UFC Fight Night Phoenix was an eventful night for everyone. But it’s a night neither Joe Lauzon nor Marcin Held will forget any time soon.
“I thought it sucked before when I thought I won a fight and I lost,” Lauzon said backstage at Talking Stick Resort Arena, which hosted the FS1-televised event in Phoenix. “This is worse. This sucks. It’s great that I got the win money, but I 100 percent thought he won the fight. Honestly, I feel guilty.”
Held lost his 2nd UFC fight in spite of putting on quite a show. Lauzon had a few worthy attempts early but Held was predominant otherwise.
Still 2 of the judges scored the fight 29-28 for Lauzon and that was it for Held. You can spot his look of disappointment and disbelief below.
Lauzon added:
“I was in his shoes last time, and he’s coming over from Bellator, and they match him up with Diego (Sanchez), he has a tough outing at altitude, and then I think he gets screwed on a decision (against me).
“That’s supper crappy. That’s a really bad start, 0-2, and he’s really good. I’ll be harassing (UFC matchmaker) Sean Shelby, (saying), ‘You’ve got to keep that guy around. He’s really, really good.’”
