George Sotiropoulos vs. Joe Lauzon In The Works For UFC 123 On November 20

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Posted by: Corey Santiago

A Lightweight bout between UFC Lightweight contenders, George Sotiropoulos and Joe Lauzon is in the works for UFC 123 on November 20 in Detroit, Michigan.

Sotiropoulos has been climbing the ranks as of late with two huge victories in the Lightweight division. Sotiropoulos earned a Unanimous Decision win over Joe Stevenson at UFC 110 in February that many deemed an upset. At UFC 116 in July, Sotiropolous earned another Unanimous Decision win over Kurt Pellegrino.

Lauzon returned from his loss to Sam Stout in May at UFC 118 last month in his hometown of Boston, Massachusetts where he destroyed Gabe Ruediger in the first round of the fight.

A win for either man could put both within one fight from a chance to fight for the UFC Lightweight championship.

UFC 123 will feature the main event by UFC Light Heavyweight's, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Lyoto Machida.

I think this could be a great match up.

Sotiropoulos (SP?) is great. Great to see an Aussie going well in the UFC.

G-Sot's ground game is so sick I can see him matching up wel against Lauzon who likes to take it to the ground himself. It'll be a very interesting grappling match that I see G-Sot taking home the win. G-Sot is like the Demian Maia of the LW division, though probably still behind Maia if they were in the same weight class.

I think G-Sot's ground work matches up with anyone. He may not be as good as Maia, but theren't are not many better the G-Sot.