Chris Weidman vs. Tom Lawlor Slated for UFC 138 in San Jose
by Scott Haber on Jul 17, 2011 9:49 AM EDT
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The UFC has been rapidly building their September and October cards this weekend, but November's UFC 138 in San Jose got a little love last night as well as the promotion announced that rising middleweight prospect, Chris Weidman, will face fan-favorite, Tom Lawlor at the November 19th event:
Hookay then - verbals in for @ChrisWeidmanUFC vs. @FilthyTomLawlor at UFC 138 in Nov
Chris Weidman (6-0)
Win Jesse Bongfeldt (submission - guillotine choke) - UFC 131
Win Alessio Sakara (unam. decision) - UFC on Versus 3
Win Valdir Araujo (unam. decision) - ROC 33
"Filthy" Tom Lawlor (7-3-1)
Win Patrick Cote (unam. decision) - UFC 121
Loss Joe Doerksen (submission - RNC) - UFC 113
Loss Aaron Simpson (split decision) - UFN 20
The UFC's San Jose debut on November 19th doesn't have many fights booked yet, but that should likely change in the next few weeks:
-Cain Velasquez vs. Junior Dos Santos - UFC heavyweight championship
-Josh Koscheck vs. TBA
-Chris Weidman vs. Tom Lawlor
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SO MANY MATCHUPS
I bet that today and tomorrow 138 will come together.
Let the fighters fight, let the referees ref, but dear God, don't let the judges judge.
I was literally just wondering when Weidman's next fight would be
I like Lawlor…but I believe Weidman takes this.
PACIFIC RIM
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July 12th, 2013
Also a fun fact
This is going to be the first fight Weidman has had full notice and camp-time for.
His first two fights were short notice. Bongfeldt wasn’t as short notice as Sakara, which was like 2 weeks…but McGee pulled out against Bongfeldt before Weidman stepped up…I wanna say something like 6 weeks notice.
Either way…I’m interested in seeing a ‘fully camped’ Weidman.
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by Chris Groves on Jul 17, 2011 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Wonder if Lawlor will be done after this fight.
What everyone needs to do is calm down, take a deep breath, and prepare their bodies for the Thunderdome.
by lowellthehammer on Jul 17, 2011 10:03 AM EDT reply actions
And Lawlor has?
What everyone needs to do is calm down, take a deep breath, and prepare their bodies for the Thunderdome.
by lowellthehammer on Jul 17, 2011 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions
How has Weidman not been impressive?
He dominated Sakara on two weeks’ notice, and then nearly snapped Bongfeldt’s head off with a nasty standing guillotine?
Lawlor has no advantages in this fight other than in the goofy costume department.
by Scott Haber on Jul 17, 2011 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Don't dismiss the costume factor.
What everyone needs to do is calm down, take a deep breath, and prepare their bodies for the Thunderdome.
by lowellthehammer on Jul 17, 2011 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
He struggled to get takedowns on Sakara and barely won 2 rounds in that fight.
The standing guillotine win in his last fight tells more about Jesse Bongfeldt’s lack of skill than anything
Weidman took the Sakara fight on two weeks notice. Also, it was his first fight in the UFC, and his fifth professional MMA fight overall. He’ll have a full training camp for this fight against Lawlor. I do feel that Lawlor may have the better standup here, but Weidman with a full training camp should have the better wrestling.
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Lawlor may have the advantage in the standup department, but otherwise, I have Weidman winning this one. I can see Weidman taking this to the ground and winning from top control.
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I don't think Lawlor even has a striking advantage,
and Weidman definitely has better wrestling and submissions.
If I’m not mistaken, Weidman was hit flush before getting Bongfeldt to the ground. I question Weidman’s defense in the standup especially so early in his MMA career. Lawlor has shown some decent standup against Aaron Simpson and Joe Doerksen even though he ended up losing those fights. I’m just going by what I have seen, but I will admit that I don’t have the best basis for Weidman’s standup simply because I haven’t seen a lot of it.
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I hope not
I’m a big fan of his. This just strikes me as a bad matchup. He’s coming off of an injury, and will have not fought in over a year.
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by Chris Groves on Jul 17, 2011 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Lawlor just isn't particularly good.
You can only live off of a sub win over CB Dollaway for so long. Even Amir isn’t doing that.
What everyone needs to do is calm down, take a deep breath, and prepare their bodies for the Thunderdome.
by lowellthehammer on Jul 17, 2011 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions
I know, he's not great
But I just like the guys personality, and he’s a bit of a character with his wild entrances and etc…I would just like to see him succeed and stay with the promotion a bit longer because I think those kind of guys are good to keep around.
Not as good as a hot rising prospect like Weidman, who I am a huge fan of, but still.
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by Chris Groves on Jul 17, 2011 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Patrick Cote was a good win
" Tell me something Steve, How does a guy from Puerto Rico loose a ball in the Sun? "
I know its not pronounced like that but come on
And in the pic he kind of looks like Jason Miller
You know what they say
by NEW-HAMPSHIRE on Jul 17, 2011 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions
In classic San Jose fashion
Local fighter TBA is found on this card
by Hashmo on Jul 17, 2011 10:50 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
So is the "blank is blank" meme
by ZapRowsdower on Jul 17, 2011 12:09 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
so is the english language
Let the fighters fight, let the referees ref, but dear God, don't let the judges judge.
by halitosis on Jul 17, 2011 12:13 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
This is going to be a 13 month layoff for Filthy Tom
Weidman by UD
Sig betting against The-gentle-way is like playing Russian Roulette with a semi-automatic weapon. The only thing he knows more about than fighting is pleasing women, and my girlfriend is thankful for that.
its his schtick.
he’s a complete Buzzkill McDickintheass on the internet because he doesnt have the stones to be one in real life… or just doesnt have friends to do it to. - MMArazorback
by Earl Montclair on Jul 17, 2011 12:43 PM EDT reply actions
Glad his knee disnt get too messed up
In the Bongfeldt fight
by rscott94 on Jul 17, 2011 1:23 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
War Machine is out of the Hooskow
Just to let y’all know
"If I wanted to spend a half hour between two hairy legs I'd go to your mother's house." -Don Frye
oh damn
Sig betting against The-gentle-way is like playing Russian Roulette with a semi-automatic weapon. The only thing he knows more about than fighting is pleasing women, and my girlfriend is thankful for that.
its his schtick.
he’s a complete Buzzkill McDickintheass on the internet because he doesnt have the stones to be one in real life… or just doesnt have friends to do it to. - MMArazorback
by Earl Montclair on Jul 17, 2011 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions
i am pretty sure there is already some of those.
Sig betting against The-gentle-way is like playing Russian Roulette with a semi-automatic weapon. The only thing he knows more about than fighting is pleasing women, and my girlfriend is thankful for that.
its his schtick.
he’s a complete Buzzkill McDickintheass on the internet because he doesnt have the stones to be one in real life… or just doesnt have friends to do it to. - MMArazorback
by Earl Montclair on Jul 17, 2011 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Purple belt.
"... All reined up in old language and old assumptions, straining to jump clean-hoofed on to a whole new track of being I only suspect is there. I can't see it, because my educated, average head is being held at the wrong angle..."
by dancingChicken on Jul 17, 2011 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
But he did hold his own
with some very talented black belts at the ADCCs.
by Scott Haber on Jul 18, 2011 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions
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