According to a Sherdog report published yesterday, UFC lightweight contenders George Sotiropoulos (13-2, 6-0 UFC) and Joe Lauzon (19-5, 6-2 UFC) will meet in a pivotal matchup at UFC 123 (November 20th, Auburn Hills). Riding a six-fight win streak including decision victories this year over Kurt Pellegrino and Joe Stevenson, Sotiropoulos would move very close to title contention with an impressive win over Lauzon. The fight would come less than three months after Lauzon’s recent destruction of Gabe Ruediger at UFC 118, which helped him rebound from a lopsided decision loss against Sam Stout at UFC 108.
The Sotiropoulos/Lauzon matchup contradicts an optimistic report in the Sydney Morning Herald that had George taking on BJ Penn or Kenny Florian in his next outing. Though the UFC could have been considering a matchup with Florian, Ken-Flo plans on sharpening his wreslting until the spring.
Related: Tyson Griffin vs. Nik Lentz is also being targeted for UFC 123, and Clay Guida has his next opponent set; he isn’t naming names, but it’s a "big one" against a guy with "ALOT of power in his hands."
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Fri, 09/10/2010 - 02:41
Hey Drano, how sweet is this gonna be, me you and Ghost running the CP booth in Sydney and then watching George fight for the title!!!!!!
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hell yes it would be sweet! Goldstein, send tickets, now bubba, we will represent the spud with pride. Even if I am an American I will proudly shout "AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE, and watch G-sot whip some ass.
Me and FBF will man the punching machine and hand out cool stuff to the masses that will show up.
make it so captain G.
But I kinda feel bad for George. He should be fighting the number one contender. I can't figure out if Dana and Joe Silva want George to fight for a title, so they are giving him a fight he likely won't lose, or if they don't want to give him a title shot, because Lauzon certainly isn't close enough to the top to guarantee a title shot with a win over him. George should be fighting BJ, Florian, or Evan Dunham.
edit: now that I think about it, they are definitely giving G-Sot a fight he can win, and saving him for a LW title fight in Australia in the Spring. Since neither Edgar or Maynard sell out arenas on their own, they prob figure they can sell a bunch of tickets in Australia with George in a title fight there.
and I love Guida. Gomi, maybe? That could be a fight of the year! I'd love to see Clay get some more top-contender fights.
This is a great fight though...
"A Kiwi lawn bowler who admitted he ''flopped out my old fella'' to tell teammates they were ''playing like d---s'' has had a 10-year ban revoked on appeal"
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