Jorge J. Masvidal Jr., 20, of Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States is the first fighter to defeated Joe Lauzon, 21, of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA in a professional MMA bout. The two headlined the HOOKnSHOOT event “Absolute Fighting Championships 12”.
Lauzon is 5’10” tall while Masvidal is 5’11” tall. They both compete in the lightweight division.
Featuring nine MMA matches, “AFC 12” was held at the War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida on April 30, 2005. Troy Waugh served as the referee of the main event, a lightweight bout between Masvidal and Lauzon.
Waugh stopped the fight after 3 minutes and 57 seconds in the second round. Masvidal defeated Lauzon via technical knockout via punches.
Losing to Masvidal downgraded Lauzon’s professional MMA record to 8 wins and 1 losses and 1 draw. The fighter from East Bridgewater made his professional MMA debut on February 21, 2004.
On the other hand, Masvidal now has 6 wins and 1 loss. He is a former welterweight.
Masvidal was born in Miami to Jorge Masvidal Fernandez Sr., 48, and Maria Carmen Masvidal, 42. Jorge Sr. is Cuban while Maria is Peruvian.
Raised in Miami, Jorge Jr. attended St. Brendan High School in Westchester, Miami-Dade County. While in high school, he competed in wrestling but he failed to stay eligible because of his grades.
Born in Brockton, Massachusetts, USA, Lauzon moved to East Bridgewater when he was in the fourth grade. He attended East Bridgewater High School where he started his martial arts training.
On February 26, 2005, Lauzon submitted Joe Ahlert via guillotine choke. In 2004, the Brockton native defeated seven opponents namely David Gilrein, Jerry Mosquea, Kyle Sprouse, Renat Myzabekov, Justin Blasich, Mike Brown and Ryan Ciotoli.
In 2002, Lauzon started competing in amateur MMA fights. He had an amateur MMA record of 5 wins and 3 losses.
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