Ricardo Lamas moisture against the WHOs WHO of the UFC Vederweight Division.
The former UFC title Challenger withdrew from MMA in 2020 and hung up the gloves after 28 pro fights, 17 of which are under the UFC banner.
Lamas shared the Octagon with then champion Jose Aldo, Max Holloway, Charles Oliveira, Chad Mendes, Calvin Kattar and the harsh Josh Emmett.
Surprisingly, the UFC veteran did not mention any of them when he was asked who hit him the most.
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Ricardo Lamas unveils the teammate Hacran Dias of Jose Aldo as the hardest opponent
Lamas says that the power of Hacran Dias is unreal.
A teammate of Aldo's, Dias was at a certain point 21-1-1 in the UFC.
In June 2014, the Brazilian lost in his third UFC performance against Lamas through unanimous decision, but not without leaving a stamp.
“The most difficult leg kick I remember was against Hacran Dias,” Lamas Bloody Elbow told him the hardest in his career.
“That was actually the fight after my title fight [with Jose Aldo]…
“He hit me with one leg kick right on the flesh of the thigh,” Lamas said about Dias.
“I felt his tibia go into my bone, in the thigh. And I was as a saint …
“You know, I just went five rounds with his training partner, Jose Aldo, who kicked me a number of times, and it didn't feel like his.”
Ricardo Lamas says he would like to fight BJ Penn
Lamas fought just about everyone at 145 pounds, but there are a few battles that are gone.
'Bully' has never had the chance to face Conor McGregor when he was in the weight class or the Korean zombie, which he was booked to fight in 2017.
Looking back on his career, Lamas revealed which star he wanted he had fought.
“BJ Penn,” Lamas called the former Tweedivisie UFC champion.
“I actually had to fight against him. We went to the main event, a card in Manila, Philippines, but then BJ withdrew because of an injury he sustained during the training. And after he withdrew, the UFC canceled the entire show.
“But it turned out to be good, because then she set me up against Charles Oliveira in Mexico City. So another great fight and a great destination.
“But if there was one man I wanted me to go back and compete a bit, it would have been a bj because he was a man I looked at when I was younger before I even got involved in training in MMA.
“It would have been great to just face a legend like him in the Octagon,” Lamas added.