Is Ryan Hall past his prime?

[tenniswhiz]

Ryan Hall has only had 5 fights in 6 years in the UFC and is 36 years old.
36 is old for someone who fights in the lighter weight divisions, where speed kills.
Even killers like Chris Weidman and Josh Grispi started losing fights around the age of 36.

Just a few years back, when he was beating legends like Gray Maynard and BJ Penn, his timing was just phenomenal.
He doesn’t have the reflexes to make that happen any more.
Was sorry to see him lose like that.

 

[HHJ]

Probably but i hope not.

 

[genecop]

Ryan’s biggest problem was inactivity…he never did get his rhythm going…he had potential if he was handled correctly…politics..

 

[Ares Black]

He's still a tough fight for a lot of guys in the division, but he will never be a true contender.

 

[JoeyJoeJoeJr]

He is probably past his prime

 

[Limit Smasher]

Even killers like Chris Weidman and Josh Grispi started losing fights around the age of 36.

Josh Grispi???

Did you throw that in there just to fuck with us? Lol.

 

[D'z]

Probably, but he still presents some very interesting match-ups.

 

[Gamer007]

The answer is yes


Even if he wasn't, he's been figured out now.

 

[Youtried]

Ryan has exactly two moves and if you figure them out he sucks. He's a solved aging fighter so yeah.

 

[Reffson]

What he did in his last fight may have worked against some but not against Topuria. Should have boxed more and setup up the other stuff. Disappointing fight.

 

[Thesnake101]

Most likely, thing is we can't really gauge how good he even was in his prime due to inactivity and Elkins being the best guy he ever beat.

Right now, I'd say Ryan was probably a borderline top 10 guy due to how easily he handled a gatekeeper like Darren, but again, hard to say really.

 

[Ace70 V2]

Did he have an mma prime?

 

[Cauliflower Ear]

As much as I like Ryan Hall, he is a 1 trick pony and will likely never go anywhere.

He is better off fighting in One

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

Should have used those 6 years training boxing and not just BJJ...

 

[eighterumg5]

All that flopping around in his last fight was starting to get embarrassing

 

[Ogata]

Ryan Hall has only had 5 fights in 6 years in the UFC and is 36 years old.
36 is old for someone who fights in the lighter weight divisions, where speed kills.
Even killers like Chris Weidman and Josh Grispi started losing fights around the age of 36.

Just a few years back, when he was beating legends like Gray Maynard and BJ Penn, his timing was just phenomenal.
He doesn’t have the reflexes to make that happen any more.
Was sorry to see him lose like that.

Josh is 32 years old and he has spent 5 years in prison for almost killing his wife. Also he is not UFC level. Not sure he is in the same sentence as Chris.

 

[The Chosen]

He probably would have lost that fight at any age

 

[Pierced7681]

He broke his hand on the first punch he threw in his last fight. Book him another fight and let’s see if he’s really shot or not.

 

[Area809]

I lie awake in bed every night asking myself this very same question. Is Ryan Hall past his prime? And will I ever sleep again? Fuck!!!

 

[evergreenrider]

Ryan has exactly two moves and if you figure them out he sucks. He's a solved aging fighter so yeah.

To be fair to Ryan, he has 3 moves.