UFC pioneer Joe Lauzon’s former promotion tried to steer him to not make his triumphant return to combating final weekend in Boston.
After seven years away from fight sports activities, UFC legend Joe Lauzon returned to combating final weekend at Naked Knuckle FC’s first outside occasion at Fenway Park in Boston. Lauzon, a local Massachusettsan, knocked out Stash Kuykendall within the second spherical in entrance of a raucous crowd.
Lauzon’s triumphant BKFC debut got here a number of years after a number of failed makes an attempt to guide his UFC finale towards UFC Corridor of Famer Donald Cerrone. The 2 had been final booked to sq. off at a June 2022 UFC Combat Evening occasion earlier than Lauzon was pressured to withdraw after struggling a knee harm after the official weigh-in.
4 years after the weird withdrawal, the 42-year-old Lauzon handled followers to a different highlight-reel end in Boston on the historic occasion. However simply hours earlier than he was scheduled to stroll to the ring, UFC matchmaker Hunter Campbell tried to speak Lauzon out of combating.
Joe Lauzon says Hunter Campbell tried to steer him to not struggle at BKFC Boston
In a current interview on The Ariel Helwani Present, Lauzon revealed particulars surrounding pre-BKFC Boston dialogue with the UFC.
“Hunter [Campbell] referred to as me and mentioned, ‘Why are you doing this? That is the stupidest factor ever. You shouldn’t be doing this’,” Lauzon mentioned.
“‘If it’s a cash factor, we’ll aid you out. We’ll put you on grappling [cards]; we’ll do one thing with you. Don’t need to see you taking punches since you want cash. We need to look out for you’… It was an out of doors present and so many variables that might’ve not labored in any respect, however I wished to do it and attempt to make a go of it. I used to be terrified there was going to be lightning, all of that after I was coaching for 3 months, particularly when the [Donald Cerrone] didn’t occur twice.
“Talked to Hunter, hopped on the telephone with him, and he mentioned, ‘If that is what you need to do – I’m not telling you that you would be able to’t do that. We’ll launch you, no matter you need’,” Lauzon continued. “I nonetheless get the drug testing texts each occasionally, however haven’t been getting examined, and I don’t thoughts it.”
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