Prior to his UFC 108 bout with Joe Lauzon earlier this month,
lightweight slugger Sam Stout told
anyone that would listen that the contest would not prove a simple
“striker vs. grappler” affair.
While Stout would eventually earn a victory – and one-half of the evening’s “Fight of the Night” honors – through his striking expertise, it was indeed a refined grappling game that kept him out of what appeared to be a very deep armlock early in the first round.
Stout recently told MMAjunkie.com Radio that
he credited his team of grappling coaches in both Canada and Las Vegas
for guiding him to success.