UFC 144: Anthony Pettis vs Joe Lauzon

[BulldogWrestler]

Saturday, February 25, 2012
Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan

Main card
Lightweight Championship bout: Frankie Edgar vs. Ben Henderson
Light Heavyweight bout: Quinton Jackson vs. Ryan Bader
Heavyweight bout: Cheick Kongo vs. Mark Hunt
Welterweight bout: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Jake Shields
Middleweight bout: Yushin Okami vs. Tim Boetsch
Featherweight bout: Hatsu Hioki vs. Bart Palaszewski
Lightweight bout: Anthony Pettis vs. Joe Lauzon
[edit]Preliminary card (FX)
Lightweight bout: Takanori Gomi vs. Eiji Mitsuoka
Bantamweight bout: Norifumi Yamamoto vs. Vaughan Lee
Middleweight bout: Riki Fukuda vs. Steve Cantwell
Bantamweight bout: Takeya Mizugaki vs. Chris Cariaso
[edit]Preliminary card (Facebook)
Featherweight bout: Zhang Tiequan vs. Issei Tamura

[Tallica1981]

This is a fight that should allow Pettisto shine. He should start getting flashy in rd 2 and get the tko.

[wgrapple]

Joe Lauzon by arm bar in the 2nd round to get his biggest win putting him in title contention.

[TheFightShrink]

Pettis by having Cardio to last more than a round

[Jazzy Jeff]

I am rooting for J-Lau here and I think he will beat Pettis. I have been impressed with J-Lau the past two fights and not so much with Pettis. The question I got is starting out the fight does Pettis come out slow or fast because from the few fights I have seen Lauzon is pretty aggressive starting out?

[Str8Ryt]

J Lau rocks him and follows him down for the choke in round one.

[OnyxShadow]

Pettis via surviving Lauzon's 5 minutes of doom and taking the decision.

[Jeff Mondo]

I don't see where Lauzon has the advantage here. Pettis will always have the edge in striking, and there's not a chance in hell that he ever gets subbed on the ground. As interesting as this match is on paper, I feel like there's really good odds that this one becomes a really boring stalemate, unless Pettis gets a KO/TKO.

[BulldogWrestler]

I see Lauzon dominating the first round and getting a VERY strong 10-9/borderline 10-8 round. The second round is a lot closer but still 10-9 for Lauzon. He loses the 3rd round handily, but not quite a 10-9 and gets the win.

[Ash]

I always wonder why Joe has such mysteriously poor cardio.