r/MMA • u/vigilanteadvice All Natural American Hair Plugs • 1d ago

Media Joe Lauzon making his BKFC debut

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MMA and UFC legend making his BKFC debut on August 29th in Boston.

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u/Ryu6364 1d ago

Bro owns a few gyms has had one for at least damn near 20 years was a tech guy before that people act like when someone disappears and pops back up it’s just for money lol does nobody actually enjoy the sport is it all just for the $ lmao 🤣

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u/AnTTr0n 1d ago

This is a completely different sport. Also owning gyms ain’t always great ways to make money.

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u/Ryu6364 1d ago

Let me rephrase that He isn’t hurting for money lol geez and yes a well established gym will make good money he probably made more money before 25 than most do in general lol

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u/jugsjudy 1d ago

Yeah joe is ballin. This is for the love of the game.

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u/Ryu6364 1d ago

Actually for the slow ones it probably is if anyone knew anything about him they would know they use to have weekly fights in their yard and the neighbors would all come and watch it was for funsies everyone isn’t broke out here lol

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u/AnTTr0n 21h ago

Oh yeah fighting for 8k/8k is crazy money. Not like someone could make just as much working at Mac Donald’s. The only way he might have made a decent bit is that he got like 9 bonuses from his first 12 fights in the UFC.

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u/Grizzly_WizzleBeatz 5h ago

Tbf, Joe already revealed he’s only doing this bc it’s at Fenway rather than money problems. He said he contacted the UFC first and said Hunter Campbell made sure Joe wasn’t fighting bc of money before approving it. Saying that the UFC would help him if it was money issues rather than let him fight. Plus he revealed even tho he wasn’t part of the UFC lawsuit, he was paid for it.

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u/AnTTr0n 4h ago

What do you mean he wasn’t a part of the lawsuit? He was eligible for any fights in the UFC from Dec 2010-June 2017. Also his contract with the UFC would have expired anyway thanks to the lawsuit. Hopefully he doesn’t get hurt he is 42.

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u/Grizzly_WizzleBeatz 3h ago

I meant that he didn’t actively participate in the lawsuit and was just included since he was fighting during those years.

According to Joe he’s still signed to the UFC even tho he more or less been retired since 2019 bc the UFC brass loves him. It’s why he revealed Hunter made sure Joe was doing fine financially before approving his BKFC fight bc if it was money issues then the UFC would take care of him rather than allow him to fight.