Lawlor only good for ten minutes
It’s a mistake to expect too many serious answers out of UFC middleweight Tom Lawlor. As anyone who has seen…
It’s a mistake to expect too many serious answers out of UFC middleweight Tom Lawlor. As anyone who has seen his cage entrances already knows, this is a guy who puts a much greater premium on having fun than he does on impressing people. Even when it comes to assessing his own past performances, he doesn’t put forth much of a sales pitch.
His win over C.B. Dollaway? Lawlor says he “got lucky and got a choke.” Before that? He says he “pretty much just laid and prayed and dry-humped Kyle Kingsbury for fifteen minutes.”
Sure, he might have gotten a Fight of the Night bonus for his narrow split decision loss against Aaron Simpson at UFC Fight Night 20, but Lawlor insists, “I’m not really much of a tough guy.”
In case you’re wondering what he did with the bonus check he got for that effort, don’t. He’ll just tell you he spent it all on KFC Double-Downs and drugs.
“Sometimes I buy drugs and throw them away just to help the local economy and keep drugs off the street. So I’m blowing my money in a lot of different ways.”
“Really I just learned that I need to work for the finish more. I can’t leave it in the hands of the judges. Everybody says that and it’s easier said than done, but I’m really going to make a concerted effort. I figure I can really only fight for two rounds anyway. I’ve had two fights go to decision and I’ve gassed both times, so I figure I have ten good minutes in me and I need to go out there and make those ten minutes count.”