{"id":283511,"date":"2018-08-23T08:09:20","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T15:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=283511"},"modified":"2018-08-23T08:09:20","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T15:09:20","slug":"al-iaquinta-ive-given-up-on-the-ufc-getting-behind-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/al-iaquinta\/al-iaquinta-ive-given-up-on-the-ufc-getting-behind-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Iaquinta: &#8220;I&#8217;ve given up on the UFC getting behind me&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-entry-content\">\n<p>This weekend, in the main event of UFC Lincoln, Justin Gaethje will take on James Vick in a compelling lightweight showdown. Originally, Gaethje was expected to battle fan favorite New Yorker Al Iaquinta in this fight, yet Iaquinta ultimately withdrew from the bout as the timing just wasn&#8217;t right for him.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/8\/23\/17771584\/al-iaquinta-happy-with-choice-not-to-fight-justin-gaethje-says-hes-given-up-ufc-getting-behind-him\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a> this week, Al Iaquinta, who also works as a real estate agent, explained that he stands by his decision not fight Gaethje.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBasically, in the time that I would have trained for that fight, I made as much money selling real estate,\u201d Iaquinta said. \u201cSo, it\u2019s not a money thing. I enjoyed my summer. I wasn\u2019t going to bed injured every night, I wasn\u2019t waking up with a sore neck. I didn\u2019t have to worry about Justin Gaethje\u2019s crazy ass. I\u2019m doing what I want to do. If they made it worth it for me, I would have. I\u2019m making my show money in that amount of time when these deals close out. It\u2019s crazy that a real estate agent on Long Island can make their show money for headlining a five-round fight against a top-six, top-seven guy in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iaquinta also added that he really didn&#8217;t feel like the UFC had his or Gaethje&#8217;s best interest in mind when they first booked the fight.<\/p>\n<p id=\"JguBBa\">\u201cI was almost like, you\u2019re not looking out for me and you\u2019re not looking out for Gaethje,\u201d Iaquinta said. \u201cThe guy just got pummelled his last three fights. You\u2019re not looking out for him, you don\u2019t care about me, because you didn\u2019t even ask me how I\u2019m feeling. They called me that night of the fight and a couple weeks later they offered me another fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Al Iaquinta feels he made the right choice bowing out of this fight with Gaethje, he is still interested in fighting. It&#8217;s just going to take the right fight, under the right circumstances, to convince him to do it.<\/p>\n<p id=\"wfDkWC\">\u201cI\u2019ve wanted to fight forever, but it\u2019s not gonna be at my expense,\u201d Iaquinta explained. \u201cIt\u2019s gonna have to be an asset for me to fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case, Iaquinta says he&#8217;s given up on the UFC ever getting behind him.<\/p>\n<p id=\"k5eNSd\">\u201cI\u2019m training, I\u2019m having fun in the gym,\u201d Iaquinta said. \u201cI\u2019m training when I want to train. I\u2019m getting better when I want to get better. I don\u2019t have to do anything. Am I missing out on opportunities? Maybe. It\u2019s too much stress. I\u2019m having fun with my life now. I\u2019ve given up on the UFC getting behind me. 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