > [Nog > Velasquez] ---> Lesnar > [JDS > GG]

by freenow82 on Feb 9, 2010 11:45 AM EST up reply actions  

Fedor invented a language that incorporates Sambo and Kimuras.

So next time FEDOR is kicking your ass, don't be offended or hurt, he may be just trying to tell you he likes your hat.

by McArthur... on Feb 9, 2010 11:50 AM EST up reply actions   1 recs

oh McArthur...

you don’t fail to amuse me.

2010:
Lesnar > [Carwin > Mir] ---> Lesnar > [Nog > Velasquez] ---> Lesnar > [JDS > GG]

by freenow82 on Feb 9, 2010 11:53 AM EST up reply actions  

haha...its the thought that counts...

Fedor invented a language that incorporates Sambo and Kimuras.

So next time FEDOR is kicking your ass, don't be offended or hurt, he may be just trying to tell you he likes your hat.

by McArthur... on Feb 9, 2010 11:55 AM EST up reply actions  

i cant see the poke

i tried to zoom it in but that didnt help

by BJPennfan on Feb 9, 2010 11:58 AM EST up reply actions  

It's hard to see it with all the glare coming off GSP's greasy back...lol

"To me, MMA is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography and the dancers hit each other."

by Buster Bluth on Feb 9, 2010 12:19 PM EST up reply actions  

lol Buster

2010:
Lesnar > [Carwin > Mir] ---> Lesnar > [Nog > Velasquez] ---> Lesnar > [JDS > GG]

by freenow82 on Feb 9, 2010 12:20 PM EST up reply actions  

HAHA WHOOOOOOOOO!!

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

by Newfie3 on Feb 9, 2010 12:44 PM EST up reply actions  

or this

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

by Newfie3 on Feb 9, 2010 12:48 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

I see you like to glamorize cheating...

All I see is grease.

Greasy St.Pierre is a cheater.

by xxBAxx816 on Feb 9, 2010 2:28 PM EST up reply actions  

need a kleenex?

Fedor invented a language that incorporates Sambo and Kimuras.

So next time FEDOR is kicking your ass, don't be offended or hurt, he may be just trying to tell you he likes your hat.

by McArthur... on Feb 9, 2010 2:31 PM EST up reply actions  

Forget the kleenex, get this kid a clue.

OD is incredibly handsome, coureagous and self sacrificing in his endeavour to educate me on MMA and evolve my primitive understanding of the sport; I salute you sir.

by jay. on Feb 9, 2010 2:44 PM EST up reply actions  

ugh no more on bj/penn!

I do a lot of jacking off, ya know, because I don’t get no women, so these arms are, like, humongously big. See it’s workout, and it’s pleasure.._" Charles Bennett

"He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day and looks like a ***** today." -Tank Abbott.

by ppwwpp on Feb 9, 2010 9:35 PM EST up reply actions  

LOL a reckon and ya'll

Hamilton city boy and sadly i use those words wayyyy too much

I do a lot of jacking off, ya know, because I don’t get no women, so these arms are, like, humongously big. See it’s workout, and it’s pleasure.._" Charles Bennett

"He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day and looks like a ***** today." -Tank Abbott.

by ppwwpp on Feb 9, 2010 9:39 PM EST up reply actions  

Unfortunately, I agree with you, CaptainStevo.

Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.

-Stephen King

by OJR on Feb 9, 2010 12:52 PM EST up reply actions  

that fight shouldn’t happen until 2011-2012 if it ever happens again which im betting it does.

i wouldnt mind seeing hughes and bj do it again before he fights gsp even if hughes is fading. they have history and hughes is a huge compared to bj.

by Glamis on Feb 9, 2010 11:49 AM EST reply actions  

I like Hughes and BJ

I don’t want to see that fight cause i think BJ will destroy Hughes if they do it again

by BJPennfan on Feb 9, 2010 11:59 AM EST up reply actions  

I would love to see BJ destroy Hughes in a rubbermatch

Tito interviewing Babalu: "I want to tell me what you see, let's go ahead and see by the fight, what you saw, in the ring."

Tito interviewing Fedor: "Let me tell you how you feeling right now?"

by Two_Words on Feb 9, 2010 12:12 PM EST up reply actions  

BJPennfan

you don’t want to see BJ destroy Hughes???

Tito interviewing Babalu: "I want to tell me what you see, let's go ahead and see by the fight, what you saw, in the ring."

Tito interviewing Fedor: "Let me tell you how you feeling right now?"

by Two_Words on Feb 9, 2010 12:13 PM EST up reply actions  

No

If he moves up i want him to fight Fitch, alves , or Kos first. I dont think BJ needs to fight Hughes again but if he does he will destroy the now older Hughes.

by BJPennfan on Feb 9, 2010 5:51 PM EST up reply actions  

im sure bj does though and judging by the beating hughes put on your boy you should want some revenge too.

i like all of the guys mentioned. doesnt mean i dont want them to fight each other because of it. if anything, i want them to fight more.

by Glamis on Feb 9, 2010 12:14 PM EST up reply actions  

Aug 28th?

Geez! I didn’t know we were that far ahead. That’s in Boston? What # is this? 115? 116? Anyone else rumored for the card?

worbanizer

by daniel worby on Feb 9, 2010 12:05 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

and now bj can pass on..

excuses 101…jumping out of a pool…no no..just kidding..bj is a very impressive fighter and he has fought at dif weight classes and was not afraid to fight people out of his weight class in the old days..he rubs me the wrong way with his attitude..but an in shape..training bj is gonna be a force to reckon with..

by sarah- on Feb 9, 2010 12:25 PM EST reply actions  

You must live in the sticks, Sarah.

Us city folk don’t use words like reckon any more. BJ looks old in this pic.

OD is incredibly handsome, coureagous and self sacrificing in his endeavour to educate me on MMA and evolve my primitive understanding of the sport; I salute you sir.

by jay. on Feb 9, 2010 12:32 PM EST up reply actions  

I reckon you’d best get back to your fancy book-learnin’ center over yonder.

The weather is here, I wish you were beautiful

by P-Dub on Feb 9, 2010 12:37 PM EST up reply actions  

you fuckers..

i didn’t say i reckon he’ll be winning some fights uh huhhh…a force to reckon with..is it spelled wrong?..that is dif than using it the other way ..but yeah shit…i am not a city chick these days..and reckon is a yank word…i’m a fine canadian thank you very much !

by sarah- on Feb 9, 2010 12:45 PM EST up reply actions  

you fuckers????

Isn’t that a fine way to say good morning. I was just bustin’ balls. It was spelt right but that doesn’t change the fact that BJ is still a giant dripping vagina.

OD is incredibly handsome, coureagous and self sacrificing in his endeavour to educate me on MMA and evolve my primitive understanding of the sport; I salute you sir.

by jay. on Feb 9, 2010 12:59 PM EST up reply actions  

well i swear affectionately..so yeah good morning fuckers !!

what have i started.. reckon and wrecking are dif DW..but hahahah..geezus..
sounds like guys i know that say they are going out to wreck some hole…isn’t that a pleasant way of putting it..classy too

by sarah- on Feb 9, 2010 1:03 PM EST up reply actions  

Lol reckon

Bj is the lw division.
How fine of a Canadian are you Sarah?

"i only want to be known as the best ever, is that too much to ask?" - BJ Penn.

by Omoplato on Feb 9, 2010 1:06 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

You know we still use words like reckon and yonder here in Texas. Not so much in the ’Plex, but definitely in more rural areas.

The weather is here, I wish you were beautiful

by P-Dub on Feb 9, 2010 1:10 PM EST up reply actions  

I get a lot of Truck drivers here at work that are from Texas, dubs.

They like reckon and yonder and y’all. What is the ’Plex?

OD is incredibly handsome, coureagous and self sacrificing in his endeavour to educate me on MMA and evolve my primitive understanding of the sport; I salute you sir.

by jay. on Feb 9, 2010 1:23 PM EST up reply actions  

I reckon there's a storm a brewin

Fedor invented a language that incorporates Sambo and Kimuras.

So next time FEDOR is kicking your ass, don't be offended or hurt, he may be just trying to tell you he likes your hat.

by McArthur... on Feb 9, 2010 2:06 PM EST up reply actions  

The greater Dallas-Fort Worth area, a.k.a. The Metroplex. If I had to guess, there’s probably more use of slangy folksy words on the Fort Worth side. Dallas people are too busy either trying to be Manhattan South or shooting at each other.

The weather is here, I wish you were beautiful

by P-Dub on Feb 9, 2010 2:48 PM EST up reply actions  

LOL no word of a lie. When I was in Dallas I said the same thing.

I made 10 grand on mmaplayground in 2 UFC shows so don't question me

by bigbadbunbun on Feb 9, 2010 3:07 PM EST up reply actions  

Ha ha, they’re even worse when you live here. Where are you from BBBB?

The weather is here, I wish you were beautiful

by P-Dub on Feb 9, 2010 3:34 PM EST up reply actions  

Saskatoon

I made 10 grand on mmaplayground in 2 UFC shows so don't question me

by bigbadbunbun on Feb 9, 2010 5:30 PM EST up reply actions  

whats wrong with reckon

lol hamilton city boy here, and sadly i use reckon and ya’ll just a tad too much lol

I do a lot of jacking off, ya know, because I don’t get no women, so these arms are, like, humongously big. See it’s workout, and it’s pleasure.._" Charles Bennett

"He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day and looks like a ***** today." -Tank Abbott.

by ppwwpp on Feb 9, 2010 9:40 PM EST up reply actions  

I be reckon everything around me, 1 punch at a time! >:|

Wrong reckon?

worbanizer

by daniel worby on Feb 9, 2010 12:46 PM EST via mobile up reply actions   1 recs

lol i knew that Sarah

Was just messin’ ’round, I reckon you aint been the smrtest 3 teethed gal in ur class.

worbanizer

by daniel worby on Feb 9, 2010 6:45 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

Agree

OD is incredibly handsome, coureagous and self sacrificing in his endeavour to educate me on MMA and evolve my primitive understanding of the sport; I salute you sir.

by jay. on Feb 9, 2010 1:34 PM EST up reply actions  

lol...ok

now that was the proper way to use the term..and i will never use it again..for fear of the wrath..

by sarah- on Feb 9, 2010 1:45 PM EST up reply actions  

Sarah, you had it right. You used it properly and don't have to fear the wrath of anyone on here.

Like I said, busting balls if that’s possible?

OD is incredibly handsome, coureagous and self sacrificing in his endeavour to educate me on MMA and evolve my primitive understanding of the sport; I salute you sir.

by jay. on Feb 9, 2010 1:56 PM EST up reply actions  

lol..

well i talk and joke like a guy more than most chicks..so you can bust my balls..

by sarah- on Feb 9, 2010 2:06 PM EST up reply actions  

Nice..

OD is incredibly handsome, coureagous and self sacrificing in his endeavour to educate me on MMA and evolve my primitive understanding of the sport; I salute you sir.

by jay. on Feb 9, 2010 2:44 PM EST up reply actions  

Joe's a very likable guy.

I hope he can string some wins together but lw division is very tough.

by kden808 on Feb 9, 2010 1:49 PM EST reply actions  

bj should fight hughes renzo winner thatn gsp. there shoould have been a immediate rematch with greasegate, but it was undermined to avoid loosing gsp’s popularity. Now bj looks so good, and he has finished every title fight at lw. thats impressive fact. BJ looks so good now, if he went balls to the wall from rd 1-5 he could beat gsp. bj penn is great.
2 thing i notice about bj penn. he lets the fight go on so he can beat them up longer….example he could have finished florian at any second of thed fight , on the ground by sub, gomi he could have choked in the first rd when he had his bac, but waited. his corner advised him to wait b4 beating diego.
simple fact is that bj could take down and sub many guys quick,
2nd bj penn lets people push him into the cage , and he shouldnt be on the defense, he should be on the offense always. thats a bad strategy vs gsp, i would either try to take gsp down or outbox him, but never do standing clinches against the cage. it seems like bj imniatiated the clinch in gsp 2 rd 1 within the first seconds of the match..bad idea imo.

by fedor spiderush st.gracie on Feb 9, 2010 1:50 PM EST reply actions  

BJ deserves another shot at GSP because he is beating midgets at LW?

He needs to win at least 2 maybe 3 fights at WW to be considered a contender. Anything less would be a total joke.

OD is incredibly handsome, coureagous and self sacrificing in his endeavour to educate me on MMA and evolve my primitive understanding of the sport; I salute you sir.

by jay. on Feb 9, 2010 1:59 PM EST up reply actions  

It would be amazing...

If they gave him the winner of the Alves vs Fitch rematch…

2010:
Lesnar > [Carwin > Mir] ---> Lesnar > [Nog > Velasquez] ---> Lesnar > [JDS > GG]

by freenow82 on Feb 9, 2010 2:16 PM EST up reply actions  

Good post..

But, Bj Has already beaten Renzo and hughes, but does have a bs loss to hughes. Would’nt mind Bj moving up to WW after Edagar to fight hughes, then fitch/Alves then maybe entertaining the idea of GSP – Penn III

by PRZ on Feb 9, 2010 2:49 PM EST up reply actions  

i want a rematch only to shut the grease gate crap up..

plus watching bj in shape against gsp would be very exciting..though i still see georges for the W..just not as decisively..

by sarah- on Feb 9, 2010 2:09 PM EST reply actions  

I wouldn't mind seeing BJ get pummeled again.

But he has to earn the right to get smashed by GSP again.

OD is incredibly handsome, coureagous and self sacrificing in his endeavour to educate me on MMA and evolve my primitive understanding of the sport; I salute you sir.

by jay. on Feb 9, 2010 2:45 PM EST up reply actions  

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