Ricardo Lamas hasn’t dodged fights, and he doesn’t plan to start anytime soon. The former UFC title challenger was booked for a return at the UFC’s event in Oklahoma City on May 2, but the card was postponed due to temporary closing of non-essential businesses and COVID-19 restrictions in the state. Lamas (19-8 MMA, 10-6 UFC) was set to take on Ryan Hall – a jiu-jitsu specialist who’s had a difficult time getting fights due to his unique and dangerous skillset. It might seem for many a difficult decision to sign a contract to fight Hall, but for Lamas it was pretty simple. “We were talking to the UFC, they let us know the options they had, and Ryan Hall was the highest ranked opponent, so that was basically it,” Lamas told MMA Junkie. “No big back story to it.
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Ricardo Lamas hopes Ryan Hall bout gets rebooked: ‘I’m not scared of his jiu-jitsu’ – MMA Junkie