The longtime UFC featherweight contender recently went through a scary situation in which he also managed to pick up an important victory.
Two weeks ago, Lamas got back in the winning column with a stoppage victory over gritty veteran Darren Elkins in the co-main event of UFC Argentina. The dominant performance ended a two-fight skid for Lamas.
And he did it all with a blood clot in his body.
Speaking with MMA Fighting, Lamas recalled the first time he started feeling something was off:
“The day I landed – the first day in Argentina – I was waiting around in the day, I had already gotten a workout in and it [Lamas’ left calf] just felt like a sore muscle, like I pulled a muscle or something, but it shouldn’t have because I didn’t remember doing anything that would’ve hurt it.