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UFC Hall-of-Famer B.J. Penn\u00a0will return to the Octagon<\/a> for the first time since June of 2017 at December’s UFC 232 event in Las Vegas. Penn will be up against Ryan Hall, who won The Ultimate Fighter 22 and has not fought in the UFC since December 2016.<\/p>\n

The fight will take place at 155-pounds (lightweight), meaning both Penn and Hall will\u00a0be moving up\u00a0from their most recent\u00a0home of\u00a0featherweight\u00a0for this\u00a0fight.<\/p>\n

Ryan Hall has not fought in two years, which by all means was not his choice, as he explained in a recent interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d say there was a series of things,\u201d Hall said to Luke Thomas on\u00a0The MMA Hour<\/em><\/a>. \u201cYou mentioned that there\u2019s the gym [that I run, Fifty\/50 Martial Arts Academy]. There\u2019s other things going in life, I\u2019m trying to work on those as well. After fighting Gray, which I felt very fortunate for that opportunity \u2014 that was good, and I felt it was unorthodox but most definitely, by any metric, a dominant performance, similar to the fight against Artem \u2014 I was definitely looking forward to the opportunity to facing somebody tougher. But what it\u2019s turned out to be is that a lot of the guys that are a little higher up the chain \u2014 and I\u2019m not talking about way, way, way up there where I have no business even asking to compete with them \u2014 were very reticent to get into the ring, and that was a problem.”<\/p>\n

Although Hall had stuff going in his life, many thought the TUF winner was simply turning down fights, which was not the case. Hall wanted to fight bigger names but everytime those fighters turned it down. But when the Penn offer came in, he knew he was accepting it.<\/p>\n

“I expressed the interest to the matchmaker in the UFC, who\u2019s never been anything but a gentleman to me, that I wanted to face very difficult and challenging opposition, and he said okay. He said, \u2018I\u2019ll let you know when that comes around,\u2019 that a lot of those guys have turned down the fight,” added Hall. “So, no, I\u2019ve not been spending my time turning down fights. Not a ton of offers have come in, but the ones that have, I\u2019ve accepted wholeheartedly, and finally we got a good one. In B.J. Penn, you have someone who\u2019s clearly not afraid of anyone. This guy fought up to heavyweight, he fought Lyoto Machida so I don\u2019t think bravery is an issue in his case, and I will try to match that myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fight against a legend in Penn will be one that will surely end up on the ground as both Penn and Hall are two of the best grapplers in the game. It will be interesting to see which fighter proves to be better, but for Hall, no matter what he is just honoured to fight Penn.<\/p>\n

“So as far as I\u2019m concerned, I understand that other people have their position, but I have mine, and I feel very, very fortunate for the opponent that I have,” the 33-year-old added. “And I\u2019m glad that, it took a while and it took a lot of waiting, but I\u2019ve done my best to make good use of the time, so all things considered, I couldn\u2019t be happier. I have a great fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who do you think will win the fight between Ryan Hall vs, B.J. Penn?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 9\/17\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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