UFC 'talking about' Jose Aldo vs. Ricardo Lamas for UFC 169 in New Jersey

HOUSTON – It’s far from a lock, but Ricardo Lamas could finally get his shot at the UFC featherweight title in February.

UFC President Dana White today said the organization is “talking about” booking champion Jose Aldo (23-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) vs. Lamas (13-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC) for its Super Bowl weekend card on Feb. 1.

“We’re talking about that at Super Bowl weekend, but it’s not done yet,” he said. “We’re talking about it, but we talk about a lot of things.”

Unlike past years, the UFC’s annual Super Bowl card won’t take place in Las Vegas. Instead, the pay-per-view event is slated for Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

Aldo vs. Lamas would give the card a title shot. Initially, it was slated to feature light heavyweight champion Jon Jones (19-1 MMA, 13-1 UFC) vs. Glover Teixeira (22-2 MMA, 5-0 UFC), but with the champ not expecting to be fully ready to go by then, officials ultimately nixed it and now expect it to take place in March or April.

Aldo is ranked No. 1 and Lamas No. 3 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie.com MMA featherweight rankings.

Lamas has won four consecutive bouts since moving from the WEC to the UFC. He had hoped a January victory over Erik Koch would earn him a title shot, but the UFC then booked him for a UFC 162 bout with Chan Sung Jung. However, Jung then replaced injured Anthony Pettis and lost to Aldo, and Lamas was left without an opponent and has been waiting on the sidelines since then.

Aldo, the only 145-pound champion in UFC history, is riding a 16-fight winning streak, which includes a perfect 5-0 mark in the octagon following his win over Jung.

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(Pictured: Ricardo Lamas)