Yahoo: Lauzon vs Stout UFC 108 results

[Clark Kent]

01-03-2010 12:15 AM:Sam Stout is a great striker but he's always struggled against great submission fighters. Joe Lauzon is exactly that but this didn't look like a 100-percent Lauzon. The 25-year-old from Bridgewater, Mass. was off the last 10 months recovering from ACL surgery. Stout took advantangeof Lauzon's inability to get the fight to the ground and scored a unanimous decision victory, 30-26, 30-27, 30-27.

It took just 14 seconds from the start of the fight for Lauzon (14 submission wins) to get it to the ground. Once down there, Lauzon quickly passed to half guard and worked Stout for a kimura attempt. The Canadian rolled several times and extricated himself from the predicament. After that, it was all Stout on the feet. Lauzon attempt 12 more takedown attempts and only delivered twice. In between those attempts, he was just covering up, allowing Stout to get off four and five strike combinations.

This was a good win for Stout (15-5, 4-4 UFC), who always delivers action fights. It has to be in the lead for the fight of the night bonus. It's only the second fight of the night to go the distance.



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