Bellator 34 recap: Lombard weathers Storm, Frausto shocks Fujii in five

Heading into the final event of Bellator Fighting Championships third
season, Bellator middleweight champion Hector Lombard and Japanese
superstar Megumi Fujii were considered near-locks by MMA oddsmakers.

Only Lombard would deliver.

The Cuban judo…

Heading into the final event of Bellator Fighting Championships third
season, Bellator middleweight champion Hector Lombard and Japanese
superstar Megumi Fujii were considered near-locks by MMA oddsmakers.

Only Lombard would deliver.

The Cuban judoka outlasted a gutsy Alexander Shlemenko to successfully
defend his 185-pound belt in the featured bout of Thursday’s Bellator 34
event, but Fujii was shocked by Zoila Frausto in a somewhat contentious
decision that saw the “Warrior Princess” claim Bellator’s first-ever
115-pound title.