{"id":328967,"date":"2019-10-20T09:13:16","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T16:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=328967"},"modified":"2019-10-20T09:13:16","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T16:13:16","slug":"joe-lauzon-told-dana-white-he-would-retire-after-ufc-boston-but-now-hes-having-second-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/joe-lauzon-told-dana-white-he-would-retire-after-ufc-boston-but-now-hes-having-second-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Lauzon told Dana White he would retire after UFC Boston, but now he’s having second thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC lightweight veteran Joe Lauzon told UFC president Dana White that he would retire win, lose, or draw following UFC Boston<\/a>. But now he’s having second thoughts about it.<\/p>\n

Joe Lauzon pulled off a stunning upset when he defeated Jonathan Pearce via first-round TKO in just 1:33. The win snapped Lauzon’s three-fight losing streak and it was his first win in the Octagon since 2017.<\/p>\n

After the event, White revealed in the post-fight press conference<\/a> that he and Lauzon had made a deal that Lauzon would retire regardless of the result of the fight. But White says now that Lauzon is not committed to following through on that.<\/p>\n

“Me and Joe Lauzon had a deal that he would retire after this fight, win, lose, or draw. And he didn\u2019t do it,” White said (h\/t MMAMania.com<\/a>).\u00a0\u201cWhat better way to go out than tonight? He beat a real guy tonight. He beat a tough guy that I bet a lot of people didn\u2019t think he was gonna beat and he made it look easy.”<\/p>\n

White said Joe Lauzon is just like many other fighters who have come before him, in that they don’t know when is the right time to hang up the gloves.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is one of those things when you\u2019re talking to a guy who loves to fight like Joe Lauzon loves to fight and the Chuck Liddells and many, many more in the past that I\u2019ve dealt with. It\u2019s so hard to walk away. (They say) \u2018I looked great tonight,\u2019 and then if they lose, \u2018Well, I can\u2019t go out like this. Getting beat in my hometown in front of all my.\u2019 It\u2019s just, you know,” White said.<\/p>\n

For his part, Joe Lauzon says he’s undecided either way about what he wants to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll kind of see what happens. I\u2019m not like, \u2018This is definitely the last fight,\u2019 but I\u2019m also not saying I\u2019m definitely going to do it again,” Lauzon said. “Tonight was a great night, but I think too many guys kind of fall into the trap of like, they have a good fight, like, \u2018I\u2019m back, here we go.\u2019 I\u2019m not there, but we\u2019ll take it and we\u2019ll see what happens. Maybe I fight in six months, maybe I fight in a year, maybe I\u2019m done, who knows? I\u2019m not going to commit to anything. I\u2019ll stay in the USADA pool. I don\u2019t mind. They come banging on my door every once in a while, no big deal. We\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

Should Joe Lauzon retire or fight again?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UFC lightweight veteran Joe Lauzon told UFC president Dana White that he would retire win, lose, or draw following UFC Boston. But now he’s having second thoughts about it. Joe Lauzon pulled off a stunning upset when he defeated Jonathan Pearce via first-round TKO in just 1:33. The win snapped Lauzon’s three-fight losing streak and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54477,"featured_media":328968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10191,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nJoe Lauzon told Dana White he would retire after UFC Boston, but now he's having second thoughts | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC lightweight veteran Joe Lauzon told Dana White that he would retire win, lose, or draw following UFC Boston. 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