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Joe Lauzon is finally set to make his return to the UFC after taking about two years off. He's set to meet fellow veteran Cowboy Cerrone in a fun lightweight fight.
The fight made a lot of sense and everyone seemed dot be in agreement that the two UFC veterans are a product of good matchmaking. Joe Lauzon was surprised the fight with Cowboy Cerrone didn't happen sooner.
“It’s just like, how did it not happen before?,” Lauzon told MMA Junkie Radio. “Honestly, he wasn’t a guy I thought about fighting, but when they offered him, I was like, ‘Ah that’s a name. That’s the right name. That’s the name we need.’
“He’s a little bit older than me, but we’re both the same generation. We’ve been in this a long time. He’s been much more active in the last four, five years that I have, but I think that’s kind of to my advantage I think. It’s a great fight. It’s a good, exciting fight.”
Joe Lauzon had to think and make sure he was making the right career move by coming back to the UFC. He knew the fight with Cowboy Cerrone was one he just couldn't turn down.
“I had to ask my coaches when they offered the fight, ‘Do we want to fight ‘Cowboy’?'” Lauzon said. “They all liked the fight, they all think it’s a good matchup. But then, OK, let’s say ‘Cowboy’ is out altogether, should I be fighting at all?
“… My last fight was awesome. If that were my last fight that’d be a great career and could’ve been the end of it and I would’ve been happy going forward. So if you guys think I shouldn’t fight, then we don’t have to do that. But if you think I should roll the dice one more time, then we can do that too. And we decided to take the fight. … We rolled the dice, we’re back on the same boat. I should know better and I should know when it’s the last one, but I don’t think I’m ready to say that.”
