“That’s just how it goes,” Joe Lauzon explains why fighter’s union is impossible to put together for fighter pay
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UFC Lightweight Joe Lauzon has been long enough around the world’s biggest MMA promotion to know a thing or two about why fighters react the way they react to a situation, both in and out of the Octagon. Lauzon a professional since 2004, has been with the UFC since 2006, and throughout his entire career, has fought the likes of Jorge Masvidal, Rafael Assuncao, Jim Miller, Anthony Pettis, Al Iaquinta, Clay Guida and many more.
His victory list includes the names of Diego Sanchez, Michael Chiesa, Takanori Gomi, Malvin Guillard, Jeremy Stephens, Jens Pulver and many more. In his return after more than 2 and a half years of layoff, Lauzon is going to face another UFC legend like him in ‘Cowboy’ Donald Cerrone. The fight happens at UFC 274 headlined by a lightweight title clash between the reigning defending champion Charles Oliveira and Justin Gaethje.
UFC Fighter Joe Lauzon cites Francis Ngannou’s riff with the UFC to support his argument on the invalidity of fighter’s union
Lauzon was recently asked about his thoughts on the Cerrone fight, and an interesting issue on UFC fighter pay which has been a critical topic of discussion across the MMA community for ages but is a hot debate like never before now because of its discussion by names like Jake Paul themselves. In response to it, Lauzon was asked if a fighter’s union is ever possible to combat the situation.
“I don’t think so,” Lauzon told MMA Fighting. “Francis Ngannou is fighting the UFC, but he’s not fighting to get the other fighters more money, he’s fighting to get himself more money. That’s just the way it goes. Francis Ngannou has been, ‘I have done this, I have the title, I want these things for me.’ He’s not saying he wants this for the other guys.
It’s kind of a selfish stance when people take it on, they fight, and they argue, and it’s never, ‘Everyone needs to get paid more.’ There are a couple of people who would do that, but it’s never the guys near the top. Generally, it’s the people that try to get up to the UFC, got to the UFC, but maybe they didn’t do well, and then on their way out, they’re complaining about it after the fact.” [h/t MMA Fighting]
What do you make of Joe Lauzon’s thoughts on the fighter pay situation? Do you feel like he’s being pragmatic in the situation? Where do you put Lauzon amongst the all-time fan favourite fighters in the UFC? There’s no doubt that in his prime, Joe Lauzon was one of the best grapplers ever seen in the lightweight division. With a 93% finish rate, Lauzon is surely going to be a treat to watch for him and his UFC 274 opponent ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone are all about entertaining fans till the wheels go off.
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