Indeed, and Lauzon sounds excited about making the walk again. And as far as his perfect scenario, he’s got one.
“I feel like the whole entire thing is win-win for me,” he said. “Obviously, no one wants to go and get knocked out, no one wants to go and lose. My last fight was so perfect because I could have gone out on a win and it was in Boston, and it was this home run of a fight, and everything was great. But I feel like it puts an exclamation mark at the end if we go out there and we beat ‘Cowboy’ and we go out like that. The ideal situation is, he blows weight, I take 20 percent of his money, we get the win bonus, a performance bonus and we sail off into the sunset and we let that be it.”
Lauzon laughs, and unfortunately for him, Cerrone hit his mark on the scales Friday at 155.5 pounds. As for the rest, that’s up to New England’s finest, a fighter who may not have won a world title in the UFC, but who made a fan out of everyone who watched him in action. And sometimes, that’s an even more important legacy to have. Hall of Fame-esque, even.
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“I appreciate the good words, and honestly, making the UFC Hall of Fame would be awesome,” said Lauzon. “All my serious fights as a professional have all been in the UFC, I never wanted to go anywhere else, so I love the UFC. The UFC has been the biggest part of my life for the last 15, 16 years, so I’m proud that I make people feel that way. I think that sometimes people forget how difficult it is to win fights, and it makes it that much more impressive when people have great records and things like that. Whoever they wanted me to fight, I fought. You’re gonna see the exact same thing on May 7th.”
Ah, May 7th. It’s almost here.
“If I don’t get kicked in the neck and I don’t get my ribs broke from a knee up the middle, then he’s in a lot of trouble.”
