Team Lauzon downs 144 pizza slices to raise money for the Jimmy Fund

Today UFC lightweight Joe Lauzon took on his stiffest opponent to date, a non-stop supply of pizza fresh out of the Baking Steel test kitchen.

Lauzon, with a team of five friends, traveled to Cohasett, MA where Baking Steel head chef Craig Hastings and founder Andris Lagsdin fired out fresh margherita pizzas for an hour straight. Baking Steel donated $5.00 to the Jimmy Fund for each slice of pizza eaten by the entire team.

Team Lauzon started out fast, with everyone eating two whole pizzas, or sixteen slices in the first fifteen minutes. Then the reality of a two pounds of dough, sauce, and mozzarella set in and the pace slowed. When the hour was up, the team had finished off one hundred and forty four slices of pizza, with Lauzon himself finishing twenty-fours slices. A friend of Lauzons, Bridgewater’s Matt Pestena led the team with twenty seven slices. The total added up to a $720 donation to the Jimmy Fund from the Baking Steel.

In addition, a number of members of The Underground pledged per slice donations, which totaled an additional $800.00 to the Jimmy Fund.

About Joe Lauzon
Joe Lauzon has been competing in mixed martial arts in the Ultimate Fighting Championship since 2006 and is one of the lightweight division’s most popular and exciting fighters. Lauzon has fought nineteen times inside the famous Octagon and is the organization’s all-time leader in fight night bonuses.

About Baking Steel
The Baking Steel was the ah-ha moment of Andris Lagsdin who after years spent in the culinary world, transitioned into working for his family’s steel company in Stoughton, MA. It is the culmination of how to make the world’s best Neopolitan style pizza at home. Culinary Institute of America educated chef Craig Hastings joined the company in 2015 to help develop recipes and expand the possibilities of cooking with the Baking Steel.

About The Underground
The Underground is the world’s largest online community for mixed martial arts fans, news, and event information. Established in 1998, it has been a home for fans of the sport to interact and stay up to date on all that is happening.