KO Bonus Gives A Broke Tom Lawlor Stability In Time Of Need | UFC NEWS
By: Jason Kindschy
In a post-fight interview with MMAfighting.com’s Ariel Helwani, Tom Lawlor expressed his financial troubles going into his fight with Jason MacDonald at UFC on FUEL TV 3. After the night was over, Lawlor was very happy to earn a $40,000 fight bonus for “Knockout of the Night” honors. This victory follows a seven month lay-off for the “Filthy” New Englander, and the timing couldn’t have been better.
Lawlor stated, “I’ll be honest. I’m broke. I have no money. This money I got today, it’s going to be the first time I’ve deposited a check in over a year. A year and a half. This is like a big deal to me. I had to borrow money from friends and family just in order to go into this fight. I want to thank them, obviously. This means a lot to me mentally, it means a lot to my account.” Lawlor then went on to say, “I think I miscalculated the cost of living in the Northeast. I basically took all my money, bought a house and blew through all my money- just living costs, traveling, price of gas, multiple training locations.”
Being a fighter isn’t as easy as some of us may think. Other fighters have relied heavily on the outcome of their next fight to determine their fiscal future. One only needs to look to Pat Barry, who was facing eviction from his home prior to his fight with Antoni Hardonk at UFC 104. Barry mentioned eating rice with ketchup packets before the win, but was able to get everything square after.
With his recent money concerns behind him, Tom Lawlor looks to keep the gravy train rolling, and move back up the ranks in the UFC middleweight division.
Watch the full interview on page 2.
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What a stupid ass!!!
He took the gamble to follow his dream. One might say that’s stupid, but right now he’s doing well and he’s making a living out of doing what he loves the most.
He could have been doing some shitty deskjob or something or maybe doing the same job as you’re doing right now. I can’t call the guy stupid for that.
Hey, at least you know yourself! Good for you.
When someone down on their luck makes good doing something he/she loves, something legal how can you refer to that person as being stupid? What would you’ve called it if he robbed your ass? Genius!!!!
What’s so stupid about his ass? Dude is trying to live his dream, and obviously has people around him who believed in him and helped support him until his payday came, how can you hate on that? Good for him I say and I don’t even like or dislike this guy, just w all the bs in the world, what’s wrong w a happy ending once in a while?
Now he can go to Mamma Sans for even more happy endings!!!
^leaving there now!
Tom lawlor has too many haters always saying he only has entrances and weigh ins but honestly id pay to see that kind of stuff in the ufc its refreshing and more exciting than shit talk so hopefully he can get financially stable and keep winning
“I think I miscalculated the cost of living in the Northeast. I basically took all my money, bought a house and blew through all my money…”
you ain’t broke if you own a house. Sell it and rent like the rest of us poor folks.
Ever heard of foreclosure?
Paid for houses don’t go into foreclosure.