Joe Lauzon understands Al Iaquinta’s frustrations in a way only a fellow fighter can understand.
It’s a tough business with a short window for making good money. When you work hard and do your job well, only to find others who maybe don’t have your talents receiving better treatment and pay, it can be difficult to put your head down and keep moving forward.
They don’t call Iaquinta “Raging’ Al” for nothing, as his outbursts directed at the UFC in interviews and on social media have become one of the sport’s most intensely followed subplots of 2017.