Dan Lauzon Out of UFC 103 Fight Against Rafaello Oliveira With Back Injury
A back injury suffered while training has forced lightweight Dan Lauzon to withdraw from his UFC 103 matchup against Rafaello Oliveira, which was set for the preliminary card of the September 19 event in Dallas.
According to MMA Weekly, which first reported the injury on Monday, Lauzon will soon undergo an MRI to determine the extent of the injury and establish a timeline for his return.
It is not yet known whether the UFC will seek a replacement for the fight, or whether Oliveira will instead be scratched from the 13-bout card and booked to fight at another upcoming event.
Lauzon (12-2) made his UFC debut against Spencer Fisher in late-2006 as the youngest fighter in UFC history, losing via first-round TKO. After suffering another defeat to Deividas Taurosevicius in his next bout, “The Upgrade” has won 8-straight, including a first-round submission of Bobby Green at a January Affliction event.
Oliveira (8-1), a training partner of current UFC lightweight champ BJ Penn, has won three-straight, including a unanimous decision win in his most-recent bout in April, after suffering his only career loss to Lyle Beerbohm at an October ShoXC event.
Rich Franklin vs. Vitor Belfort headlines the UFC 103 pay-per-view card, which also features Junior Dos Santos vs. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic and Martin Kampmann vs. Mike Swick.
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Tags: Dan Lauzon, Rafaello Oliveira
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Well that sucks.
awful news
what is wrong with ufc and dana why they always hurt fighters thissucks now my tickets that bought for twnety-seventy bajillions of rubles is not worht paper i hate dana and ufc for doing this thing to me
yeah I don’t get why people get hurt all the time… it’s like hitting, tapping, slamming aren’t exactly good for the body or something…
come on man its not that big a deal, i wouldn’t of thought…
Please tell me you don’t actually believe I meant a word of that…
petterson isn’t use to your sense of humor just yet DbiZ…
Dbiz was just trying to get that out of the way before we saw eight million comments that actually said it meaningfully…
This card IMO wasn’t THAT strong to begin with, and has been all over the place in terms of ups and downs and who’s in and who’s out and who’s fighting who.
The last thing 103 needs is losing a decent fighter like Lauzon. As it is bigchris2328, A.K.A. Spider, is leading a troupe of angry Texans up into Oklahoma for UFN 19 because they were displeased with the 103 offerings.
Lets hope the rest of 103 remains intact, and delivers for the Lone Star fans…