George Sotiropoulos should beware of the flying wrench

http://www.mmamania.com/2010/9/30/1722474/ufc-quick-quote-george-sotiropoulos-should-beware-of-the-flying-wrench

"George is a monster with impressive wins over Kurt Pellegrino and Joe Stevenson. He has good boxing and REALLY slick Jiu-Jitsu. He uses a lot of rubber guard from the bottom and is absolutely relentless from the top with his passing. I think he is going to be bigger than me as well, as he was on The Ultimate Fighter at 170 before dropping down to 155. While I am sure I will be the underdog going into this one, I like how my skills match off with George’s. There has been talk about George getting a title shot in Australia if he wins his next fight, but I am going to throw a wrench in those plans. I’m the underdog, with an uphill battle coming and big plans for the other guy after he beats me… but I am good at ruining those kinds of plans. Getting some Deja Vu of the Jens Pulver fight camp already ... The UFC countdown show is coming out to film today… so you will hopefully get to see some of the stuff I have been doing."

Joe Lauzon on his next fight vs George Sotiropoulos

Why did Lauzon get this fight again?

tolivendiewithLA wrote:

Why did Lauzon get this fight again?

He gave Dana a handjob after the Boston card.

Because he destroyed Gabe and the UFC's LW division is paper thin.

Man the Brits usually have to give BJs to get their fights in the UK, Lauzon got off easy.

J-Low(please someone sue him and force him to change that shit) is 6-2 in the UFC, George is 6-0, this is hardly a bad fight. I think it's awesome.

tolivendiewithLA wrote:

Man the Brits usually have to give BJs to get their fights in the UK, Lauzon got off easy.

Huh? The only reason they keep 90% of the Brits at all is to use them for UK fight cards.

J-O-K-E

tolivendiewithLA wrote:

J-O-K-E

Doh.

tolivendiewithLA wrote:

Why did Lauzon get this fight again?

Because he deserves it.

MMAEYES wrote:

tolivendiewithLA wrote:

Why did Lauzon get this fight again?

Because he deserves it.

Eh...he hasn't beaten the same caliber guys George has

George will destroy Lauzon this is a joke fight

Who is he supposed to fight? The UFC's division is garbage. Anyway 6-2 vs 6-0 isn't valid all of a sudden? Nuts.

It's really solid, how is it garbage?

He should be fighting Guida

i see your point wolf my point is the level of competition between the 2 hasnt even been close

I will always remember George as the guy laying on his back, eyes glazed over as a red haired man runs around celebrating.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Sotiropoulos

None of his first four opponents in the UFC are even still in the UFC.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lauzon

Their records are not that different. Not enough to justify any criticism at all.

tolivendiewithLA wrote:

MMAEYES wrote:

tolivendiewithLA wrote:

Why did Lauzon get this fight again?

Because he deserves it.

Eh...he hasn't beaten the same caliber guys George has

George has two quality wins in Kurt and Joe Daddy, but before that he fought scrubs. Joe has been fighting tougher fights imo. Facing Florian, Bradley, Stephens, Stout. And he lost to Kenny and Stout but I think he's taken the tougher road.

Oh except J-Lo has seven 'of the night' awards to George's one.


When hype gets the better of judgement....


Yo Joe Daddy and Batman are not that special. Either one of them could lose to Clay Guida tomorrow. This gets the ridiculous opinion of the day award.


Like MMAeyes has stated, J-Lau's strength of schedule has been higher. Pulver(before he was washed up like that), Stevens, Stout, Gabe(not to mention a win over Mike Brown earlier in his career)


Look at the names on Georges resume ; Billy Miles, George Roop, Jason Dent and Roman Mitchiyan. Murderers row!

Stevenson and Pelligrino>>>>>>>>>> whoever Lauson has beaten lately, he just lost to Stout too

I immediately apologize I thought Aussie George was fighting Dan Lauzon

tolivendiewithLA wrote:

Stevenson and Pelligrino>>>>>>>>>> whoever Lauson has beaten lately, he just lost to Stout too

That is all true, but is this any reason not to make this fight?


J-Lau has six or seven "of the night" awards and four finishes of the night. He's the bigger name.

Wins over two barely top 15 guys doesn't disqualify dude from competitive fights.


Prisoner of the moment. Tisk.

Even if he still is, George is a fight away from a Title shot, he should fight someone on a similar plane, either way I think he destroys Lauzon and gets his shot, so whateves....

Do you even know who Matt Veach is? Cause I sure as fuck don't but three fights ago that is who Edgar was fighting.