UFC light-weight Joe Lauzon isn’t fully positive what his MMA future holds.
‘J-Lau’ hasn’t been seen within the cage for the reason that UFC took a visit to Boston in October 2019. That evening noticed Joe Lauzon hand Jonathan Pearce a first-round knockout loss. Within the course of, the longtime light-weight snapped a three-fight shedding streak and had the chance to finish his profession on a excessive observe.
Nonetheless, Joe Lauzon later booked a return reverse Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone for April 2022. That bout didn’t come to fruition on account of harm, and it was then re-booked not as soon as, however twice. The 2 had been final booked for UFC Austin that summer season, however Lauzon was pressured out on struggle day on account of a knee dislocation.
Since then, the light-weight has gone unbooked. Joe Lauzon publically known as for a retirement struggle in his hometown of Boston for UFC 292. He even named rising prospect Chase Hooper as a possible opponent. Nonetheless, his want wasn’t granted. In accordance with Dana White, Lauzon’s request got here after all the card had been already booked.
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Joe Lauzon opens up on potential UFC comeback 5 years after final victory
Dana White added final 12 months when requested, that he would really like Joe Lauzon to retire. Properly, plainly ‘J-Lau’ isn’t fully on board with the thought. Talking in a current interview with MMA Preventing, Lauzon admitted that he would struggle if the correct alternative arose. Nonetheless, plainly the UFC isn’t fascinated by having him compete, and the 40-year-old isn’t precisely fascinated by combating elsewhere.
“Everybody’s all the time asking, like, ‘Oh, are you going to struggle once more? Are you not going to struggle once more?’ and my reply is all the time type of ambiguous—I don’t actually know.” Joe Lauzon acknowledged within the interview with MMA Preventing. “I wished to struggle Chase Hooper final summer season once they had been going to return to Boston, however that didn’t work out; they didn’t wish to try this. So, I don’t know. In the event that they got here to me with a struggle and a matchup that I preferred… I’m nonetheless coaching on a regular basis, however I’m not urgent the difficulty.” (h/t MMA Information)
He continued, “I don’t precisely know a legitimate strategy to get out of the contract—not that I’m attempting to—however I feel that there’s a bunch of causes it could type of freeze or get extended, proper? So I feel it’s when you flip down a struggle, if you’re injured, or when you retire—you realize, these issues all delay and prolong it, proper? So, from my perspective, I’m probably not attempting to struggle wherever else, so I don’t actually care.”
What do you make of those feedback from the UFC light-weight? Do you wish to see Joe Lauzon struggle once more?
