Who won Ray vs Lauzon?
Stevie Ray beat Joe Lauzon by majority decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night 108, on Saturday 22nd April 2017 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.
The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Stevie Ray.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).
Ray vs Lauzon stats
Stevie Ray stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.
Joe Lauzon made his way to the cage with a record of 27 wins, 12 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 17 by submission.
Stevie Ray's UFC record stood at 7-4-0, while Joe Lauzon's came in at 15-12-0.
The stats suggested that Ray and Lauzon have similar power, both with a 30% knock out percentage.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lauzon had a large advantage over Ray, boasting a 63% submission rate over Ray's 40%.
Stevie Ray was the younger man by 5 years, at 34 years old.
Lauzon had 1-inch reach advantage.
Ray was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 13 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 6 years and 4 months later than Lauzon, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 4 more professional rounds, 81 to Lauzon's 77.
Ray vs Lauzon form
Stevie Ray had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Olivier Aubin Mercier at PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship on 25th November 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.
Previous to that, he had won against Anthony Pettis at PFL 2022 #7 on 5th August 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.
Going into that contest, he had beaten Anthony Pettis at PFL 2022 #5 on 24th June 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.
Before that, he had been beaten by Alex Martinez at PFL 2022 #1 on 20th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.
He had defeated Michael Johnson at UFC on ESPN+ 20 on 26th October 2019 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.
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Ray's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.
Lauzon's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 9 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 10 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.
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